Hold On To What chords by The Beautiful South

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: FF

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Bb majorBb FF Eb MajorEb FF
Bb majorBb FF Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb

Verse 1:
Bb majorBb
She'd given everything she could give
FF                 Eb MajorEb
Twenty years of kindness made her sad
Bb majorBb
Kindness never made enough to live
FF                   Eb MajorEb
So she sold the very last thing that she had

Pre-Chorus 1:
Bb majorBb
As she held her hand out to him
   FF
As he drove around the block
  Eb MajorEb                   Bb majorBb
He mouthed through the window, "Just hold on"
Bb majorBb
"I've held on many years now
   FF
And I haven't found a lot"
  Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb
Hold on, hold on to what?

Chorus:
 Bb majorBb
So hold on, hold on to what?
G minorGm
Hold on, hold on to what?
Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb      FF
Hold on, hold on to what?
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
Holding on is harder
      Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb
When it's something you've not got
   Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
I'll need a pair of stilts if I'm to
C minorCm        FF
Ever reach the top
 Bb majorBb
So hold on, hold on to what?
G minorGm
Hold on, hold on to what?
Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb      FF   Bb majorBb FF Eb MajorEb
Hold on, hold on to what?

Verse 2:
Bb majorBb                  FF
Many years of service with a smile
          Eb MajorEb
Up shit creek and down the Rhine
Bb majorBb                    FF
Gibraltar Rock and now the Emerald Isle
                Eb MajorEb
He'd shined every shoe that he could shine

Pre-Chorus 2:
      Bb majorBb
And as he lay in his own blood
FF
Screaming, "I've been shot"
  Eb MajorEb             Bb majorBb
He heard the Major whisper, "Just hold on"
 Bb majorBb
"I've held on all these years now
     FF
Now what medal have I got?'
 Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb
Hold on, hold on to what?

Chorus:
 Bb majorBb
So hold on, hold on to what?
G minorGm
Hold on, hold on to what?
Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb      FF
Hold on, hold on to what?
Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
Holding on is harder
      Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb
When it's something you've not got
   Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
I'll need a pair of stilts if I'm to
C minorCm        FF
Ever reach the top
 Bb majorBb
So hold on, hold on to what?
G minorGm
Hold on, hold on to what?
Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb      FF   Bb majorBb FF Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Hold on, hold on to what?

Verse 3:
 Bb majorBb                    FF
Sixty years, and he's looking his worst
             Eb MajorEb
Sitting in the park where she'd died
Bb majorBb                 FF
Running hands through his final hair
           Eb MajorEb
These are the words that he cried:

Bridge:
G minorGm  FF    C majorC    Eb MajorEb
(Hold on, hold on, hold on)
  G minorGm          FF          C majorC
"To achieve the American dream you need a trampoline
            Eb MajorEb                G minorGm    FF  C majorC  Eb MajorEb
To achieve the counter effect get that whiskey down your neck
  G minorGm          FF          C majorC
"To achieve the American dream you need a trampoline
            Eb MajorEb                G minorGm    FF  C majorC  Eb MajorEb
To achieve the counter effect get that whiskey down your neck

Refrain:
G minorGm
Chamberlain had his paper (Hold on)
Bb majorBb
Jesus had his cross (Hold on)
C majorC
They held on (Hold on)
Eb MajorEb          G minorGm
We held on to what?
    Bb majorBb    C majorC
(Hold on, hold on
   Eb MajorEb
Hold on)
G minorGm
Chamberlain had his paper (Hold on)
Bb majorBb
Jesus had his cross (Hold on)
C majorC
They held on (Hold on)
Eb MajorEb          G minorGm
We held on to what?
    Bb majorBb    C majorC
(Hold on, hold on
   Eb MajorEb
Hold on)
G minorGm
Chamberlain had his paper (Hold on)
Bb majorBb
Jesus had his cross (Hold on)
C majorC
They held on (Hold on)
Eb MajorEb          G minorGm
We held on to what?

Outro:
   Bb majorBb    C majorC
(Hold on, hold on, Hold on)
Eb MajorEb        G minorGm
We held on to what?
   Bb majorBb    C majorC
(Hold on, hold on, Hold on)
Eb MajorEb        G minorGm
We held on to what?
   Bb majorBb    C majorC
(Hold on, hold on, Hold on)
Eb MajorEb        G minorGm
We held on to what?
   Bb majorBb    C majorC
(Hold on, hold on, Hold on)
Eb MajorEb        G minorGm
We held on to what?