John Mellencamp – Hand To Hold On To (Ukulele)

A                               F#m
You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends

A                           F#m
Spin in the middle when the troubles begin

D                         E
Take it nice and easy and always pretend

D                             E
That you're cool, so cool, so cool

A                                F#m
Say I'm alone and I'm wild and I will not be tamed

A                         F#m
Talk like a jerk or an educated brain

D                          E
Be an old girl drivin' the young boys insane

D                                   E
Be a joker, a preacher, it does not matter

A                 F#m
Every one needs a hand to hold on to

A                 F#m
Every one needs a hand to hold on to

D                   E
Don't need to be no strong hand

D                   E
Don't need to be no rich hand

D              E                   A
Every one just needs a hand to hold on to

A                            F#m
Havin' good luck with your financial situation

A                             F#m
Play the ponies, be president of the United Nations

D                   E
Go to work and be a Hollywood stud

D                                 E
Drive your four-wheel drive right into the mud, yeah

A              F#m                A
And then those hours when you're alone

            F#m                      A
And there's no body there except yourself

               F#m               A
I know it, you wanna pick up the phone

          D
And say, "Talk to me, talk to me

         E
Somebody please talk to me"