Barclay James Harvest - Hold On
Track #2, Victims of Circumstance
Just about the whole song is done to the following riff, with the exception
of the last line of the chorus (which has G5 instead of B5).
There's also a key change up 2 steps before the final chorus.
FGAB5
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|4-------|5-------|--7-7---|--9-9---|
A|4-------|5-------|--7-7---|--9-9---|
E|2-------|3-------|--5-5---|--7-7---|
FGAB5
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|4-------|5-------|--7-7---|9-------|
A|4-------|5-------|--7-7---|9-------|
E|2-------|3-------|--5-5---|7-------|
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F#5G5A5B5
There's a girl that lives in the shadows
F#5G5A5B5
Of the street where music plays
F#5G5A5B5
There she waits and looks from the outside
F#5G5A5B5
There's an angel in her face
F#5G5A5B5
But from her glass she sips a little comfort
F#5G5A5B5
From the boys she takes a little more
F#5G5A5B5
And she knows just how far she can take it
F#5G5A5B5
In a moment she's out on the floor
F#5G5A5B5
Hold on - she's got to keep a-moving
F#5G5A5B5
Hold on - dance with the light
F#5G5A5B5
Hold on - got to keep a-moving
F#5G5A5G5
Hold on - into the night
F#5G5A5B5
In her eyes they thought they saw a question
F#5G5A5B5
Maybe she is looking their way
F#5G5A5B5
As the night gets older are they wiser?
F#5G5A5B5
Who will take her? - no-one can say
F#5G5A5B5
Does she know just how they feel about her?
F#5G5A5B5
Can't she see she's driving them insane?
F#5G5A5B5
Could it be she doesn't even notice?
F#5G5A5B5
When the music starts playing again
They're saying
F#5G5A5B5
Hold on - she's got to keep a-moving
F#5G5A5B5
Hold on - dance with the light
F#5G5A5B5
Hold on - got to keep a-moving
F#5G5A5G5
Hold on - into the night
C#5C#5G#5A5B5C#5
Hold on - she's got to keep a-moving
G#5A5B5C#5
Hold on - dance with the light
G#5A5B5C#5
Hold on - got to keep a-moving
G#5A5B5C#5
Hold on - into the night
(repeat and fade)