Hold On

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Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 02:34:25 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Gunter Kohl 
Subject: d/deburgh_chris/hold_on.crd

Hold On
Far beyond these castle walls
by Chris DeBurgh

Year Released: 1974/5

Transcription: Gunter Kohl, kohl@kph.uni-mainz.de
This might be a slightly easiert version than the original by Chris de
Burgh. He uses sometimes somehow somechords with 7, 7+ and things like
that:)
Please send corrected files to guitar@olga.net and mention, that it is a
better one than this.

Intro: D F# b G A D
   D          F#                 b
1) Somewhere, a lonely girl lies weeping
2) Sometimes, it may be close to morning
   e                         D
1) A lonely man tries        sleeping
2) she thought she heard him calling
   e                   F#
1) But he’s getting nowhere...
2) But there’s nobody there...
Ref:
    G        E            A       A7       A
And somehow, somehow, he knows he’s got to try to
     D f#    e                     A
Hold on, somewhere she’s crying    for him
Hold on, some day her smile will   call him
Hold on, there’s someone out there trying for him
G            E      A  D
Somehow, sometime, somewhere...
   D                   F#               h
3) Somewhere,          again she sleeps alone
4) Oh sometimes, she’s dreaming of her lover
   e                     D
3) He’s reaching for the phone
4) it really can’t   be  over
   e                  F#
3) But he’s calling no one..
4) We’ve only just   begun...

Ref:
    G        E           A         A7     A
And somehow, somehow, I know, I’ve got to try to
     D f#     e                    A
Hold on, somewhere she’s crying    for me
Hold on, some day her smile will   call me
Hold on, there’s someone out there trying for me
G        E              D     f# e       A
Somehow, sometime, somewhere  ah lalalalalala
     D f# e   A        D f# e  G#o
Hold on           Hold on
     G         E         D
somewhere, sometime, somwhere


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