Hold On Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays590

Hold On by New Kids On The Block is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm and D5. 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  Dm |C  N.C. |  (x2) 

 
 C   Dm   C   Dm C     Dm    C   Dm 
Hold on, girl,   ooh, girl, hold on 

Verse 
N.C. 
Girl, let's rock around the clock, we can dance and never stop 
N.C. 
Come on, girl, just hold on tight, I know you wanna rock tonight 
N.C. 
Through the night into the day we could chase our blues away 
N.C.                                                  Dm 
So grab a hold, don't lose control, I really know you got the soul 

 
 C        Dm    C     Dm  C    Dm    C      Dm 
Hold on, girl, hold on,  ooh, girl, hold on 
 C        Dm    C     Dm  C    Dm    C      Dm 
Hold on, girl, hold on,  ooh, girl, hold on 

Verse 
N.C. 
Girl, the feeling's in the air, don't you know, it's everywhere 
N.C.                                                             D5 
Everywhere around the block, people dance until they just can't stop 
N.C. 
Through the night into the day we could chase our blues away 
N.C.                                                  Dm 
So grab a hold, don't lose control, I really know you got the soul 

 
 C        Dm    C     Dm  C    Dm    C      Dm 
Hold on, girl, hold on,  ooh, girl, hold on 
 C        Dm    C     Dm  C    Dm    C      Dm 
Hold on, girl, hold on,  ooh, girl, hold on 

Instrumental 
|C  Dm |C  Dm |  (x4) 

 
 C        Dm    C     Dm  C    Dm    C      Dm 
Hold on, girl, hold on,  ooh, girl, hold on 
 C        Dm    C     Dm  C    Dm    C      Dm 
Hold on, girl, hold on,  ooh, girl, hold on 

Instrumental: |C  Dm |C  Dm |  (x8) 

Verse 
N.C. 
Girl, let's rock around the clock, we can dance and never stop 
N.C. 
Come on, girl, just hold on tight, I know you wanna rock tonight 
N.C. 
Through the night into the day we could chase our blues away 
N.C. 
So grab a hold, don't lose control, I really know you got the soul 

 
 C        Dm    C     Dm  C    Dm    C      Dm 
Hold on, girl, hold on,  ooh, girl, hold on 
 C        Dm    C     Dm  C    Dm    C      Dm 
Hold on, girl, hold on,  ooh, girl, hold on 
 C        Dm    C     Dm  C    Dm    C      Dm 
Hold on, girl, hold on,  ooh, girl, hold on 
 C        Dm    C     Dm  C    Dm    C      Dm 
Hold on, girl, hold on,  ooh, girl, hold on 
 C        Dm    C     Dm  C    Dm    C      Dm 
Hold on, girl, hold on,  ooh, girl, hold on 
 C        Dm    C     Dm  C    Dm    C      Dm 
Hold on, girl, hold on,  ooh, girl, hold on  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante