Thirty-Nine and Holding
Thirty-Nine and Holding

Thirty-Nine and Holding easy guitar chords by Jerry Lee Lewis

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    • Verse 1
    He's 
    out 
    there 

    somewhere 
    every 
    night 

    Where 
    the mu
    sic's 
    playing 
    loud 

    Doing 
    all 
    the 
    50's steps, 

    in 
    a 
    1980 crowd 

    Verse 2
    The dim 
    lights 
    hide 
    his 
    millage lines 

    The 
    Clairol hides 
    the gray 

    And 
    he 
    won't 
    mention 
    anything 

    That 
    gives 
    his 
    age 
    away 

    Verse 3

    Lord, 
    he's 
    thirty-nine 
    and 
    and 
    holding 

    Hold
    ing 
    everything 
    he 
    can

    From 
    seventeen 
    to 
    twenty-five 

    He'll 
    He'll 
    prove 
    he's 
    still 
    a man 

    Verse 4
    He's 
    holding 
    to 
    a candle 

    And 
    it's 
    burning 
    at 
    both 
    end
    s 

    He's 
    thirty-nine 
    and 
    and 
    hold
    ing 

    Hold
    ing 
    everything 
    he 
    can 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 5

    You 
    can 
    bet 
    he'll 
    never 
    see 

    Thirty-nine 
    again 

    again 

    He 
    should 
    have 
    turned 
    loose 
    long 
    ago 

    But 
    still 
    he's 
    hangin' 
    it 
    in

    Verse 6
    He 
    still 
    thinks 
    that 
    he 
    is 
    the 
    man 

    That 
    he 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    He's 
    thirty-nine 
    and 
    and 
    hold
    ing 

    And 
    acting 
    twenty-three 

    Verse 7
    Lord, 
    Lord, 

    He's 
    thirty-nine 
    and 
    and 
    holding 

    Hold
    ing 
    everything 
    he 
    can

    From 
    seventeen 
    to 
    twenty-five 

    To 
    To prove 
    he's 
    still 
    a 
    man 

    Verse 8
    He's 
    holding 
    to 
    a candle 

    My 
    God, 
    it's 
    burn
    ing 
    at 
    both 
    ends 

    He's 
    thirty-nine 
    and 
    and 
    hold
    ing 

    Hold
    ing 
    everything 
    he 
    can


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