Chords with lyrics
♫ Verse 1:
BB
Oh my mother told my father
B/Fm G# minorG#m
Life is only real when shared
Oh my father told my mother
BB
Life is anything but fair, oh.
♫ Verse 2:
BB
Oh my mother told my father
B/Fm G# minorG#m
We cannot not be together
Oh my father told my mother
Nothing will be here forever
♫ Pre-Chorus:
BB FF
You are the only, you are the only life I know
BB FF
You are the only, you are the only life I know
♫ Chorus:
BB
We are holding and holding and holding on
G# minorG#m
We're holding and holding and holding
FF
Then we're hoping and hoping and hoping
BB
For better days to come
BB
Uh
♫ Verse 3:
BB
Oh my mother held my brother
B/Fm G# minorG#m
What will happen when we part, oh
Oh my brother held my mother
And laid his hand upon her heart, oh
♫ Pre-Chorus:
BB FF
You are the only, you are the only life I know
BB FF
You are the only, you are the only life I know
♫ Chorus:
BB
We are holding and holding and holding on
G# minorG#m
We're holding and holding and holding
FF
Then we're hoping and hoping and hoping
BB
For better days to come
BB
We are holding and holding and holding on
G# minorG#m
We're holding and holding and holding
C minorCm
And we're hoping and hoping and hoping
BB
For better days to come
BB
And they'll come
♫ Outro:
Oh my mother told my father love is only real when shared