G -     320033
F#/A# - x143xx
F# -    244322


[Intro] Bass Solo
D G  x4

then

[Saxophone Solo]
D G  x8


[Verse 1]
D
Working at the 601 you're
G
trying to get it done
    D
But Mr. Man keeps calling
         G
He won't let you have no fun
    D
The telephone keeps ringing
          G
Yeah it's ringing all the
         D
time And he won't stop until
             G
you drop Sometimes you feel
you're losing your mind


[Refrain 1]
A
  When you feel the world
          F#/A#
is coming down on you
             Bm
There's only one thing
that you really should
  G         A
remember to do


[Chorus 1]
             D G
Keep holding on
             D  G
Keep holding on yeah
D               G
Better days are coming
        D
Just as this one is
       G
surely gone Keep
        D G
holding on Keep holding
D  G    D
on yeah Things will
        G
be much better
           D
But you've got to
             G
keep holding on


[Verse 2]
D
Everyone keeps talking
        G
talking So much all the time
 D
About things they don't know
           G
man Yeah I swear it blows my
         D
mind How can you lend an open
            G
ear To such widely spread
        D
disease So polluted
         G
executed With no thought
And spoken with ease


[Refrain 2]
A
  When you feel the words
      F#/A#
creep inside of you
       Bm
Just remember they mean
nothing and you'll
G            A
know what to do


[Chorus 2]
             D G
Keep holding on
             D  G
Keep holding on yeah
D               G
Better days are coming
        D
Just as this one is
       G
surely gone Keep
        D G
holding on Keep holding
D  G    D
on yeah Things will
        G
be much better
           D
But you've got to
             G
keep holding on


[Bridge]
Bm                   F#
  I know life can be hard
        A
And sometimes it brings
    E   G
you down Just remember
         A
when you feel this way
        F#/A#
You can make it if you
            Bm
try and you hold on one
                    G
more day But you've got
to be so strong And
       A
you've got to keep
holding on


[Verse 3]
D
People talking never stopping
Trying to mess with you
Keep holding on Keep holding
   D
on You don't need to listen
Baby make your own
                      D
decision Keep holding on
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah


[Chorus 3]
             D G
Keep holding on
             D  G
Keep holding on yeah
D               G
Better days are coming
        D
Just as this one is
       G
surely gone Keep
        D G
holding on Keep holding
D  G    D
on yeah we could
        G
come together
      D  G
If we are
keep holding on