Help Me To Hold On chords by Balsam Range

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC E minorEm C majorC G+G x 2


Verse 1:
    C majorC      E minorEm        C majorC         G+G
On the corner of Division Street the weather's gettin' cold
  C majorC         E minorEm         C majorC       G+G
The wind whips by the buildings and they say it's gonna snow
  C majorC        E minorEm     C majorC       G+G
He sits there on a curbside as sad as sad can be
  C majorC       E minorEm       C majorC        G+G
It really doesn't matter now what brought his misery

Chorus:
G+G     E minorEm     C majorC       A minorAm     D MajorD
He says, "Help me to hold on, don't let me let go
E minorEm       C majorC  A minorAm      D MajorD
Lord, it's the only prayer that I know
E minorEm       C majorC       D MajorD    E minorEm
It surely ain't much, but I'm down so low
C majorC     E minorEm       D MajorD     C majorC
Help me to hold on, don't let me let go"


Instrumental:
E minorEm C majorC G+G


Verse 2:
G+G   C majorC          E minorEm       C majorC      G+G
These apartments sure are drafty now, not safe by any means
 C majorC       E minorEm        C majorC      G+G
Especially for a young girl who's barely seventeen
  C majorC       E minorEm     C majorC        G+G
Bad choices and a bad man confused inside her head
   C majorC         E minorEm      C majorC        G+G
She's about to pull the trigger, but then she prays instead


Chorus:
 E minorEm     C majorC       A minorAm     D MajorD
"Help me to hold on, don't let me let go
E minorEm       C majorC  A minorAm      D MajorD
Lord, it's the only prayer that I know
E minorEm       C majorC       D MajorD    E minorEm
It surely ain't much, but I'm down so low
C majorC     E minorEm       D MajorD     C majorC
Help me to hold on, don't let me let go"

Instrumental:
E minorEm C majorC G+G C majorC E minorEm C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD


Bridge:
G+G         C majorC             E minorEm
Ooohhh....It's so easy to judge, but if you look down deep inside
C majorC            G+G       D MajorD
You too might remember a time when you cried


Chorus:
 E minorEm     C majorC       A minorAm     D MajorD
"Help me to hold on, don't let me let go
E minorEm       C majorC  A minorAm      D MajorD
Lord, it's the only prayer that I know
E minorEm       C majorC       D MajorD    E minorEm
It surely ain't much, but I'm down so low
C majorC     E minorEm       D MajorD     C majorC
Help me to hold on, don't let me let go"


Instrumental:
E minorEm C majorC G+G


A minorAm     E minorEm       D MajorD     C majorC
Help me to hold on, don't let me let go


Outro:
E minorEm C majorC G+G C majorC E minorEm C majorC E minorEm