Shawn Mendes – Hold On (Guitar Tab)
Capo 1
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Guitar Tab
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Chords
This is a great song, so here's the tab for it!
I mostly listened to the song in order to figure out how to play it.
NOTE: Play the G bar chord I find that helps with the picking.
[Intro] and [Verse]
Am F C
e|---------------------|----------------------|
B|--1-------1-------1--|--1-----1--------1----|
G|--2--2----2--2-------|--0--0--0--0----------| x6
D|--2-------3----3-----|--2-----2-----2-------|
A|--0-------3----------|--3-----3-------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|[Pre-Chorus]
And my dad said, "Shawn stay with me..."
C F Am G e|----------------------|------------------------| B|--1-------1--------1--|--1-------3--------3----| G|--0--0----2--2--------|--2--2----4--4----------| x4 D|--2-------3-----3-----|--2-------5-----5-------| A|--3-------3-----------|--0-------5-------------| E|----------------------|------------------------|
[Chorus]
I don't know what / you're going through...
F C G Am e|----------------------|----------------------| B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1--| G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----2--2--------| x2 D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-----| A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------0-----------| E|----------------------|----------------------|
And it won't slow down / no matter what you do /
So you just gotta
F C E7 Am e|---------------------|--------------------------| B|--1-------1-------1--|--0-------1--------1------| G|--2--2----0--0-------|--1--1----2--2------------| D|--3-------2----2-----|--0-------2-----2---------| A|--3-------3----------|--2-------0---------------| E|---------------------|--------------------------|
hold on / All we can do is
F C G C e|----------------------|--------------------------| B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1------| G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----0--0------------| D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2---------| A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3---------------| E|----------------------|--------------------------|
hold on
F C G C* e|----------------------|--------------------------| B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1---------------| G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----0---------------| D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2---------------| A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3---------------| E|----------------------|--------------------------|
(*play once)
[Verse]
These days are flying by...
Am F C e|---------------------|----------------------| B|--1-------1-------1--|--1-----1--------1----| G|--2--2----2--2-------|--0--0--0--0----------| x4 D|--2-------3----3-----|--2-----2-----2-------| A|--0-------3----------|--3-----3-------------| E|---------------------|----------------------|
[Pre-Chorus]
And my dad said, "Shawn stay with me..."
C F Am G e|----------------------|------------------------| B|--1-------1--------1--|--1-------3--------3----| G|--0--0----2--2--------|--2--2----4--4----------| x4 D|--2-------3-----3-----|--2-------5-----5-------| A|--3-------3-----------|--0-------5-------------| E|----------------------|------------------------|
[Chorus]
I don't know what / you're going through...
F C G Am e|----------------------|------------------------| B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1----| G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----2--2----------| x2 D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-------| A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------0-------------| E|----------------------|------------------------|
And it won't slow down / no matter what you do /
So you just gotta
F C E7 Am e|---------------------|------------------------| B|--1-------1-------1--|--0-------1--------1----| G|--2--2----0--0-------|--1--1----2--2----------| D|--3-------2----2-----|--0-------2-----2-------| A|--3-------3----------|--2-------0-------------| E|---------------------|------------------------|
hold on
F C G C e|----------------------|------------------------| B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1----| G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----0--0----------| D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-------| A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3-------------| E|----------------------|------------------------|
All we can do is hold on
F G/B** B** F** e|----------------------|----------------------------| B|--1-------0--------0--|--5-------10----------10----| G|--2--2----0--0--------|--5--5----10--10------------| D|--3-------0-----0-----|--5-------10------10--------| A|--3-------2-----------|--3-------8-----------------| E|----------------------|----------------------------|
(**Different from first chorus: F chord played on 8th fret)
[Bridge]
All we can do is hold on...
Am G/B B F e|----------------------|----------------------------| B|--1-------0--------0--|--5-------10----------10----| G|--2--2----0--0--------|--5--5----10--10------------| x2 D|--2-------0-----0-----|--5-------10------10--------| A|--0-------2-----------|--3-------8-----------------| E|----------------------|----------------------------|
Just hold on for me
Am G/B F e|----------------------|-----------------------------| B|--1-------0--------0--|--10--13*--------------------| G|--2--2----0--0--------|--10-------------------------| D|--2-------0-----0-----|--10-------------------------| A|--0-------2-----------|--8--------------------------| E|----------------------|-----------------------------|
(*slight difference which you can hear in the song)
[Pre-Chorus]
And my dad said, "Shawn stay with me / Everything
C F Am G e|----------------------|------------------------| B|--1-------1--------1--|--1-------3--------3----| G|--0--0----2--2--------|--2--2----4--4----------| D|--2-------3-----3-----|--2-------5-----5-------| A|--3-------3-----------|--0-------5-------------| E|----------------------|------------------------|
will be alright."
C F Am G* e|----------------------|-------------------------| B|--1-------1--------1--|--1-------3--------------| G|--0--0----2--2--------|--2--2----4--------------| D|--2-------3-----3-----|--2-------5--------------| A|--3-------3-----------|--0-------5--------------| E|----------------------|-------------------------|
(*play once)
[Chorus]
I don't know what / you're going through...
F C G Am e|----------------------|----------------------| B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1--| G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----2--2--------| x2 D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-----| A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------0-----------| E|----------------------|----------------------|
And it won't slow down / no matter what you do /
So you just gotta
F C E7 Am e|---------------------|------------------------| B|--1-------1-------1--|--0-------1--------1----| G|--2--2----0--0-------|--1--1----2--2----------| D|--3-------2----2-----|--0-------2-----2-------| A|--3-------3----------|--2-------0-------------| E|---------------------|------------------------|
hold on...
F C G C e|----------------------|------------------------| B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1----| G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----0--0----------| x2 D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-------| A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3-------------| E|----------------------|------------------------|
[Outro]
Yeah, you just gotta hold on / Just hold on for me
F C G* C* e|----------------------|--------------------------| B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1---------------| G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4-------0---------------| D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2---------------| A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3---------------| E|----------------------|--------------------------|
(*play once)