Hold On
Tom Waits

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 her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
             D             G
She went and took that California trip
        Em                 A
Oh, the moon was gold, her hair like wind
           Em                    A
She said, "Don't look back, just come on, Jim" - Oh, You gotta
D        A         D         G
Hold on, hold on - You gotta hold on
D             A                                  D
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

D                   G
Well, he gave her a dime store watch
      A                D
And a ring made from a spoon
D                      G
Everyone's looking for someone to blame
         A                 D
When 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, baby, I still love you"
Em                        A
Sometimes there's nothin' left to do but
D        A         D         G
Hold on, hold on - You gotta hold on
D             A                                  D
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

D                G
Down by the Riverside motel
     A             D
It's ten below and falling
D                G
By a ninety-nine cent store
    A                           D
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
Oh, your old hometown's so far away
    Em               A
But inside your head there's a record that's playing a song called 
D        A         D         G
Hold on, hold on - You gotta hold on
D             A                                  D
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

REPEAT CHORUS 3X AND FADE ON "You gotta hold on"