Key: D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

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


Verse 1:
D
  I got your letter and the 
Bm
poetry you sent me
C
Postmarked in 
                 G
december of last year
  D
I really hope you're 
doing better
Bm
All of your friends 
close by your side
C                        G A
One step closer to recovery


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


Chorus 1:
          D
If you'll just hold on 
for one more second
Bm
Just hold on to what you have
          C
If you'll just hold 
               G
on just hold on
          D
If you'll just hold on 
for one more second
Bm
Just hold on to what you have
          C
If you'll just hold 
               G A D-- x2
on just hold on


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


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 2:
          D
If you'll just hold on 
for one more second
Bm
Just hold on to what you have
          C
If you'll just hold 
               G
on just hold on
          D
If you'll just hold on 
for one more second
Bm
Just hold on to what you have
          C
If you'll just hold 
               G
on just hold on
You will wake up tommorrow


Outro:
D                          Bm
  Just hold on to what you have
                         C   D--
Just hold on to what you have
D                          Bm
  Just hold on to what you have
                         C   G A D-- x4, D(hold)
Just hold on to what you have