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Hold On 3

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[Intro]
Am7  Am7/G  Am7/F  Dm7  Dm7/E  Dm7/F
Am7  Am7/G  Am7/F  Dm7  Dm7/E  Dm7/F
[Verse 1]
There are   Am7leaves in the gutter
And there is   Am7/Gcold in the air
And I'm Am7/Fdying with the leaves
But you Dm7don't seem to care
There are   Am7leaves in the gutter 
And Am7/Gleaves in the making        
‘Cause I'm Am7/Fthinking of leaving
This Dm7life I've been faking
There are   Am7leaves in the gutter
And there is Am7/Gsnow in the sky
And it Am7/Fonly gets colder
The truth Dm7is, so do I
And Dm7/EI’m    Fcolder than C/Esnow is
And Cas Dm7hopelessDm7/Fly    Amdriven
Am/GSo  reFgardless of C/Ereason
YCou’ll  Dm7just be Dm7/FforgiAmven
Am/GYes I’m Fcolder than sC/Enow is
CThat’s Dm7what the Dm7/Fwind  tAmold me
Am/GBut as Fdarkness sets C/Ein
I Cwant Dm7someoDm7/Fne to Ghold meEm  
[Chorus]
EmI’ll D/F#hold Gon
To whatDever I Ccan
AnyDthing’s Embetter than DnothingB/D#  
EmI’ll D/F#hold Gon
For whatDever it’s Cworth
For whatever DI’m Emworth
And that’s GnothingA  D  G  A  D  G  
[Verse 2]
Am7Win-G/Bter   Dmclouds Care rolling G/Bin
And Gmy Am7win-G/Btry hDmeart is Ccold aG/Bgain
I Gwish I Am7knew G/Bthe Dmpeace
The Cleaves know G/Bnow
I would Gfall aAm7nd diG/Be   Dmwith them
If I Conly knew Bbhow
And CI Fwonder what the wC/Eind C  
Dm7Does wDm7/Fith the wAm7armth
If Am7/Ghe’s  Flike you and  C/Ehe  CjustDm7  
PushDm7/Fes   it aAmway
And Am/Ghas  he Falways been C/EsoC  Dm7  
BitteDm7/Fr and Amcold
Or Am/Ghas he Fhardened over C/Etime
C‘Cause Fno one could C/Eever Cfind
The Dm7strenDm7/Egth          Dm7/Fto Ghold himEm  
[Chorus]
EmI’ll D/F#hold Gon
To whatDever I Ccan
AnyDthing’s Embetter than DnothingB/D#  
EmI’ll D/F#hold Con
For whatDever it’s Cworth
For whatever DI’m Emworth
And that’s EmnothingG  Em  Em/F#  G  
A  D  G  A  D  G
[Bridge]
F  C/E  C  Dm7  Dm7/F  Am  Am/G
F  C/E  C  Dm7  Dm7/F  Am  Am/G
F  C/E  C/D  C  Dm7  Dm7/E  Dm7/F  Am  Am/G
F  C/E  C  Dm7  Dm7/F  G  E7
Am7  Am7/B  Am7/C
Am7/G  Am7  Am7/C
Am7/F  Am7  Am7/C
Dm7  Dm7/C  Dm7/B
Am7  Am7/B  Am7/C
Am7/G  Am7  Am7/C
Am7/F  Am7  Am7/C
Dm7  Dm7/C  Dm7/B
[Verse 3]
The Am7cold air is ruthless
And it Am7/Gthreatens to break me
And I Am7/Fcan't help wishing 
That Dm7tomorrow it might take me
The Am7cold air is ruthless
And Am7/Gdarling, so are you
And reAm7/Flentlessly distant
And unDm7feeling and untrue
The Am7cold air is ruthless
Yeah, but Am7/Gjust like the wind
I’m acAm7/Fcustomed to coolness
And I Dm7rarely give in
But Dm7/Ewe      Fcan’t hold off C/Ewinter
And CI Dm7can’t be Dm7/Fyour  Amlover
Am/GThough Fjust as the C/Ewind blows
CI’ll Dm7love yoDm7/Fu  forAmever
No, Am/Gwe   Fcan’t hold off C/Ewinter
CAnd I Dm7think we Dm7/Fboth  Gknow that
You         Am7       G/B  Dmcan’t hCold Gme
G  Am7  G/B  Bb  Am  G

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Hold On 3

by Taylor Giacoma

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Am7/G

Am7/F

Dm7

Dm7/E

Dm7/F

C/E

Am/G

D/F#

B/D#

G/B

Em/F#

C/D

Am7/B

[Intro]

Am7 Am7/G Am7/F Dm7 Dm7/E Dm7/F

[Verse 1]

Am7

There are leaves in the gutter

Am7/G

And there is cold in the air

Am7/F

And I'm dying with the leaves

Dm7

But you don't seem to care

Am7

There are leaves in the gutter

Am7/G

And leaves in the making

Am7/F

‘Cause I'm thinking of leaving

Dm7

This life I've been faking

Am7

There are leaves in the gutter

Am7/G

And there is snow in the sky

Am7/F

And it only gets colder

Dm7

The truth is, so do I

Dm7/E F C/E

And I’m colder than snow is

C Dm7 Dm7/F Am

And as hopelessly driven

Am/G F C/E

So regardless of reason

C Dm7 Dm7/F Am

You’ll just be forgiven

Am/G F C/E

Yes I’m colder than snow is

C Dm7 Dm7/F Am

That’s what the wind told me

Am/G F C/E

But as darkness sets in

C Dm7 Dm7/F G Em

I want someone to hold me

[Chorus]

Em D/F# G

I’ll hold on

D C

To whatever I can

D Em D B/D#

Anything’s better than nothing

Em D/F# G

I’ll hold on

D C

For whatever it’s worth

D Em

For whatever I’m worth

G A D G A D G

And that’s nothing

[Verse 2]

Am7 G/B Dm C G/B

Win-ter clouds are rolling in

G Am7 G/B Dm C G/B

And my win-try heart is cold again

G Am7 G/B Dm

I wish I knew the peace

C G/B

The leaves know now

G Am7 G/B Dm

I would fall and die with them

C Bb

If I only knew how

C F C/E C

And I wonder what the wind

Dm7 Dm7/F Am7

Does with the warmth

Am7/G F C/E C Dm7

If he’s like you and he just

Dm7/F Am

Pushes it away

Am/G F C/E C Dm7

And has he always been so

Dm7/F Am

Bitter and cold

Am/G F C/E

Or has he hardened over time

C F C/E C

‘Cause no one could ever find

Dm7 Dm7/E Dm7/F G Em

The strength to hold him

[Chorus]

Em D/F# G

I’ll hold on

D C

To whatever I can

D Em D B/D#

Anything’s better than nothing

Em D/F# C

I’ll hold on

D C

For whatever it’s worth

D Em

For whatever I’m worth

Em G Em Em/F# G

And that’s nothing

A D G A D G

[Bridge]

F C/E C Dm7 Dm7/F Am Am/G

F C/E C/D C Dm7 Dm7/E Dm7/F Am Am/G

F C/E C Dm7 Dm7/F G E7

Am7 Am7/B Am7/C

Am7/G Am7 Am7/C

Am7/F Am7 Am7/C

Dm7 Dm7/C Dm7/B

Am7 Am7/B Am7/C

Am7/G Am7 Am7/C

Am7/F Am7 Am7/C

Dm7 Dm7/C Dm7/B

[Verse 3]

Am7

The cold air is ruthless

Am7/G

And it threatens to break me

Am7/F

And I can't help wishing

Dm7

That tomorrow it might take me

Am7

The cold air is ruthless

Am7/G

And darling, so are you

Am7/F

And relentlessly distant

Dm7

And unfeeling and untrue

Am7

The cold air is ruthless

Am7/G

Yeah, but just like the wind

Am7/F

I’m accustomed to coolness

Dm7

And I rarely give in

Dm7/E F C/E

But we can’t hold off winter

C Dm7 Dm7/F Am

And I can’t be your lover

Am/G F C/E

Though just as the wind blows

C Dm7 Dm7/F Am

I’ll love you forever

Am/G F C/E

No, we can’t hold off winter

C Dm7 Dm7/F G

And I think we both know that

Am7 G/B Dm C G

You can’t hold me

G Am7 G/B Bb Am G

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