{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2464382,"song":"Hold On True","artist":"O.A.R.","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11503464-hold-on-true-chords-by-o-a-r/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2464382?type=chord","rating":0.18614,"votes":0,"content":"This song frustrated me for the longest time because of the slide in the verse riff. I could never get a very\r\nbright sound using the power chords shown in other versions. I did my best to match the chords to the lyrics\r\nbut the slide complicates the vocal rhythm. So youll just have to listen and figure it out.\r\n\r\nCapo on the 2nd fret\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\nNot relative to capo, play as shown\r\ne|---16p12---14-12-----12------12p9-----------------|\r\nB|-12------12-----12p14--12---9----9-12-9-9p10p9----|\r\nG|-----------------------------------------------11-|\r\nD|--------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|--------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Verse]\r\n     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|-----------------------------2-2-2------------|\r\nB|--3-3-3-/-5-5-3-3-3---2-2-2--2-2-2------------|\r\nG|--2-2-2-/-4-4-2-2-2---2-2-2--0-0-0------------|\r\nD|--0-0-0-/-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2--0-0-0------------|\r\nA|----------------------0-0-0--2-2-2------------|\r\nE|-----------------------------3-3-3------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBack in the day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, it wasn't that far[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNot a day goes by that won't be in the back tomorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake today as a sample to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Bsus4[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt looks cloudy outside[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat are you gonna do?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, we could get up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr we could get on down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe could drive to the country or head downtown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaybe I'll join you too[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nchorus lead in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe could have been so much better off than before[/tab]\r\nif we held on true\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bsus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] x4\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI said but lately I've been feeling mighty old[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Bsus4[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI said the sun has got me cracked and this wind has got me cold[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand I'm so damn tired of losing my friends[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nevery single time I go and lose my ends[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI say but that's okay, I'm on my way[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bsus4[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI don't appear near, but maybe I'll end up that way[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand in awhile when I realize there's something new[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbut until then I gotta hold on true[/tab]","plain_text":"This song frustrated me for the longest time because of the slide in the verse riff. I could never get a very\nbright sound using the power chords shown in other versions. I did my best to match the chords to the lyrics\nbut the slide complicates the vocal rhythm. So youll just have to listen and figure it out.\n\nCapo on the 2nd fret\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nif we held on true\n\nD Bsus4 G A x4\n\n[Verse]","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","Bsus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}