Hold On tab by Shawn Mendes

Tabs

NOTE: Play the G+G bar chord I find that helps with the picking.

Intro: and Verse:
   A minorAm     FF     C majorC
e|---------------------|----------------------|
BB|--1-------1-------1--|--1-----1--------1----|
G+G|--2--2----2--2-------|--0--0--0--0----------| x6
D MajorD|--2-------3----3-----|--2-----2-----2-------|
A augmentedA|--0-------3----------|--3-----3-------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|----------------------|

Pre-Chorus:

And my dad said, "Shawn stay with me..."

   C majorC     FF       A minorAm    G+G
e|----------------------|------------------------|
BB|--1-------1--------1--|--1-------3--------3----|
G+G|--0--0----2--2--------|--2--2----4--4----------| x4
D MajorD|--2-------3-----3-----|--2-------5-----5-------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3-----------|--0-------5-------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|------------------------|

Chorus:

I don't know what / you're going through...

   FF     C majorC      G+G     A minorAm
e|----------------------|----------------------|
BB|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1--|
G+G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----2--2--------| x2
D MajorD|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-----|
A augmentedA|--3-------3-----------|--5-------0-----------|
E MajorE|----------------------|----------------------|

And it won't slow down / no matter what you do /
So you just gotta

  FF     C majorC     E7E7     A minorAm
e|---------------------|--------------------------|
BB|--1-------1-------1--|--0-------1--------1------|
G+G|--2--2----0--0-------|--1--1----2--2------------|
D MajorD|--3-------2----2-----|--0-------2-----2---------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3----------|--2-------0---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|--------------------------|

hold on / All we can do is

  FF     C majorC       G+G     C majorC
e|----------------------|--------------------------|
BB|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1------|
G+G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----0--0------------|
D MajorD|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2---------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3---------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|--------------------------|

hold on

  FF     C majorC       G+G    C*
e|----------------------|--------------------------|
BB|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1---------------|
G+G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----0---------------|
D MajorD|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2---------------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3---------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|--------------------------|

(*play once)

Verse:

These days are flying by...

   A minorAm     FF     C majorC
e|---------------------|----------------------|
BB|--1-------1-------1--|--1-----1--------1----|
G+G|--2--2----2--2-------|--0--0--0--0----------| x4
D MajorD|--2-------3----3-----|--2-----2-----2-------|
A augmentedA|--0-------3----------|--3-----3-------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|----------------------|

Pre-Chorus:

And my dad said, "Shawn stay with me..."

   C majorC     FF     A minorAm     G+G
e|----------------------|------------------------|
BB|--1-------1--------1--|--1-------3--------3----|
G+G|--0--0----2--2--------|--2--2----4--4----------| x4
D MajorD|--2-------3-----3-----|--2-------5-----5-------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3-----------|--0-------5-------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|------------------------|


Chorus:

I don't know what / you're going through...

   FF     C majorC     G+G     A minorAm
e|----------------------|------------------------|
BB|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1----|
G+G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----2--2----------| x2
D MajorD|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3-----------|--5-------0-------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|------------------------|

And it won't slow down / no matter what you do /
So you just gotta

  FF     C majorC     E7E7     A minorAm
e|---------------------|------------------------|
BB|--1-------1-------1--|--0-------1--------1----|
G+G|--2--2----0--0-------|--1--1----2--2----------|
D MajorD|--3-------2----2-----|--0-------2-----2-------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3----------|--2-------0-------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|

hold on

  FF     C majorC        G+G     C majorC
e|----------------------|------------------------|
BB|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1----|
G+G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----0--0----------|
D MajorD|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3-------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|------------------------|

All we can do is hold on

  FF     G/B**     B**    F**
e|----------------------|----------------------------|
BB|--1-------0--------0--|--5-------10----------10----|
G+G|--2--2----0--0--------|--5--5----10--10------------|
D MajorD|--3-------0-----0-----|--5-------10------10--------|
A augmentedA|--3-------2-----------|--3-------8-----------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|----------------------------|

(**Different from first chorus: FF chord played on 8th fret)

Bridge:

All we can do is hold on...

  A minorAm     G/BG/B     BB    FF
e|----------------------|----------------------------|
BB|--1-------0--------0--|--5-------10----------10----|
G+G|--2--2----0--0--------|--5--5----10--10------------| x2
D MajorD|--2-------0-----0-----|--5-------10------10--------|
A augmentedA|--0-------2-----------|--3-------8-----------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|----------------------------|

Just hold on for me

   A minorAm     G/BG/B     FF
e|----------------------|-----------------------------|
BB|--1-------0--------0--|--10--13*--------------------|
G+G|--2--2----0--0--------|--10-------------------------|
D MajorD|--2-------0-----0-----|--10-------------------------|
A augmentedA|--0-------2-----------|--8--------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|-----------------------------|

(*slight difference which you can hear in the song)

Pre-Chorus:

And my dad said, "Shawn stay with me / Everything

   C majorC     FF      A minorAm     G+G
e|----------------------|------------------------|
BB|--1-------1--------1--|--1-------3--------3----|
G+G|--0--0----2--2--------|--2--2----4--4----------|
D MajorD|--2-------3-----3-----|--2-------5-----5-------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3-----------|--0-------5-------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|------------------------|

will be alright."

   C majorC     FF      A minorAm     G*
e|----------------------|-------------------------|
BB|--1-------1--------1--|--1-------3--------------|
G+G|--0--0----2--2--------|--2--2----4--------------|
D MajorD|--2-------3-----3-----|--2-------5--------------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3-----------|--0-------5--------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|-------------------------|

(*play once)

Chorus:

I don't know what / you're going through...

   FF     C majorC      G+G     A minorAm
e|----------------------|----------------------|
BB|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1--|
G+G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----2--2--------| x2
D MajorD|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-----|
A augmentedA|--3-------3-----------|--5-------0-----------|
E MajorE|----------------------|----------------------|

And it won't slow down / no matter what you do /
So you just gotta

  FF     C majorC     E7E7     A minorAm
e|---------------------|------------------------|
BB|--1-------1-------1--|--0-------1--------1----|
G+G|--2--2----0--0-------|--1--1----2--2----------|
D MajorD|--3-------2----2-----|--0-------2-----2-------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3----------|--2-------0-------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------|

hold on...

  FF     C majorC     G+G     C majorC
e|----------------------|------------------------|
BB|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1----|
G+G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----0--0----------| x2
D MajorD|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3-------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|------------------------|


Outro:

Yeah, you just gotta hold on / Just hold on for me

  FF     C majorC       G*   C*
e|----------------------|--------------------------|
BB|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1---------------|
G+G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4-------0---------------|
D MajorD|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2---------------|
A augmentedA|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3---------------|
E MajorE|----------------------|--------------------------|

(*play once)

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