John Mellencamp - Hand To Hold On To Chords

Tuning:EADGBE

Capo II

                                                C             D
                              x3
e|-------------------------------------------0---0----------2----2----------|
B|-------------------------------------------1-----1--------3-------3-------|
G|-----------4--4h5p4---2--0--2--0--2--------0-------0------2----------2----|
D|-----0-0--------------4--2--4--2--4--------2--------------0------------0--|
A|-0h2---------------------------------------3--------------0---------------|
E|-------------------------------------------x------------------------------|

G C D

G                               Em
You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends
G                           Em
Spin in the middle when the troubles begin
C                        D
Take it nice and easy and always pretend
C                             D
That you're cool, so cool, so cool


G                                Em
Say I'm alone and I'm wild and I will not be tamed
G                         Em
Talk like a jerk or an educated brain
C                          D
Be an old girl drivin' the young boys insane
C                                   D
Be a joker, a preacher, it does not matter


G                   Em
Every one needs a hand to hold on to
G                   Em
Every one needs a hand to hold on to
C                    D
Don't need to be no strong hand
C                   D
Don't need to be no rich hand
C              D                   G
Every one just needs a hand to hold on to

                                               C             D
                              x3
e|-------------------------------------------0---0----------2----2----------|
B|-------------------------------------------1-----1--------3-------3-------|
G|-----------4--4h5p4---2--0--2--0--2--------0-------0------2----------2----|
D|-----0-0--------------4--2--4--2--4--------2--------------0------------0--|
A|-0h2---------------------------------------3--------------0---------------|
E|-------------------------------------------x------------------------------|


G                            Em
Havin' good luck with your financial situation
G                               Em
Play the ponies, be president of the United Nations
C                   D
Go to work and be a Hollywood stud
C                                 D
Drive your four-wheel drive right into the mud, yeah


G                   Em
Every one needs a hand to hold on to
G                   Em
Every one needs a hand to hold on to
C                    D
Don't need to be no strong hand
C                   D
Don't need to be no rich hand
C              D                   G
Every one just needs a hand to hold on to
 
                                    

G              Em                G
And then those hours when you're alone
             Em                      G
And there's no body there except yourself
                 Em               G
I know it, you wanna pick up the phone
          C
And say, "Talk to me, talk to me
         D
Somebody please talk to me"

Oh, yeah..

Solo:
                                                                    D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0------------0---------------------0-2------------------------0-2---------|
D|---2-0--2b------2-0--2b-----4-4-2---------4-2-0-4-0----4-2-0---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G                   Em
Every one needs a hand to hold on to
G                   Em
Every one needs a hand to hold on to
C                    D
Don't need to be no strong hand
C                   D
Don't need to be no rich hand
C              D                   G
Every one just needs a hand to hold on to