Lord Help Me to Hold Out Chords by James Cleveland

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[Db] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[G] [Ab] Oh, _ _ _ _ _ the people hold out. _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ Oh, _ _ _ _
[F] [Ab] the people hold out.
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_ _ [Ab] Oh, _ _ _ _ the people hold _ out.
These are [A] these, our impale, _ [Bb] our [Eb] impale.
_ [Ab] I _ believe we ought to say it one more time.
Oh, _ _ _ _ the people hold out. _ _ _
[Eb] Oh, _ _ _ _ the people [Ab] hold out.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab]
Oh, _ _ the _ people hold out.
_ Help me to hold out [A] _ until [Bb] my _ [Ab] time may come.
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[Ab] _ _ Lord, _ I need you to help me to hold out.
_ Yes, I do. _ _
[Eb] _ Because the mountains are too high. _ _
[Ab] I need you to help me to hold out.
Give [Eb] _
[Ab] _ me _ the patience I need to hold out.
Thank you, Jesus.
[A] Oh, I dare, _ _ [Bb] I [Eb] dare, I [Ab] dare you.
_ _ _ _ Listen, my way [Eb] may not be easy. _
[Ab] _ You did not [Eb] say that it would be.
[Gb] _
[Ab] _ But if it gets [Db] tough, I can't see my [Eb] way.
You told [Bb] me to put my trust in thee.
That's why I'm [Ab] asking you, Lord Jesus, Lord Jesus,
help me to hold out.
_ I'm just about [Db] to [Ab] make it [Eb] over.
Oh, I need a little help.
[Ab] Help me to hold out.
_ [Eb] The devil's [Ab] trying to block me along.
_ _ _ Lord, just help me to hold out. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Oh, I dare, [Bb] I dare, I [Ab]
dare you. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Lord, I [Ebm] need you to hold out.
[Ab] Jesus, [Ebm] _ [Ab] help me.
Lord, [Ebm] I need you to hold out.
[Ab] _
_ _ Hold [Ebm] out.
See [Abm] what I can make from that.
Help me to hold [Ebm] out.
[Ab] Hold out. _
[Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ Hold [Eb] out.
Hold out.
Lord, please.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ I've been crying in the fifth night of August.
Need somebody to help me.
I [Ebm] believe [Ab] I can [Ebm] hold out.
[Ab] I can only hear from [Ebm] heaven.
[Ab] I believe [Ebm] that I can hold [Ab] out.
_ [Ebm] _ [Ab] I believe [Ebm] I can hold out.
I [Eb] believe I can hold out.
[Ab] Lord, see _
[Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [A] _ [Bb] what _ _ [Ab] I can make _ from that.
Until, [A] _ until _ [Bb] my day [Ab] _
comes.
I believe we ought to say it one more time.
_ [A]
Until, [Bb] until my [Eb] day [Ab] comes.
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