Hold On Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays411

Hold On by Selena Gomez is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, Em, F, Cmaj7, G and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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spoken 
C 
    Hey, ok stop 
Am           Em               F 
You’re being a jerk now wait 
                                          C 
Do you play the riff twice and then I go in 
       Am 
Ok, ready 
Em                 F 
I’m so embarrassed, I don’t know 
Go 

sung 
C 
Make it to the end 
                   Am         Em  F 
It will better you very soon, oh yeah 
C 
Rely on your friends 
They’ll get you through 
         Am            Em F 
They’re there for you, oh yeah 
C Cmaj7  F 
Ho - ld  on 
                            C 
And suddenly you find your way 
  Cmaj7 F 
Ho - ld on 
                      C 
Till yesterday is far away 

C 
Don’t let it get you down 
                  Am         Em F 
It will bury you, very soon, oh yeah 
C 
Come into your own 
And then let it go 
Am              Em F 
Don’t you know, oh yeah 

C Cmaj7  F 
Ho - ld  on 
                            C 
And suddenly you find your way 
  Cmaj7 F 
Ho - ld on 
                      C 
Till yesterday is far away 

G                         Dm 
When you’ve had enough of everything 
               G 
All is left is let it go 


C Cmaj7  F 
Ho - ld  on 
                            C 
And suddenly you find your way 
  Cmaj7 F 
Ho - ld on 
                      C 
Till yesterday is far away 

C Cmaj7  F 
Ho - ld  on 
                            C 
And suddenly you find your way 
  Cmaj7 F 
Ho - ld on 
                      C - once 
Till yesterday is far away 
    	

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