Hold On tab by Kansas

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

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                     Artist - Kansas
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                     Song - Hold On
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                  Album - Audio Vision (1980)
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                    Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO
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Am Em C G D  C X2

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|-0--2--3--5--5---3-2-|
E|---------------------|X2


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VERSE 1
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Am           C
Look in the mirror and tell me
       D  F G
Just what you see
Am             C
What have the years of your life
       D
Taught you to be
F         D
Innocence dyin` in so many ways
F              Em
Things that you dream of are lost
      D   Am
Lost in the haze


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CHORUS
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   Em      D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
      C        D
`Cause it`s closer than you think
      Am       D
And you`re standing on the brink
   Em      D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
        C        D
`Cause there`s something on the way
   Am         D    Em
Your tomorrow`s not the same as today


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VERSE 2
********            Heavy Chords
Am            C   F G
Don`t you recall what you felt
         D
When you weren`t alone
Am            C
Someone who stood by your side
        D
A face you have known
F             D
Where do you run when it`s too much to bear
F           Em
Who do you turn to in need
       D    Am
When nobody`s there


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CHORUS
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   Em      D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
      C        D
`Cause it`s closer than you think
      Am       D
And you`re standing on the brink
   Em      D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
        C        D
`Cause there`s something on the way
   Am         D    Em   D G      Am
Your tomorrow`s not the same as today  Ahhh Ahhh Ahh


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02:01
SOLO   PH = Pinch Harmonic
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e|--------------------|------s-------------------------|---------------|--------------s---|
B|-b--rp--b---rp--PH--|-----8\10--8-5-brp--------------|---------------|------h--5-8-8\10-|
G|-7----5-7-----5-7---|---5-----------7--5-------------|----------h----|-----5-7----------|
D|------------------7-|-7------------------7-5--s------|------s--5-7-5-|-5-7--------------|
A|--------------------|------------------------7\5-3---|---3-5\7-------|------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------------------5-|-5-------------|------------------|

                  b rp   p
e|--------------------10----10----10----8--10-8-|
B|-10-12-13--10-12-13----13----13---------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

     b
e|-------15-~~~~--15-13--12-13-12----|-------------|---------------------|------------------|---------|-------|
B|-10-13--------------------------15-|-13-15-13----|---------------------|------------------|---------|-------|
G|-----------------------------------|----------14-|-12---s-------b--r---|---------h--p-----|--h-p-s--|--s-s--|
D|-----------------------------------|-------------|----14\12-10-12---10-|-10-12-10-12-10-9-|-7-9-7\6-|-7\9/7-|
A|-----------------------------------|-------------|---------------------|------------------|---------|-------|
E|-----------------------------------|-------------|---------------------|------------------|---------|-------|


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VERSE 3
********             Heavy Chords
Am           C    F G
Outside your door He is waiting
      D
Waiting for you
Am         C
Sooner or later you know
        D
He`s got to get through
F         D
No hesitation and no holding back
F            Em
Let it all go and you`ll know
          D
You`re on the right track


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CHORUS
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   Em      D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
          (Hold on to me baby)
      C        D
`Cause it`s closer than you think
      Am       D
And you`re standing on the brink
   Em      D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
          (Yea I need you by my side)
        C        D
`Cause there`s something on the way
   Am         D
Your tomorrow`s not the same
   Em      D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
          (I`ve got to talk to you baby)
      C        D
`Cause it`s closer than you think
      Am       D
And you`re standing on the brink
   Em      D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
          (There`s something round the corner)
        C        D
`Cause there`s something on the way
   Am         D
Your tomorrow`s not the same
   Em
Hold onnnnnnnnn



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