Holding My Own Chords
by Eric Church
Holding My Own by Eric Church is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 8st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
Always been a fighter, scrapper, and a clawer
C G
Used up some luck and lawyers
C G D
Like Huck from Tom Sawyer jumped on my raft
G
And shoved off chasing my dreams
Reeling in big fishes
C G
I had some hits, a few big misses
C G
I gave 'em hell and got a few stitches
D
And these days, I show off my scars
C
With one arm around my baby
G
And one arm around my boys
C
A heart that's still pretty crazy
D
And a head that hates the noise
C D
If the world comes knocking
G Em
Tell 'em I'm not home
C D G
I'm finally holdin' my own
G
I've burned up the fast lane
C G
Dodging drugs and divorce
C G
If I'm proof of anything
D
God sure loves Troubadours
G
Sometimes, late at night
C G
I miss the smoke and neon
C G
Sneak out of bed, grab a six-string
D
Play what's still turnin' me on
G
Like that tight old-time rock and roll
C
Or that right-down-home country gold
G
I miss blues and soul
D G
But not more than I miss being home
C
With one arm around my baby
G
And one arm around my boys
C
A heart that's still pretty crazy
D
And a head that hates the noise
C D
If the world comes knocking
G Em
Tell 'em I'm not home
C D G
I'm finally holdin' my own
Am G C
'Til I run out of time
Am G C D
I'm gonna spend the rest of miiiiine
C
With one arm around my baby
G
And one arm around my boys
C
A heart that's still pretty crazy
D
And a head that hates the noise
C D
If the world comes knocking
G Em
Tell 'em I'm not home
C D G
I'm finally holdin' my own
G
And when my time on Earth is done
C G
I hope they write it on my stone
C D G
I lived, loved, and died holdin' my own
C D G
I lived, loved, and died holdin' my own