Intro
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Verse 1:
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She'd given everything she could give
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Twenty years of kindness made her sad
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Kindness never made enough to live
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So she sold the very last thing that she had
Pre-Chorus
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As she held her hand out to him
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As he drove around the block
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He mouthed through the window, 'Just hold on'
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'I've held on many years now
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And I haven't found a lot'
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Hold on, hold on to what?
Bb
So hold on, hold on to what?
Gm
Hold on, hold on to what?
Bb Eb F
Hold on, hold on to what?
Eb Bb
Holding on is harder
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When it's something you've not got
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I'll need a pair of stilts if I'm to
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Ever reach the top
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So hold on, hold on to what?
Gm
Hold on, hold on to what?
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Hold on, hold on to what?
Verse 2:
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Many years of service with a smile
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Up shit creek and down the Rhine
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Gibraltar Rock and now the Emerald Isle
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He'd shined every shoe that he could shine
Pre-Chorus
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And as he lay in his own blood
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Screaming, 'I've been shot'
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He heard the Major whisper, 'Just hold on'
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'I've held on all these years now
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Now what medal have I got?'
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Hold on, hold on to what?
Bb
So hold on, hold on to what?
Gm
Hold on, hold on to what?
Bb Eb F
Hold on, hold on to what?
Eb Bb
Holding on is harder
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When it's something you've not got
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I'll need a pair of stilts if I'm to
Cm F
Ever reach the top
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So hold on, hold on to what?
Gm
Hold on, hold on to what?
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Hold on, hold on to what?
Verse 3:
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Sixty years, and he's looking his worst
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Sitting in the park where she'd died
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Running hands through his final hair
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These are the words that he cried:
Bridge:
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(Hold on, hold on, hold on)
Gm F C
'To achieve the American dream you need a trampoline
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To achieve the counter effect get that whiskey down your neck
Gm F C
'To achieve the American dream you need a trampoline
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To achieve the counter effect get that whiskey down your neck
Gm
Chamberlain had his paper (Hold on)
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Jesus had his cross (Hold on)
C
They held on (Hold on)
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We held on to what?
Bb C
(Hold on, hold on
Eb
Hold on)
Gm
Chamberlain had his paper (Hold on)
Bb
Jesus had his cross (Hold on)
C
They held on (Hold on)
Eb Gm
We held on to what?
Bb C
(Hold on, hold on
Eb
Hold on)
Gm
Chamberlain had his paper (Hold on)
Bb
Jesus had his cross (Hold on)
C
They held on (Hold on)
Eb Gm
We held on to what?
Outro
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(Hold on, hold on, Hold on)
Eb Gm
We held on to what?
Bb C
(Hold on, hold on, Hold on)
Eb Gm
We held on to what?
Bb C
(Hold on, hold on, Hold on)
Eb Gm
We held on to what?
Bb C
(Hold on, hold on, Hold on)
Eb Gm
We held on to what?