(verse 1)
DG
They hung a sign up in out town
A7D
"if you live it up, you won't live it down"
DG
So, she left Monte Rio, son
A7D
Just like a bullet leaves a gun
GA7
With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
DG
She went and took that California trip
EmA7
Well, the moon was gold, her Hair like wind
EmA7
She said don't look back just Come on Jim
(chorus)
Oh you got to
DAD
Hold on, Hold on
G
You got to hold on
DA
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
D
You gotta hold on
(verse 2)
DG
Well, he gave her a dimestore watch
A7D
And a ring made from a spoon
DG
Everyone is looking for someone to blame
A7D
But you share my bed, you share my name
GA7
Well, go ahead and call the cops
DG
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
EmA7
She said baby, I still love you
EmA7
Sometimes there's nothin left to do
(chorus)
Oh you got to
DAD
Hold on, Hold on
G
Baby, You got to hold on
DA
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
D
You gotta hold on
(verse 3)
DG
Well, God bless your crooked little heart
A7D
St. Louis got the best of me
DG
I miss your broken-china voice
A7D
How I wish you were still here with me
GA7
Oh, you build it up, you wreck it down
DG
You burn your mansion to the ground
EmA7
When there's nothing left to keep you here, when
EmA7
You're falling behind in this big blue world
(chorus)
Oh you got to
DAD
Hold on, Hold on
G
Baby you got to hold on
DA
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
D
You gotta hold on
(verse 4)
DG
Down by the Riverside motel,
A7D
It's 10 below and falling
DG
By a ninety nine cent store
A7D
She closed her eyes and started swaying
GA7
But it's so hard to dance that way
DG
When it's cold and there's no music
EmA7
Well your old hometown is so far away
EmA7
But, inside your head there's a record that's playing
(chorus)
A song called
DAD
Hold on, Hold on
G
You got to hold on
DA
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
D
You gotta hold on