Hold On
Green Day
Warning: (2000)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: Normal
Notes: Acoustic guitar except for solo.

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord

Intro
   G    C    G    C    G    C     D
e|-3----0----3----0----3----0-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
B|-3----1----3----1----3----1-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
G|-0----0----0----0----0----0-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
D|-0----2----0----2----0----2-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
A|-2----3----2----3----2----3-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|
E|-3---------3---------3----------------------------------------|

Verse
   G    C    G    D  (x3)  C    D    G
e|-3----0----3----2--------0----2----3--------------------------|
B|-3----1----3----3--------1----3----3--------------------------|
G|-0----0----0----2--------0----2----0--------------------------|
D|-0----2----0----0--------2----0----0--------------------------|
A|-2----3----2----0--------3----0----2--------------------------|
E|-3---------3-----------------------3--------------------------|

Chorus
   Em   G    D    G     Em   G    C    D
e|-0----3----2----3-----0----3----0----2------------------------|
B|-0----3----3----3-----0----3----1----3-----(bass riff)--------|
G|-0----0----2----0-----0----0----0----2------------------------|
D|-2----0----0----0-----2----0----2----0------------------------|
A|-2----2----0----2-----2----2----3----0------------------------|
E|-0----3---------3-----0----3----------------------------------|

Solo (played over verse chords)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------7-8-10--8--8-10--7--8-10--8--8-10--8-7-8|
G|-4--5--4--7--4--5--4--7-7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7---7-7-7|
D|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------10-8-7--8--8-10--7--8-10--8--8-10--8-7-8|
G|-4--5--4--7--4--5--4--7-------7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7---7-7-7|
D|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Harmonica
e|-10----12----10----12-13-12--10---12-13-12--10p9h10-----------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|


Order

Intro (one guitar, w/ Harmonica)
Intro (with band, w/ Harmonica)
Verse 1 (verse chords x10, lyrics on 3rd time)
Chorus
Intro (w/ Harmonica)
Verse 2
Chorus
Intro (w/ Harmonica)
Solo
Chorus (repeated "You gotta hold on" over C D x3)
Intro (w/ Harmonica)
End on G


Lyrics

As I step to the edge
Of a shadow of a doubt
With my conscience beating
Like the pulse of a drum
That hammers on and on
Till I reach the break of day
As the sun beats down			(Verse 1)
On the halfway house
Has my conscience beating
The sound in my ear
The will to persevere
As I reach the break of day

When you've lost all hope
And excuses
And the cheapskates and the losers
Nothing's left to cling on to		(Chorus)
You gotta hold on...
Hold on to yourself

A cry of hope, a plea for peace
And my conscience beating
It's not what I want
For it's all that I need
To reach the break of day
So I run to the edge			(Verse 2)
Of a shadow of a doubt
With my conscience bleeding
Here lies the truth
The lost treasures of my youth
As i hold to the break of day

(Chorus)
(Bridge)
(Chorus)