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I Held On

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[Verse 1]
CYou ask me how it is that GI'm still standing
AmYou wonder how I made it through Fthis storm
CI can't boast of any Gspecial powers
AmThere's no secret. I jusFt held on
[Chorus]
CAnd I held on til the storm was Gover
DmI don't claim to be a hero
Fand I don't have all the answers
but I Cheld on 'til the storm was Gover
Amnot because I'm good, not because I'm great
not Fbecause I'm strong but I held onC  
[Instrumental] (goes higher)
C  G  Am  F
[Verse 2]
CI can tell that things are finally haGppenin'
Amand I've got blessings I can calFl my own
Cmany times I wondered if I would Gmake it
WAmhile I was wondering I just kept holFding on
[Chorus]
ACnd I held on til the storm was Gover
DmI don't claim to be a hero
aFnd I don't have all the answers
bCut I held on 'til the storm was oGver
Dmnot because I'm good, not because I'm great
not beFcause I'm strong but I held onC  
[Instrumental] (goes higher)
C  G  Am  F
Repeat
CI just held on

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I Held On

by Shara Mckee

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Verse 1]

C G

You ask me how it is that I'm still standing

Am F

You wonder how I made it through this storm

C G

I can't boast of any special powers

Am F

There's no secret. I just held on

[Chorus]

C G

And I held on til the storm was over

I don't claim to be a hero

and I don't have all the answers

C G

but I held on 'til the storm was over

not because I'm good, not because I'm great

F C

not because I'm strong but I held on

[Instrumental] (goes higher)

C G Am F

[Verse 2]

C G

I can tell that things are finally happenin'

Am F

and I've got blessings I can call my own

C G

many times I wondered if I would make it

Am F

While I was wondering I just kept holding on

[Chorus]

C G

And I held on til the storm was over

I don't claim to be a hero

and I don't have all the answers

C G

but I held on 'til the storm was over

not because I'm good, not because I'm great

F C

not because I'm strong but I held on

[Instrumental] (goes higher)

C G Am F

Repeat

I just held on

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