D                      G         
            They hung a sign up in our town
                      A                   D
            "if you live it up, you won't live it down"
            D                   G
            So, she left Monte Rio, son
                 A              D               
            Just like a bullet leaves a gun
                 G                 A
            With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
                         D             G
            She went and took that California trip
                      Em                 A
            Well, the moon was gold, her Hair like wind
                     Em                   A
            She said don't look back just Come on Jim

[Chorus]

             A           
            Oh you got to
            D        A       D
            Hold on, Hold on
                       G
            You got to hold on
            D                 A
            Take my hand, I'm standing right here
                      D          
            You gotta hold on



[Verse]

            D                    G
            Well, he gave her a dimestore watch
            A                 D
            And a ring made from a spoon
                                      G
            Everyone is looking for someone to blame
                    A                 D                
            But you share my bed, you share my name
                  G                A
            Well, go ahead and call the cops
                      D                  G
            You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
            Em               A
            She said baby, I still love you
            
                Em                   A    
            Sometimes there's nothin left to do

[Chorus]

            A
            Oh but you got to
            D        A       D
            Hold on, hold on
                          G
            Baby gotto to hold on
            D                 A
            Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you got to
                 D           
            Just hold on.

[Verse] 
            D                                   G
            Well, God bless your crooked little heart 
                A               D
            St. Louis got  the  best  of me
            D                  G 
            I miss your broken-china voice
            
                  A                   D
            How I wish you were still here with me
                      G                        A
            Well, you build it up, you wreck it down
                D                 G
            You burn your mansion to the ground
                         Em              A
            When there's nothing left to keep you here, when
                   Em                     A
            You're falling behind in this big blue world
            
[Chorus]
            
             A           
            Oh you got to
            D        A       D
            Hold on, Hold on
                       G
            Baby gotto hold on
            D                 A
            Take my hand, I'm standing right here
                      D          
            You gotta hold on
            
[Verse]
              D               G
            Down by the Riverside motel,
                 A             D
            It's 10 below and falling
            D     G                A                   D
            By a 99 cent store she closed her eyes and started swaying
                     G          A
            But it's so hard to dance that way
                      D                G
            When it's cold and there's no music
                      Em                 A
            Well your old hometown is so far away
                    Em                       A
            But, inside your head there's a record
                           A7
            That's playing, a song called
            
[Chorus]
            D        A      D
            Hold on, hold on
                       G
            Baby gotto hold on
            D                 A
            Take my hand, I'm standing right there
                      D          
            You gotta hold on
                                A       D    
            You got to Hold on, Hold on     
                       G
            Baby gotto hold on
            D                 A
            Take my hand, I'm standing right here
                      D          
            You gotta hold on