Hold on       (Listen to midi)       (Listen to sample)

 

    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)