| F | |
| Well she's sitting right there on the chain link fence |
| F | |
| She's down at the park with the rest of her friends |
| Am | |
| And she looks so pretty but she's only sixteen |
| C | |
| Didn't know that when she smiled at me |
| F | |
| Now the boys are hunched over their electric guitars |
| F | |
| I'm lying in the grass out beside my car |
| Am | |
| I followed her down to the Dixie Freeze |
| C | Bb | |
| Hold on, hold on, hold on to | me |
| F | |
| Sweet girl |
| Bb | F | |
| Don't let go for the | world |
| Bb | F | |
| Cause I'm not from | here |
| F | F | Am | C | |
| And I | 'm af | raid | that I m | ight never see you again |
| F | |
| Now it's the end of the summer and I'm just twenty-one, |
| F | |
| I been in California for the last two months |
| Am | |
| And there weren't no girls like her out there |
| C | |
| Her boyfriend don't like me and I think that's fair |
| F | |
| Cause I'm sitting right here on the chain link fence |
| F | |
| And when she smiles at me gonna take my chance |
| Am | |
| Say I know the show's over but I wish you wouldn't leave |
| C | Bb | |
| Hold on, hold on, hold on to | me |
| F | |
| Sweet girl |
| Bb | F | |
| Don't let go for the | world |
| Bb | F | |
| Cause I'm not from | here |
| Bb | F | Dm | C | Bb | |
| And I'm | afraid that | I might | never see | you a | gain |
| F | F | Am | C |
| F | F | Am | C | Bb | |
| Hold on, Hold on, Hold on t | o me |
| F | |
| Sweet girl |
| Bb | F | |
| Don't let go for the | world |
| Bb | F | |
| Cause I'm not from | here |
| Bb | F | Dm | C | Bb | |
| And I'm | afraid that | I might | never see | you a | gain |
| Bb | F | Dm | C | Bb | |
| And I'm | afraid that | I might | never see | you a | gain |