O.A.R. – Hold On True (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

This song frustrated me for the longest time because of the slide in the verse riff. I could never get a very bright sound using the power chords shown in other versions. I did my best to match the chords to the lyrics but the slide complicates the vocal rhythm. So youll just have to listen and figure it out.
[Intro]
Not relative to capo, play as shown
e|---16p12---14-12-----12------12p9-----------------|
B|-12------12-----12p14--12---9----9-12-9-9p10p9----|
G|-----------------------------------------------11-|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

[Verse]
     D     Bsus4  D      A      G
e|-----------------------------2-2-2------------|
B|--3-3-3-/-5-5-3-3-3---2-2-2--2-2-2------------|
G|--2-2-2-/-4-4-2-2-2---2-2-2--0-0-0------------|
D|--0-0-0-/-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2--0-0-0------------|
A|----------------------0-0-0--2-2-2------------|
E|-----------------------------3-3-3------------|
[Verse]
   D     Bsus4  D
Back in the day

A    G
Oh, it wasn't that far

   D   Bsus4  D          A   G            D  Bsus4  D   A  G
Not a day goes by that won't be in the back tomorrow

      D  Bsus4  D  A     G
Take today as a sample to you

D      Bsus4     D  A G
It looks cloudy outside

 D     Bsus4  D  A G
What are you gonna do?

  D             Bsus4  A G
Well, we could get up

D     Bsus4  D   A G
Or we could get on down

D     Bsus4  D      A              G
We could drive to the country or head downtown

D     Bsus4  D   A   G
Maybe I'll join you too

G
chorus lead in

 A                               G
We could have been so much better off than before
if we held on true D Bsus4 G A x4 [Verse]
     D     Bsus4                G          A
I said but lately I've been feeling mighty old

 D                        Bsus4                G          A
I said the sun has got me cracked and this wind has got me cold

 D     Bsus4             G          A
and I'm so damn tired of losing my friends

 D     Bsus4             G          A
every single time I go and lose my ends

 D     Bsus4           G          A
I say but that's okay, I'm on my way

 D             Bsus4           G                A
I don't appear near, but maybe I'll end up that way

 D     Bsus4                       G          A
and in awhile when I realize there's something new

 D     Bsus4           G          A
but until then I gotta hold on true