Tono: C
Introducción: C C2 C C2 C
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They hung a sign up in our town
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"If you live it up, you won't live it down"
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So she left Monte Rio, son
C
Just like a bullet leaves a gun
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With her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
C F
She went and took that California trip
Dm G
Well the moon was gold, her hair like wind
Dm G
She said don't look back, just come on Jim
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Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
verse 2
C F
And he gave her a dime store watch
G C
And a ring made from a spoon
C F
Everyone's looking for someone to blame
G C
If you share my bed you share my name
F G
So go ahead and call the cops
C F
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
G
Oh and She said baby I still love you
Dm G
Sometimes there's nothing left to do
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Oh but you got to hold on, hold on, babe you gotta hold on
C G C
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
verse 3
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And god bless your crooked little heart
C
St. Louis got the best of me
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I miss your broken china voice
C
How I wish you were still here with me
F G
Well you build it up and wreck it down
C F
Then you burn your mansion to the ground
G
Oh there's nothing left to keep you here
Dm G
But when you're falling behind in this big blue world Oh Ohh oh
C G C F
you got to hold on, hold on, babe gotta hold on
C G C
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
verse 4
C F
Down by the Riverside Motel
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Well It's 10 below and falling
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She closed her eyes and started swaying
F G
But it' so hard to dance that way
C F
When it's cold and there's no music
Dm G
and When your old home town's so far away
Dm G
But inside your head there's a record playin'
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A song called Hold On, hold on, baby gotta hold on
C G C
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on
G C F
Hold On, babe gotta hold on
C G C
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on