Hold On Tight Chords

KeyG Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays496

Hold On Tight by Greg Holden is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Em and D. 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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Intro: 
G C G G 


          G 
I've been selling my name  
        C      G          
For the sake of who knows 
          G 
I've been trying to explain 
         C       G 
How it's all gonna go 

                C 
I don't take my life 
            G 
For granted 


          G 
I've been waking up tight 
C         G 
Day after day 
          G 
Hope is taking it's time 
  C          G 
To go my way 

                    C                G 
But I don't take my life for granted 
          Em        
I'm gonna hold on tight 
   D                     G 
To what I've been handed 
C   G 
Oh 

            G 
I'll try not to complain 
         C      G 
About the things I have lost 
               G 
Cause when you have something great 
                          C      G 
That just means there's a greater loss 
            G 
So when you look at yourself 
        C    G 
Tell me who do you see 
          Em   
Is it the person you been 
       D                   C   G 
Or the person you're gonna be 

                C                G 
Don't take your life for granted 
                C                G 
Don't take your life for granted 
              Em 
Why don't you hold on tight 
   D                       G 
To what you've been handed 

G 
Oh 
C    G 
Oh Oh Oh 
G 
Oh 
C    G 
Oh Oh Oh 
Em  D 
Oh 
      C   G 
Oh Oh Oh 
Em D  G 
Oh Oh Oh 

                C                G 
Don't take your life for granted 
                C                G 
Don't take your life for granted 
                C                Em 
Don't take your life for granted 
              Em          
Why don't you hold on tight 
   D                       C   G 
To what you've been handed 
          Em                   D                     G 
Cause you just don't know how long you will have it 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante