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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!
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Last Updated: July 16, 2020