Hold On

Written by: Tennant/Lowe
From: “Elysium” (2012)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
D/C#     x-4-x-2-3-2
D/Bm     x-2-x-2-3-2
D/F#     2-x-0-2-3-2
F#m/C#   x-4-x-2-2-2
E7/G#    4-x-0-1-0-0
E7/B     x-2-x-1-3-0
A7/C#    x-4-x-2-2-3
A#dim7   x-1-2-0-2-0
Fdim     x-x-3-1-0-x
C#/F     x-x-3-1-2-x
D#dim7   x-x-1-2-1-2
A9       x-0-2-0-0-x

Intro

(a capella)
Hold on, hold on
(a capella)
There's got to be a future
(a capella)
Hold on

Interlude

                      2/4
| D D/C# | D/B D/F# | D/F# | Em A7 | D |

Chorus

     D/C# D/B   D/F#
Hold on,   hold on
                    Em
There's got to be a future
A7                 D
 Or the world will end today

Verse 1

    F#m/C#         Bm
The sun will melt away
    D/F#
The sky so dark decay
            Em                 A7
And summer, spring and autumn, winter
       D
Melt into a single moment

Verse 2

D               F#m/C#
Poured into the past
Bm       D/F#              Em
  Like a stream run dry at last
A7     D       [ Bm ]
  Hold on, hold on

Bridge 1

Bm              E7
 There's got to be a future
      A
To create and to defend
       Bm              E7
So the world can never end
     A
Hold on
       D6                E7/G#
Things can't be quite so bad
            A               D
That all we have and all we had
      E7/B             A7/C#
Never were and won't return
          D
Lost in a fire that cannot burn
     Em A7    D
Hold on, hold on

Chorus

     D/C# D/B   D/F#
Hold on,   hold on
                    Em
There's got to be a future
A7                 D
 Or the world will end today

Interlude

                      2/4
| D D/C# | D/B D/F# | D/F# | Em A7 |

Bridge 2

A#dim7
 Look around, look around
Bm                            Fdim
 The rain is falling from the sky
      C#/F    F#m
Planes taking off to fly
    D6                 A/C#    D
The swooping birds and barking dogs
C#7                F#m
Shopping malls and catalogues
D#dim7         B7        A/C#
Traffic stopped on busy streets
A              D
Lovers lying between the sheets
G                   A9
Business models, computer freaks
Bm              A/C#
Modern artists, new techniques
D6              A
Money comes and money goes
A/C#             D
Children cry and still suppose
        G           D/F# G A7sus4 A7   D
There's got to be a future ...    Hold on

Chorus

     D/C# D/B   D/F#
Hold on,   hold on
                    Em
There's got to be a future
A7                 D
 Or the world will end today

Chorus

     D/C# D/B   D/F#
Hold on,   hold on
                    Em
There's got to be a future
A7     D
 Hold on