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Hold On - Tom Waits (Chords)
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Tabbed by: Edwin Figueroa
E-mail: dexter884@yahoo.com
Tuning: DGAFAD (Whole-step down)
INTRO
E x4 (Throw a Esus4 in every now and then)
VERSE 1
E A
They hung a sign up in our town
B E
"If you live it up, you won't live it down"
E A
So she left Monte Rio, son
B E E
Just like a bullet leaves a gun
A B
With her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
E A
She went and took that California trip
F#m B
Well the moon was gold, her hair like wind
F#m B B
She said don't look back, just come on Jim
CHORUS
E B E A
Oh you got to hold on, hold on, --you gotta hold on
E B E
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
VERSE 2
E A
Well he gave her a dime store watch
B E
And a ring made from a spoon
E A
Everyone's looking for someone to blame
B E E
If you share my bed you share my name
A B
Well go ahead and call the cops
E A A
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
F#m B
--She said baby I still love you
F#m B B
Sometimes there's nothing left to do
CHORUS
E B E A
Oh you got to hold on, hold on, --you gotta hold on
E B E
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
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VERSE 3
E A
Well god bless your crooked little heart
B E
St. Louis got the best of me
E A
I miss your broken china voice
B E E
How I wish you were still here with me
A B
Well you build it up and wreck it down
E A A
Then you burn your mansion to the ground
F#m B
When there's nothing to keep you here
F#m B B
When you're falling behind in this big blue world
CHORUS
E B E A
Oh you got to hold on, hold on, baby gotta hold on
E B E E
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
VERSE 4
E A
Down by the Riverside Motel
B E
It's 10 below and falling
E A
By a 99 cent store
B E E
She closed her eyes and started swaying
A B
But it' so hard to dance that way
E A A
When it's cold and there's no music
F#m B
Well your old home town's so far away
F#m B B
But inside your head there's a record that's playing
CHORUS
E B E A
A song called Hold On, hold on, baby gotta hold on
E B E
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
E B E A
You got to hold on, hold on, baby gotta hold on
E B E
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
E B E A
You got to hold on, hold on, baby gotta hold on
E B E
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
E B E A
You got to hold on, hold on, baby gotta hold on
E B E
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
OUTRO
E E
You got to hold on x4
E E
You got to hold on (baby/girl) x2
