Hold On Chords

KeyC Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays448

Hold On by James Arthur is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, Em, Am, F, Dm, G, E7, Fm 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
  			

Intro: C  Em  Am  F 

Verse 1:
 
C            Em                Am 
Empty glances and no romance 
                 F 
conversation only hi 
C               Em                    Am 
You know my ways and how to play me 
                         F 
I am just your habit for killing time 

Pre-Chorus:
 
      Am            F          Am                F            
and I know it?s all wrong but I just don?t feel strong. 
      Am            F        F                F       
So I keep holding on, and I ask you, I ask you please to? 



C         Em          
Hold me before you go 
        Dm              Am - G 
we don?t hold each other anymore 
    C                E7 
and kiss me like you miss me  
         F                      Fm                      C 
cause it feels like we?re just feels like we?re holding on.  



C  Em  Am  F 

Verse 2:
 
C                           Em 
We only talk when things go wrong  
                           Am 
we never seem to have much fun  
                           F   (once & mute) 
your life is always on the run away from me. 
C                       Em 
I try to fix it make it right  
                            Am 
but you feel cold in bed at night 
                         F   (once & mute) 
when I hold you close up tight 

I still miss you... 


Pre-Chorus:
 
      Am            F          Am                F            
and I know it?s all wrong but I just don?t feel strong. 
      Am            F        F                F       
So I keep holding on, and I ask you, I ask you please. 


 
     C         Em          
Just Hold me before you go 
        Dm              Am - G 
we don?t hold each other anymore 
    C                E7 
and kiss me like you miss me  
         F                      Fm                      C 
cause it feels like we?re just feels like we?re holding on.  




Bridge: 

Em                        Am 
There was a time when our love it was so sweet  
    Dm                      Em 
and nothing stood between us and the world seems so complete 
G                               Am 
and now it feels like there?s no earth beneath my feet  
         Dm                             Fm            G7     Fm - G7 
and I ?m falling into darkness and it?s you I need to see. 



C         Em          
Hold me before you go 
        Dm              Am - G 
we don?t hold each other anymore 
    C                E7 
and kiss me like you miss me  
         F                      Fm                      C 
cause it feels like we?re just feels like we?re holding on.  



F  G  C 
    	

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