Hold On Chords by Tom Waits

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They hung a sign [G] up in our town, _ _ _ if [A] you live it up [D] you won't live it down. _ _
_ So she left [G] _ Monterreo, son, _ _ _ _ [A] just like a [D] bullet _ _ leaves a gun. _
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_ [G] With the charcoal eyes [A] and Monroe hips, _ _ she went [D] and took that _ [G] California trip. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well the [Em] moon was golden [F#m] and her hair like [A] wind, _ _ [Em] she said don't look back just [A] come on Jim.
Oh, _ [D] you got to hold on, hold [G] _ on, [D] _ _ [G] you got to hold on.
[D] Take my hand, [A] standing right here you [D] got to hold on.
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_ _ _ Well he gave her [G] a time store _ watch _ _ _
[A] and a [D] ring made from a school.
_ _ _ _ _ Everyone's looking [G] for someone to blame.
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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, _ _ _ you got to hold on, hold _ on, baby [Bm] you got to [G] hold on.
[D] Take my hand, standing [A] right here [D] you got to hold on. _ _ _
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Well God bless your crooked [G] little heart, _ _ _ [Am] St.
Louis got [D] the best of me. _ _ _
I miss your [G] broken china voice, _ _ _ [A] how I wish you were [D] still here with me. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Oh, you build it up, you [A] wreck it down, _ _ _ _ [D] and you burn your [G] mansion to _ the ground. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, [E] there's nothing left [A] to keep you here, _ but [Em] when you're falling behind in [A] this big blue world.
_ Oh, _ you got [D] to hold on, _ hold _ on, baby [G] you got to hold [D] on.
Take my hand, [A] standing right here [D] you got to hold on.
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_ _ _ Down by the _
[G] Riverside _ Motel, _ _ [A] it's sitting below [D] and _ falling.
_ _ _ _ By a [G] 99 cent store, _ _ [A] she closed her eyes [D] and started _ _ swaying. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ But it's so hard [A] to dance that way, _ _ [D] when it's cold and [G] there's no _ music.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, [Em] you're old hometown [A] so far away, _ _ but [Em] inside your head [B] there's a record that's playing.
[A] _ A song [D] called hold on, hold on, _ _ baby you [G] got to hold [D] on.
Take my hand, [A] standing right there you [D] got to hold on. _ _
You got to hold on, _ hold on, _ baby [G] you got to hold [D] on.
Take my hand, [A] standing right there [D] you got to hold on. _ _
You got to hold on, _ _
[G] hold [D] on, baby you got [G] to hold [D] on.
And take my hand, [A] standing right here you [D] got to hold on. _
You got to hold on, hold _ on.
man you gotta hold on, gotta hold on,
[G] baby, gotta hold [D] on, take your _ [A] mindfulness for a ride
[D] here, gotta hold on, _ _
you gotta hold on, _ _ _
you gotta hold on, _
you gotta hold on, _
you gotta hold on, _
you gotta hold on.
you _ gotta hold on, _
you gotta hold _ _ _ _ _ _ on. _ _ _ _
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