O.A.R. - Hold On True

      This song frustrated me for the longest time because of the slide in the verse riff. I could never get a very
bright sound using the power chords shown in other versions. I did my best to match the chords to the lyrics
but the slide complicates the vocal rhythm. So youll just have to listen and figure it out.

Capo on the 2nd fret

[Intro]
Not relative to capo, play as shown
e|---16p12---14-12-----12------12p9-----------------|
B|-12------12-----12p14--12---9----9-12-9-9p10p9----|
G|-----------------------------------------------11-|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

[Verse]
     D     Bsus4  D      A      G
e|-----------------------------2-2-2------------|
B|--3-3-3-/-5-5-3-3-3---2-2-2--2-2-2------------|
G|--2-2-2-/-4-4-2-2-2---2-2-2--0-0-0------------|
D|--0-0-0-/-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2--0-0-0------------|
A|----------------------0-0-0--2-2-2------------|
E|-----------------------------3-3-3------------|



[Verse]
   D     Bsus4  D
Back in the day
A    G
Oh, it wasn't that far
   D   Bsus4  D          A   G            D  Bsus4  D   A  G
Not a day goes by that won't be in the back tomorrow
      D  Bsus4  D  A     G
Take today as a sample to you
D      Bsus4     D  A G
It looks cloudy outside
 D     Bsus4  D  A G
What are you gonna do?
  D             Bsus4  A G
Well, we could get up
D     Bsus4  D   A G
Or we could get on down
D     Bsus4  D      A              G
We could drive to the country or head downtown
D     Bsus4  D   A   G
Maybe I'll join you too

G
chorus lead in

 A                               G
We could have been so much better off than before
if we held on true

D Bsus4 G A x4

[Verse]
     D     Bsus4                G          A
I said but lately I've been feeling mighty old
 D                        Bsus4                G          A
I said the sun has got me cracked and this wind has got me cold
 D     Bsus4             G          A
and I'm so damn tired of losing my friends
 D     Bsus4             G          A
every single time I go and lose my ends
 D     Bsus4           G          A
I say but that's okay, I'm on my way
 D             Bsus4           G                A
I don't appear near, but maybe I'll end up that way
 D     Bsus4                       G          A
and in awhile when I realize there's something new
 D     Bsus4           G          A
but until then I gotta hold on true