Hold On Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][C][D][G][D][C]
[D][G][D][C][D][G][D][C]
[D]
[G]I knew

[Verse 1]
[D]exactly wha[C]t you wer[D]e going through
It's just [G]that I [D]didn't have the
right to [C]discuss [D]your problems
[G]I s[D]aw you struggling for o[C]ur
[D]education (education)
[G]I saw y[D]ou struggling to g[C]et
us clothes [D]to wear
Mama, [G]this man

[Verse 2]
[D]you got married
[C]to is [D]dead- [G]alive
[D]Over the years I asked
[C]myself [D]many questions
[G]Is he [D]my real dad or was
[C]I a[D]dopted?
[G]Mama, I know it's [C]difficult for you
[D]But hold on,[G] I am a little grown up now,
[C]oh,[D] oh[G]
Hold [D]on

[Verse 3]
just a [C]little bit [D]longer now
Hold [G]on [D]just a lit[C]tle
bit [D]longer now
[G]Hold [D]on just a lit[C]tle bit
[D]longer [G]now[D]
Hold on just a [C]little bit [D]longer now
[G]You

[Verse 4]
[D]were a laughing stock
[C]in [D]the community
[G]The pre[D]ss didn't rest makin'
[C]news [D]out of you, Mama
[G]Now is [D]the time to show [C]them, [D]oh
That [G]he who laughs last,
laughs the be[C]st, [D]that's the way it is
[G]He who laughs last, laughs the best,[C]
that's the [D]way it is, Mama
[G]Hold

[Verse 5]
[D]on just a lit[C]tle
bit [D]longer now
[G]Hold on [D]just a little bit[C]
[D]longer [G]now[D]
Hold on just a little [C]bit [D]longer now
[G]Hold [D]on just a lit[C]tle bit lon[D]ger now[G]
[D]

[Interlude 1]
[C][D][G][D][C][D]
[G][D][C][D][G]

[Verse 6]
[G]I know it's n[C]ot easy for y[D]ou, Mama
But [G]your tears will turn to laughter
[C]Now that I'm a g[D]rown up, Mama
[G]Hold

[Verse 7]
[D]on just a little bit[C] longer
[D]now[G] (little bit lon[D]ger)
Hold on (just a little bit longer) just
a [C]little bit [D]longer now
(Hold [G]on) hold[D] on (just a little
bit longer) just a little [C]bit longer [D]now
[G]Hold [D]on just a little bit[C] lon[D]ger
now [G](just a [D]little bit longer)
Hold on (a little bit longer) just a little [C]bit
[D]longer now (a little bit [G]longer)
[D]Hold on (hold on)