Capo 2 (actually in F#) 

A
When there's nowhere else to run  
E                    A
Is there room for one more son  
         E
One more son  
D#          C#m
If you can hold on  
           A           E
If you can hold on, hold on  
 
E  

E E A E 

E
I wanna stand up, I wanna let go  
 
You know, you know - no you don't, you don't  
A                        E
I wanna shine on in the hearts of men  
 
I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand  
 
 
E
Another head aches, another heart breaks  
 
I am so much older than I can take  
A                          E
And my affection, well it comes and goes  
 
I need direction to perfection, no no no no  
 
 
E
Help me out  
                        C#m
Yeah, you know you got to help me out  
                        A
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner  
                   E
You know you got to help me out  
 
 
A
And when there's nowhere else to run  
E
Is there room for one more son  
A
These changes ain't changing me  
E
The cold-hearted boy I used to be  
 
 
  
                        C#m
Yeah, you know you got to help me out  
                        A
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner  
                   E
You know you got to help me out 
                    C#m
You're gonna bring yourself down  
                        A
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down  
                        E
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down  
 
 
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  
A
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier  
 
E 


E
Yeah, you know you got to help me out  
                        C#m
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner  
                   E
You know you got to help me out  
 
You're gonna bring yourself down  
 
You're gonna bring yourself down  
                        A
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner  
                        E
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down  
                        C#m
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down 
 
 
 
         A            C#m
Over and in, last call for sin  
                          Bsus4
While everyone's lost, the battle is won  
                     E
With all these things that I've done  
 
All these things that I've done  
 
If you can hold on  
 
If you can hold on