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