Hold On Tight Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays692

Hold On Tight by Electric Light Orchestra is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Em, Bm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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  			   G           D              G 
     Hold on tight to your dream 
     C                          G  
     Hold on tight to your dream  
     C                     G 
    When you see your ship go sailing  
     C                      G 
     When you feel your heart is breaking 
     G        D              G  
     Hold tight to your dream. 
 
     It´s a long time to be gone  
     Time just rolls on and on  
     When you need a shoulder to cry on  
     When you get so sick of trying  
     Just hold tight to your dream 
 
     Chorus:  
                         Em     Bm            Em      Bm 
     When you get so down that you can´t get up  
                         Am      D              Am          D 
     And you want so much but you´re all out of luck  
                            Em     Bm          Em      Bm 
     When you´re so downhearted and misunderstood  
                     Am    Bm      C        D 
     Just over & over & over you could 
 
     Accroches-toi a ton reve  
     Accroches-toi a ton reve  
     Quand tu vois ton bateau partir  
     Quand tu sents -- ton coeur se briser  
     Accroches-toi a ton reve. 
 
     Chorus. 
 
     Hold on tight to your dream  
     Hold on tight to your dream  
     When you see the shadows falling  
     When you hear that cold wind calling  
     Hold on tight to your dream. 
 
     Oh, yeah  
     Hold on tight to your dream  
     Yeah, hold on tight...  
     To your dream 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante