Hold On

[Verse]

           D                      G
            They hung a sign up in our town
             A                            D
            "if you live it up, you won't live it down"
            D                    G
            So, she left Monte Rio, son
            A                     D
            Just like a bullet leaves a gun
            G                         A
            With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
            D                            G
            She went and took that California trip
                      Em                  A
            Well, the moon was gold, her Hair like wind
                      Em                    A
            She said don't look back just Come on Jim

[Chorus]
              A7        
            Oh you got to
             D        A      D
            Hold on, Hold on
            D           G
            You got to hold on
            D                   A
            Take my hand, I'm standing right here
            D           
            You gotta hold on

[Verse]
            D                     G
            Well, he gave her a dime store watch
            A                       D
            And a ring made from a spoon
            D                        G
            Everyone is looking for someone to blame
            A                    D                
            But you share my bed, you share my name
                  G              A
            Well, go ahead and call the cops
                       D                    G
            You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
                     Em         A
            She said baby, I still love you
            
              Em                       A
            Sometimes there's nothin left to do
[Chorus]
            A7
            Oh you got to
             D        A      D
            Hold on, hold on
            D           G
            You got to hold on
             D                    A
            Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you got to
            D 
            Just hold on.

[Verse]
            D                        G
            Well, God bless your crooked little heart 
            A                    D
            St. Louis got  the  best  of me
             D              G
            I miss your broken-china voice
            
                 A                      D
            How I wish you were still here with me
                      G                    A
            Well, you build it up, you wreck it down
                 D                 G
            You burn your mansion to the ground
                       Em                   A
            When there's nothing left to keep you here, when
                       Em                  A
            You're falling behind in this big blue world
            
[Chorus]
            
            A7
            Oh you go to
            D       A        D
            Hold on, hold on
                     G
            You got to hold on
            D                   A   
            Take my hand, I'm standing right here
                      D
            You got to hold on
            
[Verse]
              D                 G
            Down by the Riverside motel,
                 A              D
            It's 10 below and falling
            D               G       A                         D
            By a 99 cent store she closed her eyes and started swaying
                 G               A
            But it's so hard to dance that way
                         D                 G
            When it's cold and there's no music
                       Em                 A
            Well your old hometown is so far away
                    Em                         A
            But, inside your head there's a record
                           A7
            That's playing, a song called
            
[Chorus]
             D        A      D
            Hold on, hold on
                                G
            You really got to hold on
            D                   A
            Take my hand, I'm standing right here
                     D
            And just hold on.