Hold On Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays582

Hold On by Kt Tunstall is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Em, E, C, D, A, Dm and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: Am - Em  x8 

e|0-0/5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-|0-0/5-5-------------------------------0-0/5-| 
B|------------------------|------------8-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-5-0/2-5-------| 
G|------------------------|-------2-5-2--------------------------------| 
D|------------------------|--------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------|--------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------|--------------------------------------------| 

Verse1 

Am               Em            
Say you, to me…… You’re a bird with an eye for anything shiny 
Am                  E 
Searching the land for a hero of a man 
Am               Em          
You say I need more than my fair share of attention 
Am                    E 
But I think you know that just isn't so  
Am        E      C                  D          
Oh underneath I felt the fire of a burning question 
A       E       C                  E 
Tearing me apart…… right from the very start 
A          E            C                           D 
And now I see……that it don’t take a trick off the light to excite me 
A       E         
So strong .. so long……you’ll see 

Am          Dm           E      Am 
Hold On to what you been given lately ( been given lately ) 
Am          Dm        E          Am 
Hold on to what you know you’ve got 
Am          Dm           E        Am 
Hold on to what you been given lately 
Am                  Dm                        E        Am 
Hold on 'cause the world will turn if you’re ready or not 

Instrum 
Am  Bm   C  D,   Am  Bm  E  

Verse2 

 A       E      C                    D 
Simplicity……A heart of gold, an old head on young shoulders 
A         E      C           E              
Quiet and lovely…… Becomin' part of me  
A           E          C                       D 
and now I see……from a handful of names and a thousand faces 
A        C       E 
One light Burning fiercely 
         
Am               Bm     C               D 
I was tired of January, I was tired of June 
A            Bm            C    D 
  I felt a change a coming,      Ooah oh oh 
A         Bm       C          D  
Tired of January,   tired of June 
A          Bm               C    D 
 I felt a change a coming   Ooahh oh oh  
A         E               C          D 
I felt a change a coming, I felt a change a coming 
A        E              C      D 
felt a change a coming soon oh oh oh 

Chorus, (Oooahh oh oh), Chorus, (Oh yeah) 

Am        Dm                         E        Am  
Well the world will turn, if you’re ready or not      (Oah Ohhh) 
Am       Dm                         E        Am 
Yes the world will turn if you’re ready or not! 
    	

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