Kansas - Hold On

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                                          Artist - Kansas
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                                          Song - Hold On 
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                                    Album - Audio Vision (1980)
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                                        Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO
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Am Em C/G G D   C/G D X2


e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|-0--2--3--5--5---3-2-|
E|---------------------|X2


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VERSE 1
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Am                     C/G
Look in the mirror and tell me
              D    F G
Just what you see
Am                          C/G
What have the years of your life
              D   
Taught you to be 
F                  G
Innocence dyin' in so many ways
F                            Em
Things that you dream of are lost
            D      Em
Lost in the haze


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CHORUS
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     Em            D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
            C/G             D
'Cause it's closer than you think
           Am              D
And you're standing on the brink
     Em            D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
               C/G              D
'Cause there's something on the way
     Am                 D       Em
Your tomorrow's not the same as today


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VERSE 2
********                        Heavy Chords
Am                        C/G   F G
Don't you recall what you felt
                 D
When you weren't alone
Am                        C/G
Someone who stood by your side
                D
A face you have known
F                          G
Where do you run when it's too much to bear
F                     Em
Who do you turn to in need
              D       Em
When nobody's there


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CHORUS
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     Em            D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
            C/G             D
'Cause it's closer than you think
           Am              D
And you're standing on the brink
     Em            D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
               C/G              D
'Cause there's something on the way
     Am                 D       Em     D G           Am
Your tomorrow's not the same as today    Ahhh  Ahhh  Ahh


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02:01
SOLO     PH = Pinch Harmonic
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e|--------------------|------s-------------------------|---------------|--------------s---|
B|-b--rp--b---rp--PH--|-----8\10--8-5-brp--------------|---------------|------h--5-8-8\10-|
G|-7----5-7-----5-7---|---5-----------7--5-------------|----------h----|-----5-7----------|
D|------------------7-|-7------------------7-5--s------|------s--5-7-5-|-5-7--------------|
A|--------------------|------------------------7\5-3---|---3-5\7-------|------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------------------5-|-5-------------|------------------|

                                   b  rp     p  
e|--------------------10----10----10----8--10-8-|
B|-10-12-13--10-12-13----13----13---------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

          b
e|-------15-~~~~--15-13--12-13-12----|-------------|---------------------|------------------|---------|-------|
B|-10-13--------------------------15-|-13-15-13----|---------------------|------------------|---------|-------|
G|-----------------------------------|----------14-|-12---s-------b--r---|---------h--p-----|--h-p-s--|--s-s--|
D|-----------------------------------|-------------|----14\12-10-12---10-|-10-12-10-12-10-9-|-7-9-7\6-|-7\9/7-|
A|-----------------------------------|-------------|---------------------|------------------|---------|-------|
E|-----------------------------------|-------------|---------------------|------------------|---------|-------|


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VERSE 3
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Am                      C/G      F G
Outside your door He is waiting
            D
Waiting for you
Am                  C/G
Sooner or later you know
                D
He's got to get through
F                 G
No hesitation and no holding back
F                        Em
Let it all go and you'll know
                    D
You're on the right track


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CHORUS
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     Em            D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
                   (Hold on to me baby)
            C/G             D
'Cause it's closer than you think
           Am              D
And you're standing on the brink
     Em            D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
                   (Yea I need you by my side)
               C/G              D
'Cause there's something on the way
     Am                 D       
Your tomorrow's not the same 
     Em            D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
                   (I've got to talk to you baby)
            C/G             D
'Cause it's closer than you think
           Am              D
And you're standing on the brink
     Em            D
Hold on, Baby Hold on
                   (There's something round the corner)
               C/G              D
'Cause there's something on the way
     Am                 D       
Your tomorrow's not the same 
     Em           
Hold onnnnnnnnn



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