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	D	G
	They hung a sign up in out town

	A7	D
"	if you live it up, you won't live it d	own"

	D	G
	So, she left Monte Rio, son

	A7	D
	Just like a bullet leaves a gun

	G	A7
	With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips

	D	G
	She went and took that Califo	rnia trip

	E/G	A7
	Well, the moon was gold, her Hair like wind

	E/G	A7
	She said don't look back just Come on Jim

(Chorus)

	D	G
	Oh you got t	o

	A7	D
	Hold on,	Hold on

	D	G
	You got to h	old on

	A7	G
	Take my hand, I'm sta	nding right here

	D	G
	You gotta ho	ld on

Verse 2

	D	G
	Well, he gave her a dimestore wa	tch

	A7	D
	And a ring made from a spoo	n

	D	G
	Everyone is looking for someone t	o blame

	A7	D
	But you share my bed,	you share my name

	G	A7
	Well, go ahead and call the	cops

	D	G
	You don't meet nice girls in	coffee shops

	E/G	A7
	She said baby, I still love you

	E/G	A7
	Sometimes there's nothin left to do

(Chorus)

	D	G
	Oh you got t	o

	A7	D
H	old on, h	old on

	D	G
	You got to h	old on

	A7	D
T	ake my ha	nd, I'm standing right here, you got to

	D	G
	Just hold on	.

Verse 3

	D	G
	Well, God bless your crooked lit	tle heart

	A7	D
	St. Louis got the best	of me

	D	G
I	miss your broken-china voice

	A7	D
	How I wish you were still here with me

	G	A7
W	ell, you build it up, you wreck it do	wn

	D	G
	You burn your mansion to the	ground

	E/G	A7
	When there's nothing left to keep	you here, when

	E/G	A7
	You're falling behind in this big b	lue world

(Chorus)

	D	G
	Oh you go	to

	A7	D
	Hold on, ho	ld on

	D	G
Y	ou got to	hold on

	A7	D
	Take my hand, I'm standi	ng right here

	D	G
Y	ou got to	hold on

Verse 4

	D	G
Do	wn by the Riversid	e motel,

	A7	D
	It's 10 below and fa	lling

	D	G
	By a 99 cent store she closed her	eyes and started swaying

	A7	D
B	ut it's so hard to dance	that way

	G	A7
	When it's cold and there's no music

	D	G
We	ll your old hometown is so fa	r away

	E/G	A7
	But, inside your head there's a	record

	E/G	A7
	That's playing, a s	ong called

(Chorus)

	D	G
H	old on, h	old on

	A7	D
Y	ou really got to hold on

	D	G
	Take my h	and, I'm standing right here

	A7	D
	And just hol	d on.

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Hold On

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