Hanging On To What I Got Chords

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Hanging On To What I Got by Buck Owens is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, D7 and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			C 
Well everybody got something on their mind  

F                      C 
That they like to talk about 

                                        
Well I got something that I'm proud of 
  
D7                      G7 
And it's worth shouting about 

  
   C 
Oh well I don't own a string of big fine cars 
  
      F                   C 
And I don't want no fancy yacht 

           F                      C 
Well I'm a telling you that I'm a happy man 
  
          G7                   C 
And I'm a hanging on to what I got 

  
F 
I got a girl with two brown eyes  

    C 
And arms to hold me tight 

    F 
And I don't care if the sun don't shine 
  
    C                 G7 
And daylight turns to night 

  
     C 
Well if a dollar bill is not worth a dime  

           F                   C 
And if the whole world goes to pot 

           F                      C 
Well I'm a telling you that I'm a happy man 
  
          G7                   C 
And I'm a hanging on to what I got 

  
                                         
Well I'll not worry about the world 
  
    F                  C 
And what it's a coming to 

  
Or if old Lady Jones has got a new hat  

D7                            G7 
Or if the browns had turned to blue 

  
     C 
Well if the London Bridge is a fallen down 
  
   F                  C 
Or if old Big Ben has stopped 

           F                      C 
Well I'm a telling you that I'm a happy man  

          G7                   C 
And I'm a hanging on to what I got 

  
   C 
Oh well I don't own a string of big fine cars  

      F                   C 
And I don't want no fancy yacht 

           F                      C 
Well I'm a telling you that I'm a happy man  

          G7                   C 
And I'm a hanging on to what I got 


           F                      C 
Well I'm a telling you that I'm a happy man 
  
          G7                   C 
And I'm a hanging on to what I got 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante