Hand To Hold On To Chords

KeyC Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays719

Hand To Hold On To by John Mellencamp is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords C, D, G and Em. 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             D 
                              x3 
e|-------------------------------------------0---0----------2----2----------| 
B|-------------------------------------------1-----1--------3-------3-------| 
G|-----------4--4h5p4---2--0--2--0--2--------0-------0------2----------2----| 
D|-----0-0--------------4--2--4--2--4--------2--------------0------------0--| 
A|-0h2---------------------------------------3--------------0---------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------x------------------------------| 

G C D 

G                               Em 
You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends 
G                           Em 
Spin in the middle when the troubles begin 
C                        D 
Take it nice and easy and always pretend 
C                             D 
That you're cool, so cool, so cool 


G                                Em 
Say I'm alone and I'm wild and I will not be tamed 
G                         Em 
Talk like a jerk or an educated brain 
C                          D 
Be an old girl drivin' the young boys insane 
C                                   D 
Be a joker, a preacher, it does not matter 


G                   Em 
Every one needs a hand to hold on to 
G                   Em 
Every one needs a hand to hold on to 
C                    D 
Don't need to be no strong hand 
C                   D 
Don't need to be no rich hand 
C              D                   G 
Every one just needs a hand to hold on to 

                                               C             D 
                              x3 
e|-------------------------------------------0---0----------2----2----------| 
B|-------------------------------------------1-----1--------3-------3-------| 
G|-----------4--4h5p4---2--0--2--0--2--------0-------0------2----------2----| 
D|-----0-0--------------4--2--4--2--4--------2--------------0------------0--| 
A|-0h2---------------------------------------3--------------0---------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------x------------------------------| 


G                            Em 
Havin' good luck with your financial situation 
G                               Em 
Play the ponies, be president of the United Nations 
C                   D 
Go to work and be a Hollywood stud 
C                                 D 
Drive your four-wheel drive right into the mud, yeah 


G                   Em 
Every one needs a hand to hold on to 
G                   Em 
Every one needs a hand to hold on to 
C                    D 
Don't need to be no strong hand 
C                   D 
Don't need to be no rich hand 
C              D                   G 
Every one just needs a hand to hold on to 
  
                                     

G              Em                G 
And then those hours when you're alone 
             Em                      G 
And there's no body there except yourself 
                 Em               G 
I know it, you wanna pick up the phone 
          C 
And say, "Talk to me, talk to me 
         D 
Somebody please talk to me" 

Oh, yeah.. 

Solo: 
                                                                    D 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-0------------0---------------------0-2------------------------0-2---------| 
D|---2-0--2b------2-0--2b-----4-4-2---------4-2-0-4-0----4-2-0---------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

G                   Em 
Every one needs a hand to hold on to 
G                   Em 
Every one needs a hand to hold on to 
C                    D 
Don't need to be no strong hand 
C                   D 
Don't need to be no rich hand 
C              D                   G 
Every one just needs a hand to hold on to 
    	

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