Can't Hold On

[G]   [D] [C]

It was a [G]kind of town, [D]edge of the [C]universe
Nothin' happened there to ever make the news
Lived a little boy and a girl next door
Had opinions and independent views

They [Am]dreamed of nights [G]and big [D]city lights

It h[Am]elped to kill each d[G]reary d[D]ay

And [Am]all the things that g[G]ettin' [C]out would bring

If o[Am]nly they could g[G]et a[D]way

He [D]say

I c[G]an't    [Dsus4] hold [F#]     [Em]on

'cause I'm f[C]ee....[G/B]lin'    st[Am]rong

but there's so [G]ma...[Dsus4]..ny  [F#]       th[Em]ings

[D]  I'm not k[C]nowing

but the city light didn't burn so bright
and the light of day was never warm
and the little boy got into one more fight

and the girl next door said "I miss my home"

he said "bel[Dsus4]ieve in [D]me"

she said "[Dsus4]I don't [D]know"

he said "[Dsus4]can't you [D]see?"

I can't hold on 'cause I'm feelin' strong
and there's so many things I'm not knowing
and I can't hang round this one-horse town
when my soul's tied down, I'm for going

so the little [G]boy became a b[C]roken man
with a broken face and broken dreams
and the girl next door disappeared one day

and in her place
was a woman-child

I can't hold on, I'm not feeling strong
there's so many things that hurt me now
and I can't step down from this big cold town
where my soul's tied down

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I can't hold on 'cause I'm feelin' strong
and there's so many things I'm not knowing