Hold On chords

Yngwie Malmsteen

Simplify chords 

  			Yngwie Malmsteen - Hold On 
from Eclipse 
[email protected]  (Judy Letostak) 
[email protected] 
tune down 1/2 step - Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb 
 
 
Intro  play 2x 
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Verse Fig.2 
 Look at me see the love that you're missing 
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Cont fig 2 
 
can't you see that I'll always be there    always be there 
you can't run you can't run from the feelin' tonight 
damage done I guess love isn't fair 
 
 
Sometimes I wonder who you are 
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 So close  but we've gone too far 
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Chorus play Fig.1 
 
How long can I hold on till you say goodbye baby 
you're gone and its so wrong and now my heart cries for you 
 
  girl                      My heart cries for you 
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Play fig.2 
Lonely days fill my nights with such sorrow 
shades of grey turn into blue tomorrows 
 
 
  sometimes I wonder where you are                  where you are 
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Fig.3 
so close but your eyes are so far. 
 
Fig.1 
How long can I hold on till you say goodbye baby 
You're gone I can't go on and my heart now cries for you 
 
 
 
  Girl                        my heart cries for you 
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Guitar solo 
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Chorus  Fig.1 
How long can I hold on till you say goodbye baby 
you're gone and it's so wrong and now my heart cries for you girl. 
 
 
 my heart cries for you 
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                                                           tremolo picking 
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                          Gonna hold on baby 
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                How long Hold on 
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h = hammeron                    Judy Letostak                          
p = pulloff                     Internet [email protected] 
/\ = slide                      Fidonet 1:202/762                      
x = ghost note                  MetalNet 282:100/2                     
t = tap (right hand)            The Music Shop BBS (619)423-4970 24hrs 
~ = vibrato                     * = picked harmonic 
bf = bend full                  tr = trill 
rb = release bend               p.s. = pick scrape 
dive = dive with bar            b = bend / step written over note 
% = repeat bar                  + = natural harmonic 
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