Intro:

C                     F       C       G7      C
We're holding on with nothing left to hold on to

                F             C
I'm so tired of holding on to nothing
                        F
The years have shown no kindness 
        C                     G7
For the hard times we've been through
C                            F
We've squeezed the life from every dream 
    C
And still go right on bluffing
F                   C    G7         C
With really nothing left to hold on to

                          F
Oh why do we keep holding on 
             C
With nothing left to hold on to
                          F
Let's be honest with each other 
           C                 G7
That's the least that we can do
       C                F           C
I feel guilty when they envy me and you
                      F       C       G7      C
We're holding on with nothing left to hold on to

                  F            C
We were young and foolishly mistaken
             F                C            G7
Victims of a passion much too strong to be denied
C                  F                C
With only tears to show for all the years that we've been faking
F                  C    G7             C
God only knows how long how hard we've tried

Repeat #2

                      F       C       G7      C
We're holding on with nothing left to hold on to