Hold On Tab by Shawn Mendes

Hold On tab by Shawn Mendes

Guitar Tab

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

Intro: and Verse:
     Am          F          C
e|---------------------|----------------------|
B|--1-------1-------1--|--1-----1--------1----|
G|--2--2----2--2-------|--0--0--0--0----------|  x6
D|--2-------3----3-----|--2-----2-----2-------|
A|--0-------3----------|--3-----3-------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|

Pre-Chorus:

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

     C          F             Am        G
e|----------------------|------------------------|
B|--1-------1--------1--|--1-------3--------3----|
G|--0--0----2--2--------|--2--2----4--4----------|  x4
D|--2-------3-----3-----|--2-------5-----5-------|
A|--3-------3-----------|--0-------5-------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|

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Chorus:

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

     F          C           G          Am
e|----------------------|----------------------|
B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1--|
G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----2--2--------|  x2
D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-----|
A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------0-----------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|

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

    F          C          E7          Am
e|---------------------|--------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------1--|--0-------1--------1------|
G|--2--2----0--0-------|--1--1----2--2------------|
D|--3-------2----2-----|--0-------2-----2---------|
A|--3-------3----------|--2-------0---------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------------|

hold on / All we can do is

    F          C              G          C
e|----------------------|--------------------------|
B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1------|
G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----0--0------------|
D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2---------|
A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3---------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------------|

hold on

    F         C             G       C*
e|----------------------|--------------------------|
B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1---------------|
G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----0---------------|
D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2---------------|
A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3---------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------------|

(*play once)

Verse:

These days are flying by...

     Am          F          C
e|---------------------|----------------------|
B|--1-------1-------1--|--1-----1--------1----|
G|--2--2----2--2-------|--0--0--0--0----------|  x4
D|--2-------3----3-----|--2-----2-----2-------|
A|--0-------3----------|--3-----3-------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|


Pre-Chorus:

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

     C          F          Am          G
e|----------------------|------------------------|
B|--1-------1--------1--|--1-------3--------3----|
G|--0--0----2--2--------|--2--2----4--4----------|  x4
D|--2-------3-----3-----|--2-------5-----5-------|
A|--3-------3-----------|--0-------5-------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|


Chorus:

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

     F          C          G          Am
e|----------------------|------------------------|
B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1----|
G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----2--2----------|  x2
D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-------|
A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------0-------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|

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

    F          C          E7          Am
e|---------------------|------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------1--|--0-------1--------1----|
G|--2--2----0--0-------|--1--1----2--2----------|
D|--3-------2----2-----|--0-------2-----2-------|
A|--3-------3----------|--2-------0-------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|

hold on

    F         C               G          C
e|----------------------|------------------------|
B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1----|
G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----0--0----------|
D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-------|
A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3-------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|

All we can do is hold on

    F         G/B**          B**        F**
e|----------------------|----------------------------|
B|--1-------0--------0--|--5-------10----------10----|
G|--2--2----0--0--------|--5--5----10--10------------|
D|--3-------0-----0-----|--5-------10------10--------|
A|--3-------2-----------|--3-------8-----------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------------|

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

Bridge:

All we can do is hold on...

    Am         G/B          B        F
e|----------------------|----------------------------|
B|--1-------0--------0--|--5-------10----------10----|
G|--2--2----0--0--------|--5--5----10--10------------|  x2
D|--2-------0-----0-----|--5-------10------10--------|
A|--0-------2-----------|--3-------8-----------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------------|

Just hold on for me

     Am          G/B          F
e|----------------------|-----------------------------|
B|--1-------0--------0--|--10--13*--------------------|
G|--2--2----0--0--------|--10-------------------------|
D|--2-------0-----0-----|--10-------------------------|
A|--0-------2-----------|--8--------------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------------|

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

Pre-Chorus:

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

     C          F           Am          G
e|----------------------|------------------------|
B|--1-------1--------1--|--1-------3--------3----|
G|--0--0----2--2--------|--2--2----4--4----------|
D|--2-------3-----3-----|--2-------5-----5-------|
A|--3-------3-----------|--0-------5-------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|

will be alright."

     C          F           Am          G*
e|----------------------|-------------------------|
B|--1-------1--------1--|--1-------3--------------|
G|--0--0----2--2--------|--2--2----4--------------|
D|--2-------3-----3-----|--2-------5--------------|
A|--3-------3-----------|--0-------5--------------|
E|----------------------|-------------------------|

(*play once)

Chorus:

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

     F          C           G          Am
e|----------------------|----------------------|
B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1--|
G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----2--2--------|  x2
D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-----|
A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------0-----------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|

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

    F          C          E7          Am
e|---------------------|------------------------|
B|--1-------1-------1--|--0-------1--------1----|
G|--2--2----0--0-------|--1--1----2--2----------|
D|--3-------2----2-----|--0-------2-----2-------|
A|--3-------3----------|--2-------0-------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|

hold on...

    F         C          G          C
e|----------------------|------------------------|
B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1--------1----|
G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4--4----0--0----------|  x2
D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2-----2-------|
A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3-------------|
E|----------------------|------------------------|


Outro:

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

    F         C             G*     C*
e|----------------------|--------------------------|
B|--1-------1--------1--|--3-------1---------------|
G|--2--2----0--0--------|--4-------0---------------|
D|--3-------2-----2-----|--5-------2---------------|
A|--3-------3-----------|--5-------3---------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------------|

(*play once)

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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