Hold On Uke tab by Tom Waits (Baritone Chords)

4 Chords used in the song: D, G, A7, E/G

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Year:  1999
Difficulty: 
4
(Intermediate)
Key: D, BmChords
Verse 1

D D G G
They hung a sign up in out town
A7 A7 D D
"if you live it up, you won't live it down"
D D G G
So, she left Monte Rio, son
A7 A7 D D
Just like a bullet leaves a gun
G G A7 A7
With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
D D G G
She went and took that California trip
E/G E/G A7 A7
Well, the moon was gold, her Hair like wind
E/G E/G A7 A7
She said don't look back just Come on Jim

(Chorus)
D D G G
Oh you got to
A7 A7 D D
Hold on, Hold on
D D G G
You got to hold on
A7 A7 G G
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
D D G G
You gotta hold on

Verse 2
D D G G
Well, he gave her a dimestore watch
A7 A7 D D
And a ring made from a spoon
D D G G
Everyone is looking for someone to blame
A7 A7 D D
But you share my bed, you share my name
G G A7 A7
Well, go ahead and call the cops
D D G G
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
E/G E/G A7 A7
She said baby, I still love you

E/G E/G A7 A7
Sometimes there's nothin left to do
(Chorus)
D D G G
Oh you got to
A7 A7 D D
Hold on, hold on
D D G G
You got to hold on
A7 A7 D D
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you got to
D D G G
Just hold on.

Verse 3
D D G G
Well, God bless your crooked little heart
A7 A7 D D
St. Louis got the best of me
D D G G
I miss your broken-china voice

A7 A7 D D
How I wish you were still here with me
G G A7 A7
Well, you build it up, you wreck it down
D D G G
You burn your mansion to the ground
E/G E/G A7 A7
When there's nothing left to keep you here, when
E/G E/G A7 A7
You're falling behind in this big blue world

(Chorus)

D D G G
Oh you go to
A7 A7 D D
Hold on, hold on
D D G G
You got to hold on
A7 A7 D D
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
D D G G
You got to hold on

Verse 4
D D G G
Down by the Riverside motel,
A7 A7 D D
It's 10 below and falling
D D G G
By a 99 cent store she closed her eyes and started swaying
A7 A7 D D
But it's so hard to dance that way
G G A7 A7
When it's cold and there's no music
D D G G
Well your old hometown is so far away
E/G E/G A7 A7
But, inside your head there's a record
E/G E/G A7 A7
That's playing, a song called

(Chorus)
D D G G
Hold on, hold on
A7 A7 D D
You really got to hold on
D D G G
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
A7 A7 D D
And just hold on.

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