Tom Waits – Hold On (Guitar Intro)

Open D (D-A-D-F#-A-D)
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Versions (4)

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Chords

[INTRO] D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D [VERSE 1]
D                   G
They hung a sign up in our town

        A                     D
"If you live it up, you won't live it down"

D                 G
So she left Monte Rio, son

     A             D           
Just like a bullet leaves a gun

         G                 A
With her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips

             D             G
She went and took that California trip

         Em                 A
Well the moon was gold, her hair like wind

         Em                    A
She said don't look back, just come on Jim
[CHORUS]
              D        A        D           G   
Oh you got to hold on, hold on, --you gotta hold on

D                 A                              D                      
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
[VERSE 2]
D                  G
Well he gave her a dime store watch

A               D
And a ring made from a spoon

D                      G
Everyone's looking for someone to blame

       A                D
If you share my bed you share my name

     G            A
Well go ahead and call the cops

          D                  G          
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops

Em              A     
She said baby I still love you

    Em                    A       
Sometimes there's nothing left to do
[CHORUS]
                  D        A       D               G
Oh but you got to hold on, hold on, babe you gotta hold on

D                 A                              D
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
[VERSE 3]
      D             G   
Well god bless your crooked little heart

A                 D
St. Louis got the best of me

D                  G
I miss your broken china voice

      A                   D          
How I wish you were still here with me

         G               A
Well you build it up and wreck it down

         D                 G            
Then you burn your mansion to the ground

           Em              A       
Oh there's nothing left to keep you here

                Em                     A
But when you're falling behind in this big blue world
[CHORUS]
              D        A       D           G
Oh you got to hold on, hold on, baby gotta hold on

D                 A                              D   
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
[VERSE 4]
D                 G
Down by the Riverside Motel

     A            D
It's 10 below and falling

D     G
By a 99 cent store

    A                   D         
She closed her eyes and started swaying

    G              A
But it' so hard to dance that way

          D                   G          
When it's cold and there's no music

          Em                 A
Well your old home town's so far away

      Em                       A                   
But inside your head there's a record that's playing
[CHORUS]
              D        A       D           G
A song called Hold On, hold on, baby gotta hold on

D                 A                              D
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

              D        A       D           G
A song called Hold On, hold on, baby gotta hold on

D                 A                              D
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

              D        A       D           G
A song called Hold On, hold on, baby gotta hold on

D                 A                              D
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
[OUTRO]
D                 
You got to hold on

D                 
You got to hold on

D                 
You got to hold on

D                 
You got to hold on

D                 
You got to hold on baby

D
You got to hold on girl

D                 
You got to hold on

D                 
You got to hold on

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