Capo 2 (actually in F#5 ) 
 
A5 
When there's nowhere else to run  
E5                        A5 
Is there room for one more son  
                 E5 
One more son  
D#5               C#5 
If you can hold on  
                 A5               E5 
If you can hold on, hold on  

 
E5  
 
E5 E5 A5 E5 
 
E5 
I wanna stand up, I wanna let go  
 
You know, you know - no you don't, you don't  
A5                              E5 
I wanna shine on in the hearts of men  
 
I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand  
 
 
E5 
Another head aches, another heart breaks  
 
I am so much older than I can take  
A5                              E5 
And my affection, well it comes and goes  
 
I need direction to perfection, no no no no  
 
 
E5 
Help me out  
                              C#5 
Yeah, you know you got to help me out  
                              A5 
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner  
                        E5 
You know you got to help me out  
 
 
A5 
And when there's nowhere else to run  
E5 
Is there room for one more son  
A5 
These changes ain't changing me  
E5 
The cold-hearted boy I used to be  
 
 
                              C#5 
Yeah, you know you got to help me out  
                              A5 
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner  
                        E5 
You know you got to help me out 
                        C#5 
You're gonna bring yourself down  
                              A5 
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down  
                              E5 
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down  
 
 
E5 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier  
E5 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier  
A5 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier  
E5 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier  
 

C#5 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier  
A5 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier  
 

E5 
 
E5                               
Yeah, you know you got to help me out  
                              C#5 
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner  
                        E5 
You know you got to help me out  
 
You're gonna bring yourself down  
 
You're gonna bring yourself down  
                              A5 
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the blackburner  
                              E5 
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down  
                              C#5 
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down 
 
 
                A5            C#5 
Over and in, last call for sin  
                              B5 
While everyone's lost, the battle is won  
                        E5 
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
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