Chords for Illinois - Hang On

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It [D] wasn't cheapest of gifts, it's like a weight has been lifted
[Bb] And I'm sorry I missed it, [A] cause it sounds like a blast
[D] We've got trophies from Fordham, like Checkman the Sword
[Bb] I'm not chasing the day, [F] I'm letting [A] it run away
_ [D] _ This sounds [F] like our lives have been [A] tied
It takes something [Bb] to help ourselves get [D] light
This feels [F] like it is a real [D] ride
I'm sad that you're so [Bb] lonely floating in space
_ _ Yeah, [D] yeah, yeah
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ You can [D] do what you want to do, I don't expect much from [Bb] you
It's not like I'm out here [Dm] poking jokes [A] all the time
[D] But she's another story, a rather long one, boy
I'm a little girl with [Bb] a scatting raw spine, [Dm] I'm trading love for [E] my [D] life
Is this what [F] being a [F] girl feels [A] like?
We're just bugs [Bb] who gather round a boy's [D] life
We've plied so [F] long, but almost [G] long
Just give me something [Bb] to hang on
_ [Dm] Just give me something [F] to hang on
_ [D] Just give me something [Bb] to hang on
_ _ [D] Just give me something [F] to hang on
[E] Just give me something [Bb] to hang on
_ [Dm] Just give me something [F] to hang on
_ [G] Just give me something [Bb] to hang on
[Dm] Just _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] give me something [Bb] to hang on _ _ _
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It [D] was a promise I kept, another day that's been slept
We [F] were a love that was stale, another love up in stead
[D] She's got all sorts of problems, [Dm] now somehow I got em
[Bb] She's dread-tight for rash, she's [A] more expensive than gas
She's [D] spreading thin on my [Dm] soul, I've got no place to go
[Bb] Can't they help me, I'm cheap, I'm [A] passing out in my [D] sleep
Is this what [F] loving, love feels [Dm] like?
We're all born, [Bb] but some of them wouldn't sit [D] right
So [F] goodbye, darling don't [G] cry
Just give me something [Bb] to hang on
_ [D] Just give me something [F] to hang on _
_ [G] Just give me something [Bb] to hang on
_ [D] Just give me something [F] to hang on
[G] Just give me something [Bb] to hang on
[Dm] Just give me something
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[Dm] Just give me something
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