Hold On Chords by Tom Waits

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_ _ They hung a sign up [G] in our town, _ _ _ if you [A] live it up you [D] won't live it down _
_ _ So she left _ [G]
Monterreo sun
_ _ Just _ [A]
like a bullet [D] _ _ leaves a gun _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] With a charcoal eyes [A] and Monroe hips
_ She [D] wouldn't took that _ [G] California _ trip
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well the [Em] moon was golden [F#m] and the hell I [A] went
_ _ Said [Em] don't look back just [A] come on Jim.
Oh _ _
[D] You got to
Hold _ _ _ [G] on
_ [D] You [G] got to hold [D] on
Take my hand
[A] Standing right here.
[D] You gotta hold on _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Leave [G] a dime store watch _ _ _ _
[A] And a [D] ring made from a spoon
_ _ _ _ _ Everyone's looking [G] for someone to blame
_ [D] And you [A] share my bed [D] you share my name _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, [G] go _ ahead [A] call the cops
_ You [D] don't meet nice girls [G] in coffee _ shops _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] She said baby.
[A] I still love you _ _ _
[Em] Sometimes there's nothing [A] [D] left to do
_ Oh
What do you got to?
_ _ _ Hold _ on
_ Baby [Bm] got [G] all _ [D] the chicken man _ [A] standing right here.
You [D] gotta hold
_ _ Down _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
by the [G] Riverside _ _ Motel
_ _ [A] It's in below [D] and _ falling _ _ _ _ _
by
[G] 99 cent _ store
_ [A] She closed her [D] eyes and started sweet
_ _ _ But _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
it's so hard [A] dance that way
_ [D] When it's cold and [G] there's no _ music
_ _ _ Or _ _ [Em] your hometown [A] so far away
_ _ But _ [Em]
inside your [B] head as a record is [A] playing _ a song
_ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh
_ Baby [G] got a hold [D] on the chicken man [A] standing right [D] there _ _
You _ _ gotta hold _ on
_ _ _ _ Baby [G] got a hold [D] on
Take my hand
[A] Standing right [D] there You gotta _ _
_ _ You gotta _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] Baby _ [G] got a hold [D] on and take my _
[A] standing right here.
You [D] gotta _ _ _ You gotta _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Maybe go
_ _ _ [D] And take my
[A]
Standing right here.
[D] You gotta _ _ _ You _ gotta _ _ _ You _ gotta _ _ _ _
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