I Can't Hold On chords by Karla Bonoff

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G   F G C  G   F G C

Verse:
     G           C   G C
Oh, baby, this time it's a goodbye
                    G Dm7
And you can be sure that I won't cry
          G      Dm7
Our love is just a faded story
           G   Dm7
I'm walking down the road
            C   G
And you've just got to let me go

Chorus:
    F C     G  F
'Cause, I can't hold on
 C     G  F
I can't hold on
 C     G   C
I can't hold on anymore

Verse:
       G        C  G C
There was once that sweet lullaby
                    G Dm7
And were all those promises just lies
          G         Dm7
Well, I was just a fool to love you
        G   Dm7
I knew it all along
           C    G    F
I can't look down, I know I'm falling

Chorus:
     C     G  F
'Cause, I can't hold on
 C     G  F
I can't hold on
 C     G   C
I can't hold on anymore

Bridge:
     G
When you act the way you do
     F   G  C
I want to scream and shout
  Dm7    G    C
You keep on a-playing games
 Am
I walk around the block
   F         C    G
And I think maybe you'll change
  Dm7     G         F  G   C
But just when it seems we've got it all worked out
Dm7    G    C   Em
You start naming names
           D        C   G
I don't believe that I was the one to blame

Verse:
  C  G     C      G C
Any maybe next time you'll cry
                   G Dm7
When someone like me says good-bye
             G        Dm7
You'll wake up when she's gone and wonder
           G  Dm7
How you could let her go
          C   G   F
But look at me, I'm going under

Chorus:
     C     G  F
'Cause, I can't hold on
 C     G  F
I can't hold on
 C     G   C       F
I can't hold on anymore, no more

Chorus:
 C     G  F
I can't hold on
 C     G  F
I can't hold on
 C     G   C
I can't hold on anymore

Outro:
C  G   F G C