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


[Chorus]
  C 
Oh you got to
 F         C      F 
Hold on, Hold on
           Bb 
You got to hold on
 F                 C 
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
           F 
You gotta hold on


[Verse]
 F                     Bb 
Well, he gave her a dimestore watch
 C                F 
And a ring made from a spoon
  F                        Bb 
Everyone is looking for someone to blame
        C                   F 
But you share my bed, you share my name
       Bb            C 
Well, go ahead and call the cops
          F                  Bb 
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
 Gm                C 
She said baby, I still love you
 Gm                        C 
Sometimes there's nothing left to do


[Chorus]
 C 
Oh but you got to
 F         C     F 
Hold on, hold on
            Bb 
Baby got to hold on
 F                 C 
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you got to
      F 
Just hold on.


[Chorus]
  C 
Oh you got to
 F         C      F 
Hold on, Hold on
           Bb 
Baby gotto hold on
 F                   C 
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
           F 
You gotta hold on