Tabs

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Hold On For Your Love
By:   John Hiatt

[intro:]  | Em | G  | C  | Am |    |    |    |  
          | Am | C  | D  | Em |    |    |    |
          | Em | G  | C  | Am |    |    |    | {banjo}
          | Am | C  | D  | Em |    |    |    |

[verse: 1]
Em              G              C           Am
Streets are all empty, the network's deveined
Am               C             D      Em
Buildings walled up, electricity drained
Em              G              C           Am
Shots in the square where they mowed them all down
Am         C             D         Em
River runs red from the center of town


[verse: 2]  {band kicks in}
Em              G           C            Am
I worked for my daddy, he worked for his paw
Am                      C             D              Em
Til they came from the city and they took what they saw
Em             G           C              Am
We rented back land and we worked what we could
          Am                  C                D         Em
But they built it and they stripped it til it wasn't no good
 
[chorus:]
      G
And I know I
       B
Yes I know I
       Em
Gotta hold on
     C            G     D
Hold on for your love
 
[:]       | Em | G  | C  | Am |    |    |    |  
          | Am | C  | D  | Em |    |    |    |

[verse: 3] 
Em           G          C           Am
Out in the woods, my old truck is on fire
Am           C                  D      Em
Burning the last drops of my enormous desire
Em         G               C           Am
Men eating men and there's no time for crying
     Am           C             D           Em
I'm tired of the blood and I'm sick of the dying
 
[chorus:]
      G
And I know I
       B
Yes I know I
       Em
Gotta hold on
     C            G     D
Hold on for your love
 
[solo: guitar]  | Em | G  | C  | Am |    |    |    |  
                | Am | C  | D  | Em |    |    |    |
                | Em | G  | C  | Am |    |    |    | 
                | Am | C  | D  | Em |    |    |    |

[verse: 4] 
Em              G            C           Am
Burn down the cabin and put out the stars
Am             C                D        Em
Tear up the fields and leave everything scarred
Em              G             C             Am
I've been here before but I don't know this place
Am                  C          D             Em
I've been here with you but I can't see your face

[chorus:]  
      G
And I know I
       B
Yes I know I
       Em
Gotta hold on
     C            G     D
Hold on for your love
         Em
I gotta hold on
          C         G    D
Hold on for your love 
 

[coda:]   | Em | G  | C  | Am | Am  |  {acoustic guitar}
          | Am | C  | D  | Em | Em  |
          | Em | G  | C  | Am | Am  |
          | Am | C  | D  | Em          {finish}





chords:

Am      002210  or 577555
C       032010  or 335553
D       000232  or 557775
Em      022000  or 779987
G       320003  or 355433