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     When there's nowhere else to run
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     Is there room for one more son?
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         One more son
        E
If you can hold on
        E
If you can hold on, hold on

[Instrumental]
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E
A    E

[Verse 1]
E
  I wanna stand up, I wanna let go
E
You know, you know; no, you don't, you don't
A
  I wanna shine on in the hearts of man
E
  I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand
E
  Another head aches, another heart breaks
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  I'm so much older than I can take
A
  And my affection, well, it comes and goes
E
  I need direction to perfection, no, no, no, no

[Chorus]
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Help me out, yeah. You know you got to help me
E
out, yeah. Oh, don't you put me on the
A
back burner. You know you got to help me
E
out, yeah

[Verse 2]
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  And when there's nowhere else to run
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  Is there room for one more son?
       A
These changes ain't changing me
     E
The cold-hearted boy I used to be

[Chorus]
E
  Yeah, you know you got to help me
E
out, yeah. Oh, don't you put me on the
A
back burner. You know you got to help me
E
out, yeah. You're gonna bring yourself
C#m
down, yeah. You're gonna bring yourself
A
down, yeah. You're gonna bring yourself
E
down

[Instrumental]
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[Bridge]
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I got soul but I'm not a soldier
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I got soul but I'm not a soldier
A
I got soul but I'm not a soldier
E
I got soul but I'm not a soldier
E
I got soul but I'm not a soldier
E
I got soul but I'm not a soldier
A
I got soul but I'm not a soldier
E
I got soul but I'm not a soldier
C#m
I got soul but I'm not a soldier
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I got soul but I'm not a soldier

[Chorus]
E
Yeah, you know you got to help me
E
out, yeah. Oh, don't you put me on the
A
back burner. You know you got to help me
E
out, yeah. You're gonna bring yourself
E
down, yeah. You're gonna bring yourself
E
down, yeah. Oh, don't you put me on the
A
back burner. You're gonna bring yourself
E
down, yeah. You're gonna bring yourself
C#m
down

[Bridge]
C#m      F#m
Over and in Last call for
A
sin. While everyone's lost, the battle is
B5                                     E
won with all these things that I've done
      E
           With all these things that I've
  C#m                A
done         If you can hold on
        B5
If you can hold on, hold on

[Outro]
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