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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES 

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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net  Alice Franceschini
Date:  October 26, 1998
Album: Leave A Mark
Written by:

         HOLD ON TO ME    John Michael Montgomery

Bb                  Cm          Bb                      Cm
Gonna wake up each morning with you for the rest of my life
Bb                       Cm    
I wanna feel your heart beating
Bb                     Cm
Just get lost in your eyes
         Gm            F             Gm                F 
You can tell me your secrets You can let me feel your pain
         Gm            Bb           Eb         F
You can show me your weakness and never be a-shamed

CHORUS:
Bb                       Eb
Hold on to me when you world's turning cold
        Bb                        F
And it feels like your life's spinning out of control
         Bb                                   Cm     F
You're hoping, praying, trying so hard to be-lieve
Bb                         Eb
Hold on to me when there's no middle ground
     Bb                F
And every emotion is coming unwound
         Gm                                     Cm     F
And you don't know if you can hold on to your dreams
Eb             F        Bb
Baby you can hold on to me 1.) Oh yeah, yeah 2.) go to lead


Bb                    Cm         Bb                    Cm
Gonna lay down each evening with you right here by my side
Bb                        Cm          Bb                         Cm
Gonna get drunk on your laughter and wipe off the tears when you cry
          Gm                  F               Gm                 F
You can scare me with your darkness You can blind me with your light
             Gm             Bb                   Eb       F
Throw your worries out the window, baby on your wildest night

Go to chorus using 2.)  repeat chorus
Bb                         Eb
Hold on to me when there's no middle ground
     Bb                F      
And every emotion is coming unwound
         Gm                                    Cm      F
And you don't know if you can hold on to your dreams
Eb            F
Baby you can hold on  
       Gm             Cm
I said baby, you can hold on to me
        Eb             F        Bb 
I said baby, you can hold on to me