Chords for Jimmy Nail - I Can't Hold On

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_ _ _ [G] Was a kind of town on [D] the edge [C] of the universe _ [G] Nothing happened there, [D] never [C] made the news _
[G] Lived a little boy _ [C] and a girl next door _ [G] Had opinions, _ independent [C] views
_ _ [Am] They dreamed of nights [G] [D] and big city lights _ [Am] _ Helped kill [G] each [D] dreary day
_ _ _ [Am] All the things [G] that getting [C] out would bring _ [Am] If only they [G] could [D] get away _
He _ said, _ _ [G] I _ [Bm] can't [Em] hold on [G] _
But [C] I'm _ [G] feeling _ [Am] _
strong
_ There's [G] so _ [D]
many [Em] _ things [D] _ I'm [C] not [G] knowing _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
[G] But _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] the city light _ [C] didn't burn so bright
_ [G] And the white of day [D] was [C] never warm _ And [G] the little boy got into [C] one more fight
_ [Am] And the girl next door [Em] [D] said, I miss my home She said, believe in me
She said, I don't know He said, can't you see?
[G] I can't [D] hold [G]
on _ Cause [C] I'm [G] feeling _ [Am] strong
_ _ _ [G] There's so _ [D] many _ [Em] _ things [G] _
I'm [C] not [G] knowing _ And I _ [D] can't [G] hang _ around
And with one _ close [Am]
count _ _ [G] When my soul is [D] [Em] tied down
[G] _ _ [C] I'm forgoing [G] it _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
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[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] So the little boy _ became a broken man
With a broken face and [C] broken dreams _ [G] And the girl next door, she [C] disappeared one day
_ [Am] And in her place [G] [D] was a woman child _ I _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] can't [G] hold on _
[C] I'm not _ [G] feeling _ [Am]
strong _ _ [G] There's so _ [D]
many _ [Em] things [D] _ that [G]
hurt me now
And _ _ _ _ I [D] can't escape [Em] _
now [G] _ [C] From this [G] big cold [Am] town
_ Where [G] my _ [D] soul's [Em] tied _ [D] down _ _ [C] _ _ _ Where _ _ my [G] soul's tied _ [D]
down
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] There's so many [D] things [C] I'm not knowing _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
And [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] my _ [D] soul's tied [Em] _ down
[D] _
_ [C] I'm forgoing [G] it I _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ can't hold _ on
Cause [C] I'm _ [G] feeling _ [Am] _ strong But [G] there's so _ [D] many _ [G] _
things
[D] I'm [C] not [G] knowing _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ I'm [Cm]
not knowing _ _ _ _ _ _