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Name: Mike M
Artist: Richard Marx
Title: Hold On To The Nights
Capo 3rd Fret
- all notes and chords are relative to the capo
This is played on acoustic but in the same key as the studio version.
CHORDS
Am   Fmaj9Gsus2sus4 Gsus2   Gadd9   Fsus2   G6add9   C   F   Bm  A  
e|-0------0---------x---------x-------0-------x-------x-------0---x----2----0---------|
B|-1------1---------1---------0-------0-------1-------0-------1---1----3----2---------|
G|-2------0---------0---------0-------2-------0-------0-------0---2----4----2---------|
D|-2------3---------0---------0-------0-------2-------0-------2---3----4----2---------|
A|-0------0---------0---------0-------0-------2-------0-------3---3----2----0---------|
E|-x------x---------3---------3-------3-------x-------3-------x---1----x----x---------|
[Intro]
e|-Am-------------Fmaj90----------------------|--Am-----------Fmaj9-0---------------------------------|
B|-1-0-1---0-1--1--3----0-1---0-1--1-0-|-1-0-1---0-1--1--3------0---0-------------------|
G|-------2------0-----2-----2----------|-------2------0-----0-2---2---2-----0-2-0-2-----|
D|--------------3----------------------|--------------3-----------------2-2---------0---|
A|-0-----------------------------------|-0----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------3-|
[Verse 1]
Am   Fmaj9Gsus2sus4 Gsus2   Gadd9   Gsus2  
Just when I believed I couldn't ever want for more
Am   Fmaj9Gsus2sus4 Gsus2   Gadd9  Gsus2  
This ever changing world pushes me through another door
Fmaj9I saw you AmsmilFsus2e
Gsus2sus4 Gsus2   Gadd9  Gsus2  
And my mind could not erase the beauty of your face
Fmaj9Just for aAmwhileFsus2  
Won't you G6add9let me sheltFsus2er youG6add9  
[Chorus]
CHold on Fto the G6add9nights
CHold on Fto the G6add9memories
CI wish that I could giFve you something G6add9more
That I could be yours
Repeat 2nd part of the intro
e|--Am-----------Fmaj9-0---------------------------------|
B|-1-0-1---0-1--1--3------0---0-------------------|
G|-------2------0-----0-2---2---2-----0-2-0-2-----|
D|--------------3-----------------2-2---------0---|
A|-0----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------3-|
[Verse 2]
Am   Fmaj9Gsus2sus4 Gsus2   Gadd9   Gsus2  
How do we explain something that took us by surprise
Am   Fmaj9Gsus2sus4 Gsus2   Gadd9   Gsus2  
Promises in vain, love that is real but in disguise
Fmaj9What happAmens nFsus2ow
Do we Gsus2sus4break another Gsus2rule
Let our lGadd9overs play the Gsus2fool
Fmaj9I don't kAmnow hFsus2ow
To G6add9stop feeling this Fsus2wayG6add9  
[Chorus]
CHold on Fto the G6add9nights
CHold on Fto the G6add9memories
CI wish that I could giFve you G6add9more
[Bridge]
Well, I tBmhink that I've been true to everybAody else but me
And the Fsus2way I feel about you makes my G6add9heart long to be free
EveryBmtime I look into your eyes, I'm hAelplessly aware
That the Fsus2someone I've been searching for is Gsus2sus4right there
[Chorus]
CHold on Fto the G6add9nights
CHold on Fto the G6add9memories
CI wish that I could giFve you G6add9more
There is a key change here. You can either move the capo up to the 5th fret or play the chorus as
D G A
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