Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e D/C# x-4-x-2-3-2 D/Bm x-2-x-2-3-2 D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2 F#m/C# x-4-x-2-2-2 E7/G# 4-x-0-1-0-0 E7/B x-2-x-1-3-0 A7/C# x-4-x-2-2-3 A#dim7 x-1-2-0-2-0 Fdim x-x-3-1-0-x C#/F x-x-3-1-2-x D#dim7 x-x-1-2-1-2 A9 x-0-2-0-0-x
Intro: (a capella) Hold on, hold on (a capella) There's got to be a future (a capella) Hold on Interlude: 2/4 | D D/C# | D/B D/F# | D/F# | Em A7 | D | Chorus: D/C# D/B D/F# Hold on, hold on Em There's got to be a future A7 D Or the world will end today Verse 1: F#m/C# Bm The sun will melt away D/F# The sky so dark decay Em A7 And summer, spring and autumn, winter D Melt into a single moment Verse 2: D F#m/C# Poured into the past Bm D/F# Em Like a stream run dry at last A7 D Bm : Hold on, hold on Bridge 1: Bm E7 There's got to be a future A To create and to defend Bm E7 So the world can never end A Hold on D6 E7/G# Things can't be quite so bad A D That all we have and all we had E7/B A7/C# Never were and won't return D Lost in a fire that cannot burn Em A7 D Hold on, hold on Chorus: D/C# D/B D/F# Hold on, hold on Em There's got to be a future A7 D Or the world will end today Interlude: 2/4 | D D/C# | D/B D/F# | D/F# | Em A7 | Bridge 2: A#dim7 Look around, look around Bm Fdim The rain is falling from the sky C#/F F#m Planes taking off to fly D6 A/C# D The swooping birds and barking dogs C#7 F#m Shopping malls and catalogues D#dim7 B7 A/C# Traffic stopped on busy streets A D Lovers lying between the sheets G A9 Business models, computer freaks Bm A/C# Modern artists, new techniques D6 A Money comes and money goes A/C# D Children cry and still suppose G D/F# G A7sus4 A7 D There's got to be a future ... Hold on Chorus: D/C# D/B D/F# Hold on, hold on Em There's got to be a future A7 D Or the world will end today Chorus: D/C# D/B D/F# Hold on, hold on Em There's got to be a future A7 D Hold on Interlude: 2/4 | D D/C# | D/B D/F# | D/F# | Em A7 | D