Tom Waits – Hold On chords

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------                             Hold On - Tom Waits (Chords)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tabbed by: Edwin FigueroaE-mail: dexter884@yahoo.com

Tuning: DGAFAD (Whole-step down)

INTRO
E x4 (Throw a Esus4 in every now and then)

VERSE 1
E                           AThey hung a sign up in our town
        B                     E"If you live it up, you won't live it down"
E                 ASo she left Monte Rio, son
     B             E           EJust like a bullet leaves a gun
         A                 BWith her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
             E             AShe went and took that California trip
        F#m                 BWell the moon was gold, her hair like wind
         F#m                  B           BShe said don't look back, just come on Jim

CHORUS
              E        B       E          AOh you got to hold on, hold on, --you gotta hold on
E                 B                              ETake my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

VERSE 2
E                AWell he gave her a dime store watch
B                      EAnd a ring made from a spoon
E                      AEveryone's looking for someone to blame
       B                         E      EIf you share my bed you share my name
     A          BWell go ahead and call the cops
          E                  A          AYou don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
F#m                 B     --She said baby I still love you
    F#m                   B         BSometimes there's nothing left to do

CHORUS
              E        B       E          AOh you got to hold on, hold on, --you gotta hold on
E                 B                              ETake my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

VERSE 3
      E             A   Well god bless your crooked little heart
B                 ESt. Louis got the best of me
E                  AI miss your broken china voice
B                         E           EHow I wish you were still here with me
         A               BWell you build it up and wreck it down
         E                 A            AThen you burn your mansion to the ground
F#m                     B       When there's nothing to keep you here
F#m                                B              BWhen you're falling behind in this big blue world

CHORUS
              E        B       E           AOh you got to hold on, hold on, baby gotta hold on
E                 B                              E        ETake my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

VERSE 4
E                 ADown by the Riverside Motel
     B            EIt's 10 below and falling
E     ABy a 99 cent store
B                       E              EShe closed her eyes and started swaying
A                  BBut it' so hard to dance that way
E                   A              AWhen it's cold and there's no music
          F#m                BWell your old home town's so far away
      F#m                      B                    BBut inside your head there's a record that's playing

CHORUS
              E        B          E        AA song called Hold On, hold on, baby gotta hold on
E             B                                  ETake my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

              E        B       E           AYou got to hold on, hold on, baby gotta hold on
E                 B                              E        Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
              E        B       E           AYou got to hold on, hold on, baby gotta hold on
E                 B                              E        Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
              E        B       E           AYou got to hold on, hold on, baby gotta hold on
E                 B                              E        Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

OUTRO
E                 EYou got to hold on x4
E                 EYou got to hold on (baby/girl) x2