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Hold On Tight

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Eminor

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Intro]
D for two measures then to G
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-9/12~--9/12~--|
E|-7/10~--7/10~--|
[Verse]
GHold on Dtight to your Gdream
CHold on tight to your Gdream
CWhen you see your Gship go sailing
CWhen you feel your Gheart is breaking
GHold on Dtight to your Gdream.
GIt's a long Dtime to be Ggone
CTime just rolls on and Gon
CWhen you need a sGhoulder to cry on
CWhen you get so Gsick of trying
GJust hold on Dtight to your Gdream
[Chorus]
When you Emget so B7down that you Emcan't get B7up
And you Amwant so Dmuch but you're Amall out of Dluck
When you're Emso downB7hearted and EmmisunderB7stood
Just Am7over and B7over and C+5over you D7couldD  
[Repeat verse]
Accroches-toi a ton reve
Accroches-toi a ton reve
Quand tu vois ton bateau partir
Quand tu sents -- ton coeur se briser
Accroches-toi a ton reve.
[Repeat chorus]
[Repeat verse]
Hold on tight to your dream
Hold on tight to your dream
When you see the shadows falling
When you hear that cold wind calling
Hold on tight to your dream.
GOh, yeah
GHold on Dtight to your Gdream
G             D                e|------------------------------------------|
Yeah, hold on tight...         B|-------------------7----------------------|
                               G|-------------7-----7----------------------|
              G      D      G   D     G  D|-------7-----7-----7----------------------|
To your dream.                 A|-5-X8--5-X8--5-X8--5--X8------------------|
                               E|------------------------------------------|

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O22OOO

Minor chord - Sad, melancholic sound

✕ Mute Open Press

Skill · find home

E minor

This chord is home. When a line ends, land here.

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Hold On Tight

by Electric Light Orchestra

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

C+5

[Intro]

D for two measures then to G

e|---------------|

B|---------------|

G|---------------|

D|---------------|

A|-9/12~--9/12~--|

E|-7/10~--7/10~--|

[Verse]

G D G

Hold on tight to your dream

C G

Hold on tight to your dream

C G

When you see your ship go sailing

C G

When you feel your heart is breaking

G D G

Hold on tight to your dream.

G D G

It's a long time to be gone

C G

Time just rolls on and on

C G

When you need a shoulder to cry on

C G

When you get so sick of trying

G D G

Just hold on tight to your dream

[Chorus]

Em B7 Em B7

When you get so down that you can't get up

Am D Am D

And you want so much but you're all out of luck

Em B7 Em B7

When you're so downhearted and misunderstood

Am7 B7 C+5 D7 D

Just over and over and over you could

[Repeat verse]

Accroches-toi a ton reve

Quand tu vois ton bateau partir

Quand tu sents -- ton coeur se briser

Accroches-toi a ton reve.

[Repeat chorus]

[Repeat verse]

Hold on tight to your dream

When you see the shadows falling

When you hear that cold wind calling

Hold on tight to your dream.

Oh, yeah

G D G

Hold on tight to your dream

G D e|------------------------------------------|

Yeah, hold on tight... B|-------------------7----------------------|

G|-------------7-----7----------------------|

G D G D G D

|-------7-----7-----7----------------------|

To your dream. A|-5-X8--5-X8--5-X8--5--X8------------------|

E|------------------------------------------|

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