Placeholder chords by The Gaslight Anthem

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

D MajorD G+G A augmentedA (x4)

Verse 1:

    D MajorD
In the middle of the night
A augmentedA      G+G
everyone is sleeping
     D MajorD
Once the bands have died down
             A augmentedA      G+G
And our brothers and our sisters have gone
      D MajorD
I feel the shaking in my sides
         G+G
conscious and familiar
       D MajorD
I pace some unfamiliar street
                G+G
Until I pass out or calm down enough
    B minorBm         A augmentedA
And I can't tell you how desperate
         G+G   A augmentedA
some times have gotten

Chorus:

        D MajorD
You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
      G+G  A augmentedA
hold on Maria
        D MajorD
You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
      G+G  A augmentedA
I'm coming home
D MajorD
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
     G+G    A augmentedA
I nearly lost you
        D MajorD
You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
      G+G  A augmentedA
I'm coming home

Verse 2:

      D MajorD
And in the middle of the day
     A augmentedA       G+G
when the heat keeps on rising
       D MajorD                A augmentedA
The fear of sickness or breakdown or infidelity
      G+G
Makes its rounds
      D MajorD
And in the drag of the late afternoon
         G+G
settling in into evening
       D MajorD
Well, that I just can't describe
              G+G
with a dry eye or American words
    B minorBm           A augmentedA
And I can't tell you how many times
        G+G    A augmentedA
I just want to lie down

Chorus:

        D MajorD
You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
      G+G  A augmentedA
hold on Maria
        D MajorD
You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
      G+G  A augmentedA
I'm coming home
D MajorD
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
     G+G    A augmentedA
I nearly lost you
        D MajorD
You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
      G+G  A augmentedA
I'm coming home

Interlude:

B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA (x2)

Bridge:

       B minorBm
You and your high-top sneakers
     G+G
and your sailor tattoos
     D MajorD
And your old fifty-five
     A augmentedA
that you drove through the roof
    B minorBm          G+G
Of the sky up above these indifferent stars
      D MajorD         A augmentedA
While you just kept coming apart
N.C.
Hold on, hold on, hold on!

Chorus:

        D MajorD
You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
      G+G  A augmentedA
hold on Maria
        D MajorD
You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
      G+G  A augmentedA
I'm coming home
    D MajorD                  G+G   A augmentedA
These records and these bands and ? really matter
     D MajorD
To these hands and these arms and
                G+G  A augmentedA
this tired Irish heart made of stone

Outro:

        D MajorD
You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
G+G            A augmentedA
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
        D MajorD
You gotta just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
G+G            A augmentedA      D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on