Chords for Hold on to What You've Got

Tempo:
69.25 bpm
Chords used:

D

C#m

F#m

Bm

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Hold on to What You've Got chords
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[F#m] [C#m] You know, we as men sometimes, [D] we have a tendency to look on the other side.
[C#m] [F#m] But I [C#m] want to let you know tonight that the grass is [D] no greener on the other side.
[C#m] It just [F#m] look that way.
[C#m] [D]
Am I right about it?
Am I right [C#m] about it?
[F#m] [C#m]
[G#] [D] [C#m] [F#m] Oh yeah.
[C#m] [D] I want to talk to all the [C#m] men tonight.
[F#m]
And in [C#m] talking to the men, I'm talking to the ladies [D] too.
Can I do that?
[C#m] [F#m] [C#m] [D] This is what I want to tell them.
Brother, [C#m] you [F#m] need to hold [C#m] [D] on to what [F#m] you've got.
[E] [F#m] Hold [C#m] on [D] to what [E] you've got.
Hold on [F#m] brother.
[C#m] Hold on [D] to what you've got.
You know [C#m] why?
[Bm] What done got old [D] to you is [Bm] brand new to someone [A] [E] else.
[Bm] What done got [D] old to you [Bm] is brand new to someone [F#m] else.
[F#m] You need to hold [C#m] on [D] to what you've got.
[E] Hold [F#m]
[C#m] on.
[D] Hold on to what you've got.
[C#m] You [F#m] need to hold on brother.
[C#m] And I know you [G#] will.
[D] Hold on to what you've got.
What [A] done got [Bm] old [A] [D] to you is brand new to someone [A] else.
[E] Am I right [Bm] about it?
What done got [D] old to you is brand [F#] new to [A] someone [D] else.
Now brothers, you promised to love and cherish [A] her [E] for the rest of [A] her days.
[D]
But now you're having [E] problems.
You want to go your [F#m] own way.
[Bm] You say that [A] she's the reason.
But [D] I know [F] that's not true.
[B]
You done met somebody [D#] younger.
Now you [A] say that she is through.
[E] Brother, you [F#m] need to hold [C#m] [D] on to what you've got. [F#m] Hold on.
[C#m] Hold [D] on to what you've got.
[C#m] Hold [F#m] on.
Hold [C#m] [Bm] on [D] to what you've got.
What [E] done got [Bm] [D] old to you is brand new to [A] someone else.
What [Bm] done got [D] old to you [Bm] is brand new to [A] someone [F#] else.
[D] Your [F#m] little children don't [A] understand when you walk off and leave them alone.
[D] Because [A] every day go past they're acting mama [E] when is daddy coming home.
[Bm] The pain [C#m] hurts so bad [D] sometimes she don't [E] know what to [F#m] say.
[G#m] She just take them in [F#m] her arms and say baby [E] the Lord will make a [F#m] way.
You need to [C#m] hold on [D] to what you've got.
Anybody [C#m] here can hold [F#m] on.
Hold [C#m] on [D] to what you've got.
[E] Hold on.
[F#m] Hold [C#m] [G#] [D] on to what you've got.
[C#m] What done got [Bm] old [D] to you is brand [Bm] new to [A] someone [C#m] else.
What [Bm] done got [D] old to you is brand [Bm] new to [A] someone [G] else.
[A] Now woman don't you be the one to drive him away.
[D] It's so easily done by [E] listening to what other [F#] people say.
[Bm] They will [A] tell you lies sometimes [D] that will [F#m] seem so true.
[G#m] You [D#] will become confused [A] and you won't know what to [C#m] do.
So [F#m] you need to hold [C#m] [D] on to what you've got.
He [C#m] may not be [F#m] much but hold on to what [C#m] [Bm] [D] you've got.
[C#m]
[F#m] [E] Hold [D] on to what you've got.
[C#m] What done got [Bm] [D] old to you is brand new [Bm] to [A] someone [E] else.
What done got [Bm] [D] old is brand new to [A] someone else.
What done got [Bm] [D] old is brand [Bm] new to [A] someone else.
[F#m] What they got, [Bm] oh yeah
What they got, [D] oh to you
Is brand new
Is brand new To [A] somebody
Key:  
D
1321
C#m
13421114
F#m
123111112
Bm
13421112
A
1231
D
1321
C#m
13421114
F#m
123111112
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To learn Doc Mckenzie, The Hi-Lites - Hold On To What Youve Got chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: D, F#m, C#m, F#m, C#m, D, E and F#m. Begin your practice at a relaxed 34 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 69. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: A Major.

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[F#m] _ [C#m] You know, we as men sometimes, [D] we have a tendency to look on the other side.
[C#m] _ [F#m] But I [C#m] want to let you know tonight that the grass is [D] no greener on the other side.
_ [C#m] It just [F#m] look that way.
_ [C#m] _ [D] _
Am I right about it?
Am I right [C#m] about it?
[F#m] _ [C#m] _ _
_ [G#] _ [D] _ _ _ [C#m] [F#m] Oh yeah. _
[C#m] _ _ [D] _ I want to talk to all the [C#m] men tonight.
[F#m] _
And in [C#m] talking to the men, I'm talking to the ladies [D] too.
_ Can I do that?
[C#m] _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _ [D] This is what I want to tell them.
Brother, [C#m] you [F#m] need to hold _ [C#m] [D] on to what [F#m] you've got.
[E] _ [F#m] Hold [C#m] on [D] to what [E] you've got.
Hold on [F#m] brother.
[C#m] Hold on [D] to what you've got.
You know [C#m] why?
[Bm] What done got old [D] to you is [Bm] brand new to someone [A] [E] else.
[Bm] What done got [D] old to you [Bm] is brand new to someone [F#m] else.
[F#m] You need to hold [C#m] on [D] to what you've got.
[E] Hold [F#m] _
[C#m] on.
[D] Hold on to what you've got.
[C#m] You [F#m] need to hold on brother.
[C#m] And I know you [G#] will.
[D] Hold on to what you've got.
What [A] done got [Bm] old [A] [D] to you is brand new to someone [A] else.
[E] Am I right [Bm] about it?
What done got [D] old to you is brand [F#] new to [A] someone [D] else.
Now brothers, you promised to love and cherish [A] her [E] for the rest of [A] her days.
[D]
But now you're having [E] problems.
You want to go your [F#m] own way.
[Bm] You say that [A] she's the reason.
But [D] I know [F] that's not true.
[B]
You done met somebody [D#] younger.
Now you [A] say that she is through.
[E] Brother, you [F#m] need to hold [C#m] [D] on to what you've got. [F#m] Hold on.
[C#m] Hold [D] on to what you've got.
[C#m] Hold [F#m] on.
Hold _ [C#m] [Bm] on [D] to what you've got.
What [E] done got [Bm] _ [D] old to you is brand new to [A] someone else.
What [Bm] done got [D] old to you [Bm] is brand new to [A] someone [F#] else.
[D] Your [F#m] little children don't [A] understand when you walk off and leave them alone.
[D] Because [A] every day go past they're acting mama [E] when is daddy coming home.
[Bm] The pain [C#m] hurts so bad [D] sometimes she don't [E] know what to [F#m] say.
[G#m] She just take them in [F#m] her arms and say baby [E] the Lord will make a [F#m] way.
You need to [C#m] hold on [D] to what you've got.
Anybody [C#m] here can hold [F#m] on.
Hold [C#m] on [D] to what you've got.
[E] Hold on.
[F#m] Hold _ [C#m] _ [G#] [D] on to what you've got.
[C#m] What done got [Bm] old [D] to you is brand [Bm] new to [A] someone [C#m] else.
What [Bm] done got [D] old to you is brand [Bm] new to [A] someone [G] else.
[A] Now woman don't you be the one to drive him away.
[D] It's so easily done by [E] listening to what other [F#] people say.
[Bm] They will [A] tell you lies sometimes [D] that will [F#m] seem so true.
[G#m] You [D#] will become confused [A] and you won't know what to [C#m] do.
So [F#m] you need to hold [C#m] [D] on to what you've got.
He [C#m] may not be [F#m] much but hold on to what [C#m] _ [Bm] _ [D] _ you've got.
[C#m] _
[F#m] _ _ [E] Hold [D] on to what you've got.
[C#m] What done got [Bm] _ [D] old to you is brand new [Bm] to [A] someone [E] else.
What done got [Bm] _ [D] old is brand new to [A] someone else.
What done got [Bm] _ [D] old is brand [Bm] new to [A] someone else.
[F#m] What they got, [Bm] oh yeah
What they got, [D] oh to you
Is brand new
Is brand new To [A] somebody _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the Hold On album.

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