Hold On To What You Got Chords

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[Verse 1]
[A]You had[D] bet[A] te[D]r hold [A]on,[D]
[G]hold on to what [D]you've got
You have to hold on,
[G]hold on to what you've [A]got
Cause if [D]you see no man
wants your woman
You just throw her [G]away
and you will [Gm]see
Some man [D]will have her
before [G]you can [A]count
[D]One, two, three
Yes, [G]they will
Yes, [D]they will
[A]Now listen, [D]fellas
I know you think that the wife [G]is supposed to stay
home all the time and take care of
the children [D]every day while you go
out and play and [G]stay.[D]
You think just because you got that little [A]piece of paper [G]on us,
it means to stay home,
[D]stay barefooted and pregnant.
You used to take [G]us out to fancy restaurants,
[Bm]now [G]you [D]don't want to even take us out to
McDonald's.
[G]And we ladies are accustomed to the un[D]dercover work
that you're doing and the pool that you're
[G]shooting.
We know what [Bm]corner [G]pock
[Bm]et each ba[G]ll i[D]s going in.
But you better listen [G]to me, fellas,
[D]because they got somebody out there waiting to sweep
[G]up what you swooped [D]out.
So if you got something good,
you better hold on to what you [G]got, because if [D]you don't,
This is what will [A]happen
Cause if you [D]think
[A]No [D]other man wants her
Pitch [A]her out [G]in the streets
And you [Gm]will see
Some [D]man will have her
Be[G]fore you [A]can count
[D]One, two, three.
Yes, [G]they will.
Yes, [D]they will.
Uh -huh.
[A]Now listen, gir[D]l.
Now you know I know
[G]that you like to sit around all day long
[D]watching the soap operas,
days of our lives, another world,
[A]all [D]my chil[A]dren [G]and
the young and the rest.
[D]When the man comes home,
he asks is you one simple question,
[G]woman, where's the food?
You foolishly [D]look at him with
one eye and say,
I've been tending [A]to these
kids all day [G]long
and I got a migraine headache
and don't bother me.
[D]Oh, but girls, when
Friday evening [A]comes,
[G]you wanna hear nothing,
know nothing,
[Bm]but see that little piece of
[G]paper that [D]says check,
and you want it all.
[G]You think because you've got
that piece of paper on the man
That it [D]means that he's got to stay there
and take the things that you [G]do
But they always got somebody out there with a great big [D]broom
just waiting to sweep up what you throw away [A]listen[D]
No oth[A]er wo[D]man won't show man
[A]Pitch him out [G]in the streets
And you [Gm]will see
That woman [D]will have your man
Before [G]you can [A]count
One, two, [D]three
Yes [G]they will, yes they [D]will