Hold On chords by Lucy Simon

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
 F                 Gm
What you've got to do is
        C               Bb
Finish what you have begun
F                  Gm
I don't know just how
              Dm               Am
But it's not over 'til you've won!

Verse 1:
         Dm
When you see the storm is coming

See the lightning part the skies
                  F
It's too late to run-
         C              A
There's terror in your eyes!
         Bm           F#m
What you do then is remember
          G                  A  E
This old thing you heard me say:
            D     G   A
"It's the storm, not you
        G        A    D
That's bound to blow away."

Chorus:
 F
Hold on
            C
Hold on to someone standing by
 G
Hold on
            D
Don't even ask how long or why!
            C               G
Child, hold on to what you know is true
 Bb                    F
Hold on 'til you get through
  F7   G7   A7   A
Child, oh child!
      D
Hold on!

Verse 2:
A         D
When you feel your heart is poundin'
         D
Fear a devil's at your door
                     F
There's no place to hide-
                      A
You're frozen to the floor!
         G               A
What you do then is you force yourself
    G                A
To wake up, and you say:
             D     G   A
"It's this dream, not me
          D      G  A
That's bound to go away."

Chorus 2:
 F
Hold on
              C
Hold on, the night will soon be by
  G
Hold on
               D
Until there's nothing left to try
            C                   G
Child, hold on, There's angels on their way!
     F
Hold on and hear them say
  F      G   A
"Child, oh child!"

Bridge:
        E
And it doesn't even matter
        E
If the danger and the doom
          E
Come from up above or down below
    E7
Or just come flying
                         B
At you from across the room!

Verse 3:
         F
When you see a man who's raging
          F
And he's jealous and he fears
              Ab
That you've walked through walls
                     G
He's hid behind for years
 C    C# Dm              Am               Dm
What you do then is you tell yourself to wait it out
     G             F    Bb  C
And say it's this day, not me
         Bb     C   F
That's bound to go away

               F  G
Child, oh hold on
            F   Bb C
It's this day, not you
        Bb      C     F C F
That's bound to go away!