Hold On Chords by Tom Waits

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They hung a [G] sign up in our town, [A] if you live it [D] up you won't live it down
_ So she left [G] Monterreo sun
_ [A] Just like a [D] bullet leaves a gun
_ _ _ [G] With a charcoal [A] eyes and Monroe hips
[D] She wouldn't took that [G] California trip
_ _ [E] Well, the moon was [A] golden and her hair like wind
[Em] Said don't look [A] back just come on Jim.
Oh
[D] You got to Hold on
[G] _ [D] You [G] gotta hold [D] on take my [A] hand
Standing [D] right here.
You gotta hold on
_ _ _ _ _ We [G] gave her a dime store watch
[A] And [D] a ring made from a spoon
_ _ Everyone's looking [G] for someone to blame
[D] [A] And you share my bed [D] you share my name _ _
_ _ [G] Well go ahead [A] call the cops
You [D] don't meet nice [G] girls in coffee shops
She _ _ _ [Em] said [A] baby.
I still love you
[Em] Sometimes there's [A] nothing [D] left to do.
Oh
But you got to Hold on
_ _ [Bm] Baby got [G] all [D] the Tinker my
[A] Standing right here.
You [D] gotta hold on
_ _ _ _ Well, god bless your [G] crooked little heart
[A] St.
Louis got [D] the best of me.
_ I
Miss your [G] broken shine voice _
[A] How I [D] wish you were still here with me _ _ _ _
[G] Oh you build it up you [A] wreck it down
Then [D] you burn your [G] mansion to the ground _ _
_ [E] Oh, there's nothing left [A] to keep you here
But [Em] when you're falling behind [A] and it's a big blue world.
Oh
You forgot [D] to Hold [G] on
_ [D] _ [G] Baby got a hold [D] on take my [A] standing right [D] here.
You gotta
_ Now _ _ _ _ by the [G] Riverside Motel
_ [A] It's in [D] below and falling by
[G] 99 cent store
[A] She closed [D] her eyes and started sweet
_ _ _ _ [G]
But it's so hard [A] dance that way
[D] When it's [G] cold and there's no music
Or your [Em]
hometown [A] so far away
But [Em] inside [B] your head as a record [A] is played a song
[D] _ _ _
Oh
Baby [G] got a hold [D] on
[A] Standing right [D] there.
You _ gotta hold on
_ [G] _
[D] _ [G] Baby got a hold [D] on Take my
[A] Standing right [D] there.
You gotta hold You gotta
_ _ [G] _
[D] Oh
[G] We've got a hold [D] on and take my [A] standing right [D] here you gotta _ You gotta _ Hold on
[G] They got a hold [D] on and take my
[A] Standing right [D] here.
You gotta hold on
You gotta hold
You gotta hold You go _ _ You go
_ _ _ _ You go _ You go You go _ You go _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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