Key: D5

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro: D- - Bm- - C- - G5 - A- x2


Verse 1:
D5
  I got your letter and the 
B5
poetry you sent me
C5
Postmarked in 
                 G5
december of last year
  D5
I really hope you're 
doing better
B5
All of your friends 
close by your side
C5                        G5 A5
One step closer to recovery


Refrain:
G5
  I wish there was
D5                 A5
something i could say
    B5            A5
To erase each and every
G5                     D5
page that you've been through
     A5
Even though its not
my place to save you
    G5            D5
I appreciate but can't 
            A5
accept this thank-you note
      B5
Thats sealed with
A5         G5
your last breath
         D5
I won't stand aside and 
A5
listen to you give up


Chorus 1:
          D5
If you'll just hold on 
for one more second
B5
Just hold on to what you have
          C5
If you'll just hold 
               G5
on just hold on
          D5
If you'll just hold on 
for one more second
B5
Just hold on to what you have
          C5
If you'll just hold 
               G5 A5 D-- x2
on just hold on


Verse 2:
D5
  These arms remain 
                 B5
stretched out to you
Maybe someday 
you'll accept them
   C5
Or maybe its too late 
          G5
to save a young 
girls heart that's 
long stopped beating
D5
  Wake up wake up you've gotta believe
B5
  Wake up wake up you cant give up
C5
Time keeps going on without us
G5                A5
Long after we're dead and gone


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 2:
          D5
If you'll just hold on 
for one more second
B5
Just hold on to what you have
          C5
If you'll just hold 
               G5
on just hold on
          D5
If you'll just hold on 
for one more second
B5
Just hold on to what you have
          C5
If you'll just hold 
               G5
on just hold on
You will wake up tommorrow


Outro:
D5                          B5
  Just hold on to what you have
                         C5   D--
Just hold on to what you have
D5                          B5
  Just hold on to what you have
                         C5   G5 A5 D-- x4, D(hold)
Just hold on to what you have