Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

pillars of highway keep on pulsing

and something gray hangs in the air

lead your shadow to the strip mall

pay the girl to bleach your hair

you stare out through the driver’s side for some connection

and give a smile but she don’t care

oh give me back the part of me that’s gone

just sing me something full of grace right now

please hold me ‘cause i can’t keep holding on

holding on

holding on

picture-perfect parties, so many bosses sailing in

with their eyes that look right through you

talk and patience wearing thin

you’re beloved in this family

just until the bids stop coming in

give me back the part of me that’s gone

just sing me something full of grace right now

please hold me ‘cause i can’t keep holding on

holding on

holding on

there’s still truth being shouted from the playgrounds

but cross the street and find the color line’s still drawn

it’d be nice to think that we‘re all going somewhere

keep on moving ‘til you lay your dead dreams down

Fidle solo

smiling lily serves up coffee with “hard rain” playing softly

the australian speaks italian as he goes

and the actors sit in circles telling stories as the sun crawls

up the mountain down the canyon, painted rose

there’s a song i left in new york i couldn’t hold

she’s swinging in the park ‘til i get home

give me back the part of me that’s gone

just sing me something full of grace right now

please hold me ‘cause i can’t keep holding on

holding on

holding on

I can’t keep holding on

holding on