Hanging On
By: Drive-By Truckers
Album: English Oceans
Intro: C G x2
C G
Your mama can't stand the way
G C
you lay around all day
G
and lean on her to help you on your way
C G
You use her credit cards
G C
complain cause it's so hard
G
to live with all the whiteness you've obtained
F Am C G D
Ooooooh ooooooh oooooh oooooh ooooh
F Am C G D
Ooooooh ooooooh oooooh oooooh ooooh
C G
So you pack up all your things
G C
and cut those apron strings
G
and set out for a drastic change of scene
C G
You hump it town to town
G C
and never let them down
G
or take the time to ponder what it means
F Am C G D
You climb up to the roof to smoke a few
F Am C G D
to calm down from your day and soak? the view
F Am C G D
and you wonder what the hell you're gonna do
A E
to hang on
A E
to hang on
A
It isn't any wonder
E
when the darkness pulls you under
A
from the weight of all your wonderment
E
the price you have to pay
A
is you're feeling kind of sickly
E
it all come to you so quickly
E
it's hard to get out from under it
F Am C G D x3
G for a few measures
C G
The night it grows so long
G C
She put it in a song
G
suddenly the whole world wants to sing
C G
So you move to higher ground
G C
set some deep roots down
G
and try to keep a grip on everything.
F Am C G D
Sometimes in the silence of the night
F Am C G D
the voice might try to tell you it's not right
F Am C G D
So you close your eyes and try with all your might
G for a couple measures
No chord C
to hang on
