hold on
hold on

hold on easy guitar chords by Shawn Colvin

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    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    They 
    put a sign 
    up 
    in 
    our town 

    "If you 
    live 
    it 
    up, 
    you'll 
    live 
    it down" 

    She left 
    Monte 
    Rio, 
    son 

    Just 
    like 
    a bullet 
    leaves 
    a gun 

    With 
    her 
    charcoal 
    eyes 

    and 
    her 
    Monroe 
    hips 

    She 
    went 
    and 
    took 
    that 
    Cali
    fornia 
    trip 

    Well, the 
    moon 
    was gold, 

    her 
    hair 
    like 
    wind 

    She 
    said, 
    don't 
    look 
    back, 

    you just 
    come on, 
    Jim 

    Oh, 
    you 
    got to 
    hold 
    on, 
    hold 
    on 

    Babe, 
    you got 
    to 
    hold 
    on 

    Take 
    my 
    hand 

    Standin' 
    right 
    here, you 
    got 
    to 
    hold 

    Verse 2

    Well, 
    he gave 
    her 
    a 
    dimestore watch 

    And 
    a ring 
    made 
    from 
    a spoon 

    Everybody's 
    lookin' 
    for someone 
    to 
    blame 

    But you 
    share 
    my 
    bed, 

    you share 
    my 
    na 

    Verse 3
    Well, go 
    ahead 
    and 
    call 
    the 
    cops 

    You don't 
    meet 
    nice 
    girls 
    in 
    coffee 
    shops 

    She 
    said, "Baby, 
    I still 
    love 
    you 

    But 
    some
    times 
    there's 

    nothin' 
    left 
    to 
    do" 

    Oh, 
    but... 
    you 
    got to 
    hold 
    on, 
    hold 
    on 

    Babe, 
    you got 
    to 
    hold 
    on 

    Take 
    my 
    hand, 
    standin' 
    right 
    here 

    You 
    got 
    to 
    hold 
    on. 

    Well, God 
    bless 
    your 
    crooked 
    little 
    heart 

    St. 
    Louis 
    got the 
    best 
    of 
    me 

    I 
    miss 
    your broken- 
    china 
    voice 

    How I 
    wish 
    you were 
    still 
    here 
    with 

    Verse 4

    But you 
    build 
    it 
    up, 
    you 
    wreck 
    it down 

    You burn 
    your 
    mansion 
    to 
    the 
    ground 

    When 
    there's 
    nothing 
    left 

    to 
    keep 
    you 
    here 

    When 
    you're fall
    ing 
    behind 

    in 
    this 
    big blue 
    world 

    Oh, 
    you 
    got 
    to 
    hold 
    on, 
    hold 
    on 

    Babe, 
    you got 
    to 
    hold 
    on 

    Take 
    my 
    hand, 
    standin' 
    right 
    here 

    You 
    got 
    to 
    hold 
    on. 

    Down 
    by the 
    Riverside 
    Motel 

    It's 
    ten 
    below 
    and 
    falling. 

    By a 
    99- cent 
    store 

    She closed 
    her eyes 

    and star
    ted 
    swaying 

    It's 
    so 
    hard 
    to dance 
    that 
    way 

    When it's 
    cold 
    and 

    there's 
    no 
    music 

    And your 
    old 
    hometown's so 
    far 
    away 

    But 
    in
    side 
    your 
    head 
    there's 

    a 
    record 
    playin' 

    A song 
    called... 

    Hold 
    on, 
    hold 
    on 

    Babe, 
    you got 
    to 
    hold 
    on 

    Take 
    my 
    hand, 
    standin' 
    right 
    here 

    You 
    got 
    to 
    hold 
    on 

    You got to 
    hold 
    on, 
    hold 
    on 

    Babe, you 
    got 
    to 
    hold 
    on 

    Take 
    my 
    hand, 
    standin' 
    right 
    here 

    You 
    got 
    to 
    hold 

    You've... got to 
    hold on, hold on 

    Babe, 
    you got to hold 
    on 

    Take my hand, standin' 

    right here 

    You got to hold 
    on. 


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