Hold On

E E A They hung a sign in our town B E "If you live it up, you wont live it down" A So she left Monte Rio, son B E Just like a bullet leaves a gun A B With charcoal eyes, and Monroe hips E A She went and took that California trip F#m B Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind F#m B She said, "Don't look back, just come on Jim" E B E Oh, you got to hold on, hold on A Babe, you gotta hold on E B E Take my hand, standin' right here, gotta hold on E A Well, he gave her a dimestore watch B E And a ring made from a spoon A Everybody's lookin' for someone to blame B E You share my bed, you share my name A B Go ahead and call the cops E A You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops F#m B She said, "Baby I still love you" F#m B Sometimes there's nothin' left to do E B E Oh, you got to hold on, hold on A Babe, you gotta hold on E B E Take my hand, standin' right here, gotta hold on E A Well, God bless your crooked little heart B E St. Louis got the best of me A I miss your broken China voice B E I wish you were still here with me A B You build it up, you wreck it down E A And you burn your mansion to the ground F#m B Well, there's nothing left to keep you here F#m B When you're falling behind in this big blue world E B E Oh, you got to hold on, hold on A Babe, you gotta hold on E B E Take my hand, standin' right here, gotta hold on E A Down by the Riverside Motel B E It's ten below and falling A By a ninety-nine cent store B E She closed her eyes and started swaying A B It's so hard to dance that way E A When its cold and there's no music F#m B Your old hometown is so far away F#m B But inside your head there's a record playing E B E A song called hold on, hold on A Babe, you gotta hold on E B E Take my hand, standin' right here, gotta hold on B E Hold on, A Babe, you gotta hold on E B E Take my hand, standin' right here, gotta hold on E Gotta hold on E Em E