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!