Verse 1:
C6
I know there are millions just like me,
G2/D G2/B
I know how it looks on your T.V.
C6 G
If you only knew the way my sister's eyes can smile.
C6
I wish you could walk with me today
G2/D G2/B
And hold my hand, talking all the way.
C6 G2
I'd show you my life, my hope, my chances slipping by.
Chorus:
G D/F#
So, hold on, don't lose me
Em7
Though I'm just one face
C2#11 C2
In a cast of thousands.
G D/F#
Hold on, can't you see
Em7
Hope is dying all around us,
C2#11
The water is rising and I'm drowning.
G
You gotta hold on,
D(no3rd) G
You gotta hold on to me.
Verse 2:
Will you remember me this way
Or will my picture slowly fade
As sure as the stars around are falling one by one?
'Cause I'm getting closer to the edge
Of yesterday's broken promises
And 'happily ever after' never, never comes.
Mid section:
G D/F#
You gotta hold on, please.
Em7 C2#11
You gotta hold on.
G D/F#
You gotta hold on, please.
Em7 C2#11
You gotta hold on.