artist: The Blues Band song: Can’t Hold On album: Ready This is a nice song with a few turns you don’t hear often in this genre. [INTRO] A / C#7 / F#m / Dm7 / A F#m B7 E7 A Cm7 Bm7 E7 [VERSE 1] A C#7 A man just came to call for my rent F#m Dm7 I had to hide under the table till he knocked six times and went A F#m But I can’t hold on much longer B7 E7 A Cm7 Bm7 E7 It seems like everything is down on me [VERSE 2] A C#7 I used to be a man of means F#m Dm7 Now you might still find a few pennies, oh Lord, in the pocket of my jeans A F#m But I can’t hold on much longer B7 E7 A D C#m7 Cm7 It seems like everything is down on me [CHORUS] Bm7 C#m7 Now I don’t have too many friends Bm7 E7 A7 In fact I can’t think of any at all no no no no Bm7 C#m7 Oh but just let me get back on my feet again D B7/Eb E7 E9 And my long lost friends will come to call [VERSE 3] A C#7 Knocking on my own brother’s door F#m7 Dm7 People,I was knocking for an hour, till I found out he don’t live there no more A F#m I can’t hold on much longer B7 E7 A Cm7 Bm7 E7 It seems like everything is down on me [HARP SOLO] A / C#7 / F#m / Dm7 / A F#m B7 E7 A D C#m7 Cm7 [CHORUS] Bm7 C#m7 Now I don’t have too many friends Bm7 E7 A7 In fact I can’t think of any at all no no no no Bm7 C#m7 Oh but just let me get back on my feet again D B7/Eb E7 E9 And my long lost friends will come to call [VERSE 5] A C#7 Knocking on my own brother’s door F#m7 Dm7 People,I was knocking for an hour, till I found out he don’t live there no more A F#m I can’t hold on much longer B7 E7 A It seems like everything is down on me [OUTRO] A / F#m / B7 I can’t hold on much longer E7 A Seems like everything is down on me A / C#7 / B7 C# D D# I just can’t hold on much longer E F# G G# A Seems like everything is down on me [END] And below you can find the structure of the song. (Which is what I usually look for since I'm not the singer of the band.) [INTRO] A / C#7 / F#m / Dm7 / A F#m B7 E7 A Cm7 Bm7 E7 [VERSE A] A / C#7 / F#m / Dm7 / A F#m B7 E7 A Cm7 Bm7 E7 [VERSE B] A / C#7 / F#m / Dm7 / A F#m B7 E7 A D C#m7 Cm7 [CHORUS] Bm7 / C#m7 / Bm7 E7 A7 / Bm7 / C#m7 / D B7 E7 E9 Repeat verse A and B (harp solo over verse B). Repeat verse A but instead of the last four bars go to the outro. [OUTRO] A / F#m / B7 / E7 / A / C#m / B7,C#,D,D#,E,F#,G,G#,A Note: The B7 in the last part of the chorus is actually B7/Eb creating a chromatic bass line to the E7.