Hand to hold on to
G - Em - G - Em - G - Em - C -
D
G
Em
1. You laugh and joke and make
fun of your friends,
G Em
spin
in the middle when the troubles begin,
C D
take
it nice and easy and always pretend
C
D
that
you’re cool, so cool, so cool.
G Em
2. Say I’m alone and I’m wild
and I will not be tamed,
G Em
talk
like a jerk or an educated brain,
C D
be an
old girl driving the young boys insane,
C D
be a
joker, a preacher, it does not matter.
G Em
Everyone needs a hand to hold
on to,
G Em
everyone
needs a hand to hold on to.
C D - C D
Don’t need to be no strong
hand, don’t need to be no rich
hand,
C D G
everyone
just needs a hand to hold on to.
+ G - Em - G - Em
G Em
3. Having good luck with your
financial situation,
G Em
play
the ponies, be president of the United Nations,
C D
go to
work and be a Hollywood stud,
C D
drive
your four-wheel drive right into the mud, yeah !
+ CHORUS
Em G
+ And then those hours
when you’re alone,
C G
and
there’s nobody there except yourself,
Em G
I know it,
you wanna pick up the phone.
C
and
say: talk to me, talk to me,
D D7
somebody
please talk to me, yeah, yeah, yeah.
+ G - Em - G - Em + C - D - C - D +
Oh !
G Em
Everyone needs a hand to hold
on to,
G Em
everyone
needs a hand to hold on to.
C D - C D
Don’t need to be no strong
hand, don’t need to be no rich
hand.
+ repeat last CHORUS
(2x) ....
(orig. = capo 2nd) (John Cougar
Mellencamp)