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Artist - Kansas
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Song - Hold On
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Album - Audio Vision (1980)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
[Intro]
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Am Em C/G G D C/G D X2
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|-0--2--3--5--5---3-2-|
E|---------------------|X2
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[Verse 1]
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Am C/G
Look in the mirror and tell me
D F G
Just what you see
Am C/G
What have the years of your life
D
Taught you to be
F D/F#
Innocence dyin' in so many ways
F Em
Things that you dream of are lost
D Em
Lost in the haze
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[Chorus]
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Em D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
C/G D
'Cause it's closer than you think
Am D
And you're standing on the brink
Em D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
C/G D
'Cause there's something on the way
Am D Em
Your tomorrow's not the same as today
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[Verse 2]
******** Heavy Chords
Am C/G F G
Don't you recall what you felt
D
When you weren't alone
Am C/G
Someone who stood by your side
D
A face you have known
F D/F#
Where do you run when it's too much to bear
F Em
Who do you turn to in need
D Em
When nobody's there
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[Chorus]
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Em D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
C/G D
'Cause it's closer than you think
Am D
And you're standing on the brink
Em D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
C/G D
'Cause there's something on the way
Am D Em D G Am
Your tomorrow's not the same as today Ahhh Ahhh Ahh
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02:01
[Solo] PH = Pinch Harmonic
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e|--------------------|------s-------------------------|---------------|--------------s---|
B|-b--rp--b---rp--PH--|-----8\10--8-5-brp--------------|---------------|------h--5-8-8\10-|
G|-7----5-7-----5-7---|---5-----------7--5-------------|----------h----|-----5-7----------|
D|------------------7-|-7------------------7-5--s------|------s--5-7-5-|-5-7--------------|
A|--------------------|------------------------7\5-3---|---3-5\7-------|------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------------------5-|-5-------------|------------------|
b rp p
e|--------------------10----10----10----8--10-8-|
B|-10-12-13--10-12-13----13----13---------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
b
e|-------15-~~~~--15-13--12-13-12----|-------------|---------------------|------------------|---------|-------|
B|-10-13--------------------------15-|-13-15-13----|---------------------|------------------|---------|-------|
G|-----------------------------------|----------14-|-12---s-------b--r---|---------h--p-----|--h-p-s--|--s-s--|
D|-----------------------------------|-------------|----14\12-10-12---10-|-10-12-10-12-10-9-|-7-9-7\6-|-7\9/7-|
A|-----------------------------------|-------------|---------------------|------------------|---------|-------|
E|-----------------------------------|-------------|---------------------|------------------|---------|-------|
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[Verse 3]
******** Heavy Chords
Am C/G F G
Outside your door He is waiting
D
Waiting for you
Am C/G
Sooner or later you know
D
He's got to get through
F D/F#
No hesitation and no holding back
F Em
Let it all go and you'll know
D
You're on the right track
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[Chorus]
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Em D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
(Hold on to me baby)
C/G D
'Cause it's closer than you think
Am D
And you're standing on the brink
Em D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
(Yea I need you by my side)
C/G D
'Cause there's something on the way
Am D
Your tomorrow's not the same
Em D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
(I've got to talk to you baby)
C/G D
'Cause it's closer than you think
Am D
And you're standing on the brink
Em D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
(There's something round the corner)
C/G D
'Cause there's something on the way
Am D
Your tomorrow's not the same
Em
Hold onnnnnnnnn
ENJOY..............Hold On chords and lyrics
Free chords for Hold On by Kansas. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
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Artist - Kansas
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Song - Hold On
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Album - Audio Vision (1980)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
[Intro]
******
Am Em C/G G D C/G D X2
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[Verse 1]
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[Chorus]
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[Verse 2]
******** Heavy Chords
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[Chorus]
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[Verse 3]
******** Heavy Chords
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[Chorus]
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(Hold on to me baby)
(Yea I need you by my side)
(I've got to talk to you baby)
(There's something round the corner)
ENJOY..............Hold On Chords by Kansas
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