Toad the Wet Sprocket – Hold On (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Chords

[Verse 1]
         Am
I need a little bit of hope

    F/C    C
One ray of light

     F/C         C
Need just enough peace

   G                   Am
To make it through the night

          Am
I want to leave all I know

   F/C    C
Forget my name

         F/C    C
I want a wisdom deep enough

   G                          Am     Am/G
To stand through the constant change
[Chorus 1]
   F                          F/E
So where is our common ground

Dm
Everything’s falling down

                Am
Hold on to what matters
[Verse 2]
             Am
Give me your tired and your poor

    F/C              C
Who yearn to breathe free

         F/C      C       G         Am
Send the homeless tempest-tossed to me

            Am
Where’s the line that we crossed

               F/C     C
That broke the bond of trust

        F/C        C          G        Am Am/G
How did everything come to be them and us
[Chorus 2]
   F                          F/E
So where is our common ground

Dm
Everything’s falling down

           Am
Everything shattered

                C      G
Hold on to what matters

     F   F/E  Dm
Hold on, hold on

                Am
Hold on to what matters
[Interlude] Am F/C C F/C C G Am Am F/C C F/C C G Am [Verse 3]
       Am
We are all afraid

       F/C   C
We are all unsure

           F/C           C       G       Am
There’s no waving of the wand no miracle cure

             Am
It’s not the end of the world

        F/C           C
Not the worst of your fears

              F/C           C         G       Am
It’s just the price for the last five hundred years

         F/C            C        G       Am    Am/G
It’s the price for the last five hundred years
[Chorus 3]
   F                          F/E
So where is our common ground

Dm
Everything’s falling down

           Am
Everything shattered

                G
Hold on to what matters

     F   F/E  Dm       Am
Hold on, hold on, hold on

F/C C F/C C G  Am
Hold  on