Tom Waits – Hold On (Guitar)

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            They hung a sign up in our town

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            "if you live it up, you won't live it down"

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            So, she left Monte Rio, son

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            Just like a bullet leaves a gun

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            With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips

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            She went and took that California trip

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            Well, the moon was gold, her Hair like wind

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            She said don't look back just Come on Jim

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            Oh you got to

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            Hold on, Hold on

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            You got to hold on

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            Take my hand, I'm standing right here

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            You gotta hold on

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            Well, he gave her a dimestore watch

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            And a ring made from a spoon

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            Everyone is looking for someone to blame

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            But you share my bed, you share my name

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            Well, go ahead and call the cops

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            You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops

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            She said baby, I still love you

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            Sometimes there's nothin left to do

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            Oh but you got to

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            Hold on, hold on

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            Baby gotto to hold on

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            Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you got to

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            Just hold on.

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            Well, God bless your crooked little heart 

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            St. Louis got  the  best  of me

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            I miss your broken-china voice

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            How I wish you were still here with me

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            Well, you build it up, you wreck it down

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            You burn your mansion to the ground

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            When there's nothing left to keep you here, when

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            You're falling behind in this big blue world

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            Oh you got to

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            Hold on, Hold on

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            Baby gotto hold on

            D                 A
            Take my hand, I'm standing right here

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            You gotta hold on

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            Down by the Riverside motel,

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            It's 10 below and falling

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            By a 99 cent store she closed her eyes and started swaying

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            But it's so hard to dance that way

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            When it's cold and there's no music

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            Well your old hometown is so far away

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            But, inside your head there's a record

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            That's playing, a song called

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            Hold on, hold on

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            Baby gotto hold on

            D                 A
            Take my hand, I'm standing right there

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            You gotta hold on

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            You got to Hold on, Hold on     

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            Baby gotto hold on

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            Take my hand, I'm standing right here

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            You gotta hold on