| C | |
| I'm gonna | hold on-- |
| F | C | G | |
| 'cause what I bel | ieve in is | so s | trong |
| F | C | |
| No matter h | ow lo | ng, no one |
| F | C | G | C | |
| Can tell me I'm | wrong--I ain't | goi | n' d | own |
| C |
| I had a baby at fifteen-- |
| F | |
| daddy never did forgive me |
| C | G | |
| I never heard from the guy ag | ain |
| C | |
| I had to drop outta high school-- |
| F | |
| everybody treated me so cruel |
| C | G | C | |
| But I didn't give in and gi | ve her aw | ay |
| (Repeat Chorus) |
| Am | Em | F | |
| Her s | mile g | ot me through the da | y-- |
| C | |
| and every night I'd p | ray |
| G | |
| I could give her eno | ugh |
| Am | Em | F | |
| At | night I'd l | ie awake and c | ry-- |
| C | |
| hopin' we'd get | by |
| G | |
| 'Cause you can't live on lo | ve |
| D | |
| I worked ni | ght and day to keep us goin' |
| G | |
| Through the s | weat and tears |
| without her knowin' |
| D | A | |
| It was worth it just to watch her g | row |
| D | |
| Oh, oh, at le | ast I was able to hold her |
| G | |
| Wh | enever she needed my shoulder |
| D | A | D | |
| I | 'm so glad I never l | et her | go |
| 2nd Chorus: |
| D | |
| I'm gonna hold on-- |
| G | D | A | |
| 'cause what I bel | ieve | in is so st | rong |
| G | D | |
| No matter h | ow lo | ng, no one |
| G | D | A | D | |
| Can tell me I'm | wrong--I ain't | goi | n' d | own |
| Bm | A | G | |
| Her s | mile g | ot me through the y | ears-- |
| D | |
| dried away the te | ars |
| A | |
| And filled me with h | ope |
| Bm | A | G | |
| At n | ight I'd li | e awake and c | ry-- |
| Bm | D | |
| p | rayed we would get | by |
| A | |
| And for the courage to c | ope |
| Oh, oh, oh |
| Bm | A | G | |
| Her s | mile g | ot me through the d | ay-- |
| D | |
| and every night I'd p | ray |
| A | |
| I could give her eno | ugh |
| Repeat 2nd Chorus (2x) |
| D | G | |
| No one can tell me I'm wr | ong |
| D | A | D | |
| I ain't | goi | n' do | wn |