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[Intro]
C
Brake G/ClightsGm/C, cornfield moFnotony
And a Fmmillion white Abhyphens between Gyou and me
But it’s a Eblittle less Bbfar from Fmwhere you Abare
As I’m Bbdriving down the Bbmhighway
Putting Bbloneliness beBbmhind me
Singing Dbsoftly to myself
About the Bbmiles left to goBb  Am  G  Bb  Am  G  
[Verse 1]
And I Dmknow Cthat the G/Bdistance that I Gdrive
Won’t Dmclose Cthe G/Bdistance that’s betGween us
And I Dmknow Cno G/Bmatter how Gfar I DmgoC  
I will G/Bnever reach yBbouAm  G  Bb  Am  G  
I’m F5trying to C/Estay
Dm7Between the Am/Clines on the F5road
And I’m C/Etrying to Dm7read
Between the Am/Clines when you F5say
That you’ll C/Elove me Dm7forever and Am/Cever aF5lthough
We are C/Emiles aDm7part and Am/Cdrifting aEmwayDm  Am/C  
Am  Em  Dm  Am/C  Bb  Am  G
[Verse 2]
And I F5can’t say I’ve C/Eever had Dm7much
Of a Am/Csense of diF5rection
But I C/Ealways thought Dm7I had a Am/Csense of myF5self
But it’s C/Eclear that my Dm7compass
Am/CNeeds some corF5rection
As I C/Efind myself Dmdriven by Am/Csomebody EmelseDm  
Am/C  Am  Em  Dm  Am/C  Bb  Am  G
[Verse 3]
And how DmlonCg  G/Bbefore I Gget there
There’s no DmsignCs  G/Balong the wGay
And how DmlonCg  G/Bbefore you really Gget me
It’s too much Dmtime  Cto just  G/Bthrow it aBbll awAmay
G  Bb Am  G
And I Fdon’t know just C/Ewhere I am Dm7going
But it’s Amin this diFrection
And it’s C/Ebetter than Dm7where 
I have Ambeen up to Fnow
Moving C/Efast as I Dm7can from a Amfear of reFjection
I would C/Ego my own Dm7way if I Amonly knew FhowC/E  
Long Dm7distance beAmtween us on the Fhighway
LoC/Eng  Dm7distance beAmtween us when we Ftouch
Maybe C/Eyou should go Dm7your way
And AmI should go Fmy way
I’m beC/Eginning to Dm7think
That I Amlove you too EmmuchDm  
Am/CI need to Ambe with youEm  Dm  
Am/CI need to Amgo to you
And as I Dmgo, I still don’t DmknowC  
If G/Byou really Glove me
I don’t Dmknow Cif you G/Bknow what that Gmeans
And I DmcaCn’t   G/Bmake you Glove me
But my DwilCl is G/Bstronger than it BbseemAmsG  
Bb  Am  G  G7
[Bridge]
My Dbcenter of gravity Db/Bbshifts
As I cross the state Fline
And I Dbdon’t know what I’m holding Db/Bonto
But I know that it’s FmineBb  Am  G  
Bb  Am  G
Bb  Am  G
Bb  Am  G  Em
[Verse 4]
Moving D/F#down the Groad
And I Emthink I’ve D/F#lost my Gway
And is Emit just D/F#me
Or is Gthis road getting Clonger
So I Emsing myD/F#self back Ghome again
Tell myself EmeveryD/F#thing’s oGk
And when I Emthink about D/F#turning aGround
I just get Cstronger
This Emis the D/F#only  Glove that EmI have D/F#ever  Gknown
And Emso I D/F#tell myGself it must be Creal
And I Emknow it D/F#isn’t Gperfect
But it’s Embetter than D/F#being Bbalone
And Emso I D/F#shift the Ggears
I hit the Cgas, I grip the wheel, and I sing
[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 Fsus2nothingF  
[Outro]
Bb  Am  G  Bb  Am  Gsus2  G

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Hold On 1

by Taylor Giacoma

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/C

Gm/C

Bbm

G/B

C/E

Dm7

Am/C

Db/Bb

Db/B

D/F#

[Intro]

G/C Gm/C F

Brake lights, cornfield monotony

Fm Ab G

And a million white hyphens between you and me

Eb Bb Fm Ab

But it’s a little less far from where you are

Bb Bbm

As I’m driving down the highway

Bb Bbm

Putting loneliness behind me

Singing softly to myself

Bb Bb Am G Bb Am G

About the miles left to go

[Verse 1]

Dm C G/B G

And I know that the distance that I drive

Dm C G/B G

Won’t close the distance that’s between us

Dm C G/B G Dm C

And I know no matter how far I go

G/B Bb Am G Bb Am G

I will never reach you

F5 C/E

I’m trying to stay

Dm7 Am/C F5

Between the lines on the road

C/E Dm7

And I’m trying to read

Am/C F5

Between the lines when you say

C/E Dm7 Am/C F5

That you’ll love me forever and ever although

C/E Dm7 Am/C Em Dm Am/C

We are miles apart and drifting away

Am Em Dm Am/C Bb Am G

[Verse 2]

F5 C/E Dm7

And I can’t say I’ve ever had much

Am/C F5

Of a sense of direction

C/E Dm7 Am/C F5

But I always thought I had a sense of myself

C/E Dm7

But it’s clear that my compass

Am/C F5

Needs some correction

C/E Dm Am/C Em Dm

As I find myself driven by somebody else

Am/C Am Em Dm Am/C Bb Am G

[Verse 3]

Dm C G/B G

And how long before I get there

Dm C G/B G

There’s no signs along the way

Dm C G/B G

And how long before you really get me

Dm C G/B Bb Am

It’s too much time to just throw it all away

G Bb Am G

F C/E Dm7

And I don’t know just where I am going

Am F

But it’s in this direction

C/E Dm7

And it’s better than where

Am F

I have been up to now

C/E Dm7 Am F

Moving fast as I can from a fear of rejection

C/E Dm7 Am F C/E

I would go my own way if I only knew how

Dm7 Am F

Long distance between us on the highway

C/E Dm7 Am F

Long distance between us when we touch

C/E Dm7

Maybe you should go your way

Am F

And I should go my way

C/E Dm7

I’m beginning to think

Am Em Dm

That I love you too much

Am/C Am Em Dm

I need to be with you

Am/C Am

I need to go to you

Dm Dm C

And as I go, I still don’t know

G/B G

If you really love me

Dm C G/B G

I don’t know if you know what that means

Dm C G/B G

And I can’t make you love me

D C G/B Bb Am G

But my will is stronger than it seems

Bb Am G G7

[Bridge]

Db Db/Bb

My center of gravity shifts

As I cross the state line

Db Db/B

And I don’t know what I’m holding onto

F Bb Am G

But I know that it’s mine

Bb Am G

Bb Am G Em

[Verse 4]

D/F# G

Moving down the road

Em D/F# G

And I think I’ve lost my way

Em D/F#

And is it just me

G C

Or is this road getting longer

Em D/F# G

So I sing myself back home again

Em D/F# G

Tell myself everything’s ok

Em D/F# G

And when I think about turning around

I just get stronger

Em D/F# G Em D/F# G

This is the only love that I have ever known

Em D/F# G C

And so I tell myself it must be real

Em D/F# G

And I know it isn’t perfect

Em D/F# Bb

But it’s better than being alone

Em D/F# G

And so I shift the gears

I hit the gas, I grip the wheel, and I sing

[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

Fsus2 F

And that’s nothing

[Outro]

Bb Am G Bb Am Gsus2 G

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