I Can't Hold On chords by Karla Bonoff

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G      F  G  C    G      F  G  C

Verse:
         G                     C     G  C
Oh, baby, this time it's a goodbye
                                       G  Dm7
And you can be sure that I won't cry
                   G            Dm7
Our love is just a faded story
                     G     Dm7
I'm walking down the road
                       C      G
And you've just got to let me go

Chorus:
       F  C          G    F
'Cause, I can't hold on
  C          G    F
I can't hold on
  C          G     C
I can't hold on anymore

Verse:
              G                C   G  C
There was once that sweet lullaby
                                       G  Dm7
And were all those promises just lies
                   G                 Dm7
Well, I was just a fool to love you
               G     Dm7
I knew it all along
                     C        G        F
I can't look down, I know I'm falling

Chorus:
          C          G    F
'Cause, I can't hold on
  C          G    F
I can't hold on
  C          G     C
I can't hold on anymore

Bridge:
         G
When you act the way you do
          F      G   C
I want to scream and shout
    Dm7       G       C
You keep on a-playing games
  Am
I walk around the block
      F                  C       G
And I think maybe you'll change
    Dm7          G                  F   G      C
But just when it seems we've got it all worked out
Dm7       G       C     Em
You start naming names
                     D                C      G
I don't believe that I was the one to blame

Verse:
    C    G          C           G  C
Any maybe next time you'll cry
                                     G  Dm7
When someone like me says good-bye
                          G                Dm7
You'll wake up when she's gone and wonder
                      G   Dm7
How you could let her go
                    C     G      F
But look at me, I'm going under

Chorus:
          C          G    F
'Cause, I can't hold on
  C          G    F
I can't hold on
  C          G     C              F
I can't hold on anymore, no more

Chorus:
  C          G    F
I can't hold on
  C          G    F
I can't hold on
  C          G     C
I can't hold on anymore

Outro:
C    G      F  G  C