Hold On To What Acordes

	  Intro 
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She'd given everything she could give 
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Twenty years of kindness made her sad 
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Kindness never made enough to live 
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So she sold the very last thing that she had 

 
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As she held her hand out to him 
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As he drove around the block 
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He mouthed through the window, "Just hold on" 
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"I've held on many years now 
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And I haven't found a lot" 
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Hold on, hold on to what? 

 
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So hold on, hold on to what? 
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Hold on, hold on to what? 
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Hold on, hold on to what? 
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Holding on is harder 
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When it's something you've not got 
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I'll need a pair of stilts if I'm to 
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Ever reach the top 
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So hold on, hold on to what? 
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Hold on, hold on to what? 
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Hold on, hold on to what? 

 
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Many years of service with a smile 
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Up shit creek and down the Rhine 
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Gibraltar Rock and now the Emerald Isle 
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He'd shined every shoe that he could shine 

 
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And as he lay in his own blood 
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Screaming, "I've been shot" 
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He heard the Major whisper, "Just hold on" 
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"I've held on all these years now 
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Now what medal have I got?' 
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Hold on, hold on to what? 


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So hold on, hold on to what? 
Gm 
Hold on, hold on to what? 
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Hold on, hold on to what? 
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Holding on is harder 
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When it's something you've not got 
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I'll need a pair of stilts if I'm to 
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Ever reach the top 
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So hold on, hold on to what? 
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Hold on, hold on to what? 
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Hold on, hold on to what? 


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Sixty years, and he's looking his worst 
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Sitting in the park where she'd died 
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Running hands through his final hair 
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These are the words that he cried: 

 
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(Hold on, hold on, hold on) 
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"To achieve the American dream you need a trampoline 
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To achieve the counter effect get that whiskey down your neck 
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"To achieve the American dream you need a trampoline 
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To achieve the counter effect get that whiskey down your neck 

 
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Chamberlain had his paper (Hold on) 
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Jesus had his cross (Hold on) 
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They held on (Hold on) 
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We held on to what? 
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(Hold on, hold on 
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Hold on) 
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Chamberlain had his paper (Hold on) 
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Jesus had his cross (Hold on) 
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They held on (Hold on) 
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We held on to what? 
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(Hold on, hold on 
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Hold on) 
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Chamberlain had his paper (Hold on) 
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Jesus had his cross (Hold on) 
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They held on (Hold on) 
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We held on to what? 

Outro 
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(Hold on, hold on, Hold on) 
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We held on to what? 
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(Hold on, hold on, Hold on) 
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We held on to what? 
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(Hold on, hold on, Hold on) 
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We held on to what? 
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(Hold on, hold on, Hold on) 
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We held on to what?