Chords for Jerimiah Yocom ~ I Held On Til The Storm Was Over
Tempo:
129.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Am
F
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Fm] So how are we going to make it through [F] [G] this song says, just hold on to the [Em] storm is over.
[C]
About three weeks [E] ago, [G] a young man that was born and raised in our church was [Fm] 19 years old.
He was coming home from work.
A truck driver killed him and [C] hit him and killed him and his [Am] mother, his brother and [G] sister.
They also come to our church.
This is his grandmother.
[C] They were so devastated.
And I got to thinking, how will they ever [G] get through that?
And [Fm] they'll probably never get over it, but they can't get through it.
[Cm] If they'll just hold on to the storm [D] is over.
And [G] I'll tell somebody tonight, you may be going through a storm and all you got to do is hold on.
[Am] Cause you will make it.
Joy will come in the [C] morning.
[F] You
[Fm] [B] ask [C]
me how it is [Am] that [G] I'm still standing.
You
[Am] wonder [G] how I made it through [F] this [G] storm.
[C]
I can't boast of [Am] any special [G] powers.
There's [Am] no sleeping.
[G] I [F] just head on.
[G]
And I [C] head on.
Till the [G] storm is over.
I [Am] don't claim to be [G] a hero.
And [F] I know all the answers.
But I [C] head on.
Till the storm is [G] over.
[Ab] Not [Am] because I'm good.
[G]
Not because I'm great.
And [F] not because I'm strong.
[G] But I [C] head on.
[Am] [G]
[Ab] [Am] [G]
[C] And [F] I head on.
Till the storm is over.
[C] [Dm] [G] I [Em] can tell that things [Am] are [G] finally happening.
[Em] [Am] Now I've got [G] lessons I [C] can [F] call my own.
[G] You see [C] church, these [G] times I wonder [Am] if [G] I would make it.
No, I [Am] was wondering, I [G] just kept [F] holding on
[B]
[F] [C]
Till the [G] storm was over
I'm [Ab] [Am] not made to [G] be a hero
And [F] I don't have all the [C] answers
But I held on
Till the [G] storm was over
[Am] Not because I'm [G] good, not because I'm brave
[F] Not because I'm strong
[Dm] But I [C] held on
Till the storm [G] was over
I'm [Ab] [Am] not made to be [G] a hero
And [F] I don't have all [G] the answers
But I [C] held on
Till [Am] the storm [G] was over
[Ab] [A] Not because I'm good, [G] not because I'm brave
[F] Not because I'm [C] strong
[Dm] But I [C] held on
[C]
About three weeks [E] ago, [G] a young man that was born and raised in our church was [Fm] 19 years old.
He was coming home from work.
A truck driver killed him and [C] hit him and killed him and his [Am] mother, his brother and [G] sister.
They also come to our church.
This is his grandmother.
[C] They were so devastated.
And I got to thinking, how will they ever [G] get through that?
And [Fm] they'll probably never get over it, but they can't get through it.
[Cm] If they'll just hold on to the storm [D] is over.
And [G] I'll tell somebody tonight, you may be going through a storm and all you got to do is hold on.
[Am] Cause you will make it.
Joy will come in the [C] morning.
[F] You
[Fm] [B] ask [C]
me how it is [Am] that [G] I'm still standing.
You
[Am] wonder [G] how I made it through [F] this [G] storm.
[C]
I can't boast of [Am] any special [G] powers.
There's [Am] no sleeping.
[G] I [F] just head on.
[G]
And I [C] head on.
Till the [G] storm is over.
I [Am] don't claim to be [G] a hero.
And [F] I know all the answers.
But I [C] head on.
Till the storm is [G] over.
[Ab] Not [Am] because I'm good.
[G]
Not because I'm great.
And [F] not because I'm strong.
[G] But I [C] head on.
[Am] [G]
[Ab] [Am] [G]
[C] And [F] I head on.
Till the storm is over.
[C] [Dm] [G] I [Em] can tell that things [Am] are [G] finally happening.
[Em] [Am] Now I've got [G] lessons I [C] can [F] call my own.
[G] You see [C] church, these [G] times I wonder [Am] if [G] I would make it.
No, I [Am] was wondering, I [G] just kept [F] holding on
[B]
[F] [C]
Till the [G] storm was over
I'm [Ab] [Am] not made to [G] be a hero
And [F] I don't have all the [C] answers
But I held on
Till the [G] storm was over
[Am] Not because I'm [G] good, not because I'm brave
[F] Not because I'm strong
[Dm] But I [C] held on
Till the storm [G] was over
I'm [Ab] [Am] not made to be [G] a hero
And [F] I don't have all [G] the answers
But I [C] held on
Till [Am] the storm [G] was over
[Ab] [A] Not because I'm good, [G] not because I'm brave
[F] Not because I'm [C] strong
[Dm] But I [C] held on
Key:
G
C
Am
F
Ab
G
C
Am
[Fm] So how are we going to make it through [F] _ [G] this song says, just hold on to the [Em] storm is over.
_ [C]
About three weeks [E] ago, [G] a young man that was born and raised in our church was [Fm] 19 years old.
He was coming home from work.
A truck driver killed him and [C] hit him and killed him and his [Am] mother, his brother and [G] sister.
They also come to our church.
This is his grandmother.
[C] They were so devastated.
And I got to thinking, how will they ever [G] get through that?
And [Fm] they'll probably never get over it, but they can't get through it.
[Cm] If they'll just hold on to the storm [D] is over.
And [G] I'll tell somebody tonight, you may be going through a storm and all you got to do is hold on.
[Am] Cause you will make it.
Joy will come in the [C] morning.
[F] You _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [B] ask _ [C] _
_ me how it is [Am] that [G] I'm still standing.
_ You _
_ [Am] wonder [G] how I made it through [F] _ this [G] storm.
[C] _ _ _
_ I can't boast of [Am] any special [G] _ _ powers. _ _
There's [Am] no sleeping.
_ _ [G] I _ _ [F] just head on.
[G] _
And I [C] head _ on. _
Till the [G] storm is over. _ _ _
I [Am] don't claim to be [G] a hero.
And [F] I know all the answers.
But I [C] head on. _ _
Till the storm is [G] over. _ _
_ _ [Ab] Not [Am] because I'm good.
[G]
Not because I'm great.
And [F] not because I'm strong.
[G] But I [C] head on. _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] And [F] I head on.
Till the storm _ _ is over.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] I [Em] can tell that things [Am] are [G] finally happening. _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] Now I've got [G] lessons I [C] can [F] call my own.
_ _ [G] You see [C] church, _ these [G] times I wonder [Am] if [G] I would make it.
No, I [Am] was wondering, I [G] just kept [F] holding on
_ [B] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
Till the [G] storm was over _
I'm [Ab] _ [Am] not made to [G] be a hero
And [F] I don't have all the [C] answers
But I held _ on
Till the [G] storm was over _
_ _ _ [Am] Not because I'm [G] good, not because I'm brave
[F] Not because I'm strong
[Dm] _ But I [C] held on
Till the storm [G] was over
I'm _ [Ab] _ [Am] not made to be [G] a hero
And [F] I don't have all [G] the answers
But I [C] held _ _ on
Till [Am] the storm [G] was over _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [A] Not because I'm good, [G] not because I'm brave
[F] Not because I'm [C] strong
[Dm] But I [C] held on
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C]
About three weeks [E] ago, [G] a young man that was born and raised in our church was [Fm] 19 years old.
He was coming home from work.
A truck driver killed him and [C] hit him and killed him and his [Am] mother, his brother and [G] sister.
They also come to our church.
This is his grandmother.
[C] They were so devastated.
And I got to thinking, how will they ever [G] get through that?
And [Fm] they'll probably never get over it, but they can't get through it.
[Cm] If they'll just hold on to the storm [D] is over.
And [G] I'll tell somebody tonight, you may be going through a storm and all you got to do is hold on.
[Am] Cause you will make it.
Joy will come in the [C] morning.
[F] You _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [B] ask _ [C] _
_ me how it is [Am] that [G] I'm still standing.
_ You _
_ [Am] wonder [G] how I made it through [F] _ this [G] storm.
[C] _ _ _
_ I can't boast of [Am] any special [G] _ _ powers. _ _
There's [Am] no sleeping.
_ _ [G] I _ _ [F] just head on.
[G] _
And I [C] head _ on. _
Till the [G] storm is over. _ _ _
I [Am] don't claim to be [G] a hero.
And [F] I know all the answers.
But I [C] head on. _ _
Till the storm is [G] over. _ _
_ _ [Ab] Not [Am] because I'm good.
[G]
Not because I'm great.
And [F] not because I'm strong.
[G] But I [C] head on. _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] And [F] I head on.
Till the storm _ _ is over.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] I [Em] can tell that things [Am] are [G] finally happening. _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] Now I've got [G] lessons I [C] can [F] call my own.
_ _ [G] You see [C] church, _ these [G] times I wonder [Am] if [G] I would make it.
No, I [Am] was wondering, I [G] just kept [F] holding on
_ [B] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
Till the [G] storm was over _
I'm [Ab] _ [Am] not made to [G] be a hero
And [F] I don't have all the [C] answers
But I held _ on
Till the [G] storm was over _
_ _ _ [Am] Not because I'm [G] good, not because I'm brave
[F] Not because I'm strong
[Dm] _ But I [C] held on
Till the storm [G] was over
I'm _ [Ab] _ [Am] not made to be [G] a hero
And [F] I don't have all [G] the answers
But I [C] held _ _ on
Till [Am] the storm [G] was over _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [A] Not because I'm good, [G] not because I'm brave
[F] Not because I'm [C] strong
[Dm] But I [C] held on
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _