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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
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Just like a bullet leaves a gun
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With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
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She went and took that California trip
Em
A
Well, the moon was gold, her Hair like wind
Em
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She said don't look back just Come on Jim
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Oh you got to
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Hold on, Hold on
G
You got to hold on
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Take my hand, I'm standing right here
D
You gotta hold on
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G
Well, he gave her a dimestore watch
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D
And a ring made from a spoon
G
Everyone is looking for someone to blame
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But you share my bed, you share my name
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Well, go ahead and call the cops
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You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
Em
A
She said baby, I still love you
Em
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Sometimes there's nothin left to do
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Oh but you got to
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Hold on, hold on
G
Baby gotto to hold on
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Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you got to
D
Just hold on.
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Well, God bless your crooked little heart
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D
St. Louis got the best of me
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G
I miss your broken-china voice
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D
How I wish you were still here with me
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Well, you build it up, you wreck it down
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G
You burn your mansion to the ground
Em
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When there's nothing left to keep you here, when
Em
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You're falling behind in this big blue world
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Oh you got to
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D
Hold on, Hold on
G
Baby gotto hold on
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Take my hand, I'm standing right here
D
You gotta hold on
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G
Down by the Riverside motel,
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It's 10 below and falling
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G
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D
By a 99 cent store she closed her eyes and started swaying
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But it's so hard to dance that way
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G
When it's cold and there's no music
Em
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Well your old hometown is so far away
Em
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But, inside your head there's a record
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That's playing, a song called
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A
D
Hold on, hold on
G
Baby gotto hold on
D
A
Take my hand, I'm standing right there
D
You gotta hold on
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D
You got to Hold on, Hold on
G
Baby gotto hold on
D
A
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
D
You gotta hold on