B B B

C#m       B           A        B B B
He's a twentieth century boy
G#m                      G
With his hands on the rails
F      C               D
Trying not to be sick again
F              Fmaj7 G
And holding on for tomorrow

C#m    B               A               B B B
London ice cracks on a seamless line
G#m                      G
He's hanging on for dear life
F         C               D
And so we hold each other tightly
F        Fmaj7    G
And hold on for tomo - rrow, singing


[Chorus]

Am7
La la la la-la
G           D
La la la la la la la-la-la

(Repeat x2)

F                G
Holding on for tomorrow (row, row, row, row, row)


[Verse 2]

C#m        B           A         B B B
She's a twentieth century girl
G#m                   G
With her hands on the wheel
F      C               D
Trying not to make him sick again
F           Fmaj7     G
Seeing what she can borrow

C#m         B            A                      B B B
London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes
G#m                   G
But we're lost on the Westway
F     C               D
So we hold each other tightly
F               Fmaj7   G
And we can wait until tomo - rrow, singing


[Chorus]

Am7
La la la la-la
G           D
La la la la la la la-la-la

(Repeat x2)

F                G
Holding on for tomorrow (row, row, row, row, row)


[Verse 3]

C#m  B    A    B B B
(Instrumental)
G#m       G
(...)
C#m  B    A    B B B
(...)
G#m       G
(...)
F            C               D
We're trying not to be sick again
F              Fmaj7 G
And holding on for tomorrow

C#m        B           A         B B B
She's a twentieth century girl
G#m                 G
Holding on for dear life
F         C               D
And so we hold each other tightly
F           Fmaj7 G
And hold on for tomo - rrow, singing


[Chorus]

Am7
La la la la-la
G           D
La la la la la la la-la-la

(Repeat x2)

F                G
Holding on for tomorrow (row, row, row)


[Outro]

Am7
Jim stops and gets out the car
     G             D
Goes to a house in Emperor's Gate
Am7
Through the door and to his room
G                D
Then he puts the TV on
Am7
Turns it off and makes some tea
       G                  D
Says, "Modern life, well, it's rubbish"

    F                G
I'm holding on for tomorrow (row, row, row)

     Am7
Then Susan comes into the room
        G                   D
She's a naughty girl with a lovely smile
       Am7
Says, "Take a drive to Primrose Hill"
     G                   D
It's windy there and the view's so nice
Am7
London ice can freeze your toes
     G       D
Like anyone, I suppose you're

F                G
Holding on for tomorrow, oh-ho

Am7   G D   Am7   G D
(Fade-out)