Tom: Am
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C G Am F
[Verse]
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You were written as holograph in type in the setting of the sun
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I heard it coming in the waning of the light, that my time was nearly come
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So I and your mother, we set about to write in the language of our love
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how you were born high above the tree line, beating heart was like a drum
[Chorus]
C G Am F C Em F
Oh holding on and holding out for a muddy pool in the summer drought
C G E F C G F
Oh holding honor, hold your doubt, cuz I don't believe it's too late to save us now
F
So honey here's to holding out
[Break]
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C G F
[Verse]
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Holding out for sunrise in the valley of my mind, darkening my eyes
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I'm not creeping up on death, I'm transferring the light, transferring the life
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Well I was building up a fortress to protect you all your life so that you would never want
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But I can't build them like they used to, that I realized, that fear will come to haunt
[Chorus]
C G Am F C Em F
Oh holding on and holding out for a muddy pool in the summer drought
C G E F C G F
Oh holding honor, hold your doubt, cuz I don't believe it's too late to save us now
F
So honey here's to holding out
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C
The rains never came
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Seems like we all got that same far-off, dusty stare
The rains never came
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Ain't it funny just thinking that somewhere out there
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it's probably pouring on somebody's teatime affair
[Break]
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C G F
[Final Chorus]
C G Am F C Em F
Oh holding on and holding out for a muddy pool in the summer drought
C G E F C G F
Oh holding honor, hold your doubt, cuz I don't believe it's too late to save us now
F
Ohhh, ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Oh holding on and holding out, oh holding on and holding out
C G E F C G F
Oh holding on and holding out, cuz I don't believe it's too late to save us now
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cuz I don't believe it's too late to save us now
