Hand To Hold On To chords by John Cougar Mellencamp

Chords with lyrics

Hand To Hold On To
Written by: John Mellencamp


intro: (chords through riff) A......D E MajorE

A augmentedA                F# minorF#m
You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends
A augmentedA              F# minorF#m
Spin in the middle when the troubles begin
D MajorD             E MajorE
Take it nice and easy and always pretend
D MajorD               E MajorE
That you're cool, so cool, so cool

A augmentedA                F# minorF#m
Say I'm alone and I'm wild and I will not be tamed
A augmentedA             F# minorF#m
Talk like a jerk or an educated brain
D MajorD             E MajorE
Be an old girl drivin' the young boys insane
D MajorD                  E MajorE
Be a joker, a preacher, it does not matter

Chorus:

A augmentedA         F# minorF#m
Every one needs a hand to hold on to
A augmentedA         F# minorF#m
Every one needs a hand to hold on to
D MajorD          E MajorE
Don't need to be no strong hand
D MajorD          E MajorE
Don't need to be no rich hand
D MajorD       E MajorE          A augmentedA
Every one just needs a hand to hold on to


repeat intro

A augmentedA              F# minorF#m
Havin' good luck with your financial situation
A augmentedA               F# minorF#m
Play the ponies, be president of the United Nations
D MajorD          E MajorE
Go to work and be a Hollywood stud
D MajorD                 E MajorE
Drive your four-wheel drive right into the mud, yeah


(repeat chorus)

A augmentedA       F# minorF#m        A augmentedA
And then those hours when you're alone
      F# minorF#m           A augmentedA
And there's no body there except yourself
        F# minorF#m        A augmentedA
I know it, you wanna pick up the phone
     D MajorD
And say, "Talk to me, talk to me
     E MajorE
Somebody please talk to me"

yeah...ah...ah...ahhh

instrumental: (verse chords)

Oh, yeah...ah

(repeat chorus 3 times)