{"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":685832,"song":"Hold On","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/685832-hold-on-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/685832?type=chord","rating":4.66613,"votes":788,"content":"[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]         \r\n            They hung a sign up in our town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n            \"if you live it up, you won't live it down\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            So, she left Monte Rio, son[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]               \r\n            Just like a bullet leaves a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            She went and took that California trip[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            Well, the moon was gold, her Hair like wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            She said don't look back just Come on Jim[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]           \r\n            Oh you got to[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n            Hold on, Hold on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            You got to hold on[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            Take my hand, I'm standing right here[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]          \r\n            You gotta hold on[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            Well, he gave her a dimestore watch[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n            And a ring made from a spoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            Everyone is looking for someone to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                \r\n            But you share my bed, you share my name[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            Well, go ahead and call the cops[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            She said baby, I still love you[/tab]\r\n            \r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]    \r\n            Sometimes there's nothin left to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            Oh but you got to[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n            Hold on, hold on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            Baby gotto to hold on[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you got to[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]           \r\n            Just hold on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse] \r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            Well, God bless your crooked little heart [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n            St. Louis got  the  best  of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch] \r\n            I miss your broken-china voice[/tab]\r\n            \r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n            How I wish you were still here with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            Well, you build it up, you wreck it down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            You burn your mansion to the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            When there's nothing left to keep you here, when[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            You're falling behind in this big blue world[/tab]\r\n            \r\n[Chorus]\r\n            \r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]           \r\n            Oh you got to[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n            Hold on, Hold on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            Baby gotto hold on[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            Take my hand, I'm standing right here[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]          \r\n            You gotta hold on[/tab]\r\n            \r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            Down by the Riverside motel,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n            It's 10 below and falling[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n            By a 99 cent store she closed her eyes and started swaying[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            But it's so hard to dance that way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            When it's cold and there's no music[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            Well your old hometown is so far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            But, inside your head there's a record[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n            That's playing, a song called[/tab]\r\n            \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n            Hold on, hold on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            Baby gotto hold on[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            Take my hand, I'm standing right there[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]          \r\n            You gotta hold on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    \r\n            You got to Hold on, Hold on     [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n            Baby gotto hold on[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n            Take my hand, I'm standing right here[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]          \r\n            You gotta hold on[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            \n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse] \n\n\n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n            \n[Chorus]\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n            \n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            \n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","A","Em","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}