C Csus2 C Csus2 C

[Verse 1]
C                   F
They hung a sign up in our town
        G                     C
"If you live it up, you won't live it down"
C                 F        C
So she left Monte Rio, son
                   C
Just like a bullet leaves a gun
         F                 G
With her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
             C             F
She went and took that California trip
     Dm                   G
Well the moon was gold, her hair like wind
         Dm                    G
She said don't look back, just come on Jim

[Chorus]
G      C           F       G      C                   G
Oh____ you got to hold on, hold on,__ Babe  you gotta hold on
C                 G                              C         C   C    C
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

[Verse 2]
C                  F
And he gave her a dime store watch
G               C
And a ring made from a spoon
C                         F
  Everyone's looking for someone to blame
       G                C             C
If you share my bed you share my name
F                        G
So go ahead and call the cops
          C                  F            F
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
                       G
Oh and She said baby I still love you
    Dm                    G
Sometimes there's nothing left to do

[Chorus]
                  C        G      C                F
Oh but you got to hold on, hold on, babe you gotta hold on
C                G                               C       C
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

[Verse 3]
Cm                 F
And god bless your crooked little heart
C
   St. Louis got the best of me
C                   F           G
I miss your broken china voice
C                         C
How I wish you were still here with me
         F               G
Well you build it up and wreck it down
         C                 F              F
Then you burn your mansion to the ground
                           G
Oh there's nothing left to keep you here
                Dm                 G
But when you're falling behind in this big blue world  Oh Ohh oh

[Chorus]
           C        G      C            F
you got to hold on, hold on, babe gotta hold on
C                 G                              C        C     C     C    C
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

[Verse 4]
C                    F
Down by the Riverside Motel
G                  Am  C
Well It's 10 below and falling
C         F
and by a 99 cent store (soft strum G)
C   G          Dm       C               C
She closed her eyes and started swaying
 F                 G
But it' so hard to dance that way
     C                     F         F
When it's cold and there's no music
 Dm                              G
and When your old home town's so far away
      Dm                       G
But inside your head there's a record playin'

[Chorus/Outro]
              C        G       C           F
A song called Hold On, hold on, baby gotta hold on
C                 G                              C
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
G     C           F
Hold On,  babe gotta hold on
C                 G                              C         C
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on