Hold on
G - C - G - C
- G - C - D (2x)
G C G D
1. As I step to the edge of the shadow of a doubt,
G C G D
with my conscience beating,
G C
G D
like a
pulse of a drum that hammers on and on,
C
D G
till I reach the break of day.
G C G
D
2. When the sun beats down on the halfway house,
G C G D
has my conscience beating,
G C G D
the sound in my ear, the will
to persevere,
C D G
as I reach the break of day.
Em G
When you lost all hope and excuses
D G
and the cheapskates and the
losers,
Em
G C
D
nothing's left to cling on to,
got to hold on,
- - - - - -
- - - - G - C
- G - C - G - C - D
hold on to yourself.
G C
G D
3. A cry of hope, a plea for peace
G C G D
and my conscience beating,
G
C G
D
is not what I want, for it's
all that I need,
C D G
to reach the
break of day.
G C
G
D
4. So I run to the edge of a shadow of a doubt,
G C G D
with my conscience bleeding,
G
C
G
D
here lies the truth, the lost treasures of my
youth,
C D G
as I hold to the break of day.
Em G
When you lost all hope and
excuses
D G
and the cheapskates and the
losers,
Em
G C D
nothing's left to cling on to,
got to hold on,
- - - - - -
- - - - G - C
- G - C - G - C - D
hold on to yourself.
+ instrumental = 2 x verse 4
Em G
When you lost all hope and
excuses
D G
and the cheapskates and the
losers,
Em
G C D
nothing's left to cling on to,
got to hold on,
C D C
D
got to hold on, hold on,
- - - - - -
- - - - G - C
- G - C - G - C - D - G
hold on to yourself.
(Green Day)