Hold On 1

C G/C Gm/C F Brake lights, cornfield monotony Fm Ab G And a million white hyphens between you and me Eb Bb Fm Ab But it’s a little less far from where you are Bb Bbm As I’m driving down the highway Bb Bbm Putting loneliness behind me Db Singing softly to myself Bb Bb Am G Bb Am G About the miles left to go Dm C G/B G And I know that the distance that I drive Dm C G/B G Won’t close the distance that’s between us Dm C G/B G Dm C And I know no matter how far I go G/B Bb Am G Bb Am G I will never reach you F5 C/E I’m trying to stay Dm7 Am/C F5 Between the lines on the road C/E Dm7 And I’m trying to read Am/C F5 Between the lines when you say C/E Dm7 Am/C F5 That you’ll love me forever and ever although C/E Dm7 Am/C Em Dm Am/C We are miles apart and drifting away Am Em Dm Am/C Bb Am G F5 C/E Dm7 And I can’t say I’ve ever had much Am/C F5 Of a sense of direction C/E Dm7 Am/C F5 But I always thought I had a sense of myself C/E Dm7 But it’s clear that my compass Am/C F5 Needs some correction C/E Dm Am/C Em Dm As I find myself driven by somebody else Am/C Am Em Dm Am/C Bb Am G Dm C G/B G And how long before I get there Dm C G/B G There’s no signs along the way Dm C G/B G And how long before you really get me Dm C G/B Bb Am It’s too much time to just throw it all away G Bb Am G F C/E Dm7 And I don’t know just where I am going Am F But it’s in this direction C/E Dm7 And it’s better than where Am F I have been up to now C/E Dm7 Am F Moving fast as I can from a fear of rejection C/E Dm7 Am F C/E I would go my own way if I only knew how Dm7 Am F Long distance between us on the highway C/E Dm7 Am F Long distance between us when we touch C/E Dm7 Maybe you should go your way Am F And I should go my way C/E Dm7 I’m beginning to think Am Em Dm That I love you too much Am/C Am Em Dm I need to be with you Am/C Am I need to go to you Dm Dm C And as I go, I still don’t know G/B G If you really love me Dm C G/B G I don’t know if you know what that means Dm C G/B G And I can’t make you love me D C G/B Bb Am G But my will is stronger than it seems Bb Am G G7 Db Db/Bb My center of gravity shifts F As I cross the state line Db Db/B And I don’t know what I’m holding onto F Bb Am G But I know that it’s mine Bb Am G Bb Am G Bb Am G Em D/F# G Moving down the road Em D/F# G And I think I’ve lost my way Em D/F# And is it just me G C Or is this road getting longer Em D/F# G So I sing myself back home again Em D/F# G Tell myself everything’s ok Em D/F# G And when I think about turning around C I just get stronger Em D/F# G Em D/F# G This is the only love that I have ever known Em D/F# G C And so I tell myself it must be real Em D/F# G And I know it isn’t perfect Em D/F# Bb But it’s better than being alone Em D/F# G And so I shift the gears C I hit the gas, I grip the wheel, and I sing Em D/F# G I’ll hold on D C To whatever I can D Em D B/D# Anything’s better than nothing Em D/F# G I’ll hold on D C For whatever it’s worth D Em For whatever I’m worth Fsus2 F And that’s nothing Bb Am G Bb Am Gsus2 G