Capo 2 (actually in F# ) 
 
A 
When there's nowhere else to run  
E                        A 
Is there room for one more son  
                 E 
One more son  
D#               C#m 
If you can hold on  
                 A               E 
If you can hold on, hold on  

 
E  
 
E E A E 
 
E 
I wanna stand up, I wanna let go  
 
You know, you know - no you don't, you don't  
A                              E 
I wanna shine on in the hearts of men  
 
I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand  
 
 
E 
Another head aches, another heart breaks  
 
I am so much older than I can take  
A                              E 
And my affection, well it comes and goes  
 
I need direction to perfection, no no no no  
 
 
E 
Help me out  
                              C#m 
Yeah, you know you got to help me out  
                              A 
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner  
                        E 
You know you got to help me out  
 
 
A 
And when there's nowhere else to run  
E 
Is there room for one more son  
A 
These changes ain't changing me  
E 
The cold-hearted boy I used to be  
 
 
                              C#m 
Yeah, you know you got to help me out  
                              A 
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner  
                        E 
You know you got to help me out 
                        C#m 
You're gonna bring yourself down  
                              A 
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down  
                              E 
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down  
 
 
E 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier  
E 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier  
A 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier  
E 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier  
 

C#m 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier  
A 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier  
 

E 
 
E                               
Yeah, you know you got to help me out  
                              C#m 
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner  
                        E 
You know you got to help me out  
 
You're gonna bring yourself down  
 
You're gonna bring yourself down  
                              A 
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner  
                              E 
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down  
                              C#m 
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down 
 
 
                A            C#m 
Over and in, last call for sin  
                              B4 
While everyone's lost, the battle is won  
                        E 
With all these things that I've done  
 
All these things that I've done  
 
If you can hold on  
 
If you can hold on