Tom: G
[Riff]
E|-0p2-0----------------------|
B|-------3-2----3-------------|
G|-----------0p2---0----------|
D|------------------4-2-0-----|
A|------------------------2-0-|
E|----------------------------|
[Intro]
D G6
D G6
D G6
D G6
D G A
Riff
D G A
Riff
D G A
Riff
D G A
Riff
[Verse]
D G A
We were dead on arrival,
D G A
Safe home at last.
D G A
No cannon fire dockside,
D G A
No flags half-mast.
D G A
We were sold out for silver
D G A
And a string of black pearls
D G A
On the loneliest island
D G A
At the edge of the world.
[Bridge]
Am G/B C
Like destiny's children,
Am G/B C
Souls lost at sea.
D A
No room on the lifeboat,
D A
you can hold on to me.
[Chorus]
D G A
Hold on to me, (riff)
D G A
Hold on to me,
D G A
Hold on to me, (riff)
D G A
You can hold on to me
[Verse]
D G A
Now the voyage is over,
D G A
We're back on dry land.
D G A
In our eyes are the stories,
D G A
Of the rope and the brand.
[Bridge]
Am G/B C
Like destiny's children,
Am G/B C
souls lost at sea.
D A
No room on the lifeboat,
D A
you can hold on to me.
D A
No room on the lifeboat,
D A
you can hold on to me.
[Chorus]
D G A
Hold on to me, (riff)
D G A
Hold on to me,
D G A
Hold on to me, (riff)
D G A
You can hold on to me,
[Solo]
24 bars
D G6
[Verse]
D G A
We were dead on arrival,
D G A
Safe home at last.
D G A
No cannon fire dockside,
D G A
No flags half-mast.
D G A
We were sold out for silver
D G A
And a string of black pearls
D G A
On the loneliest island
D G A
At the edge of the world.
D G A
Hold on to me, (riff)
D G A
You can Hold on to me,
D G A
Hold on to me, (riff)
D G A
You can hold on to me,
D G6
alright (4 bars)
Sail on Sail on
[Chorus]
D G A
Hold on to me, (riff)
D G A
Hold on to me,
D G A
Hold on to me, (riff)
D G A
You can hold on to me
D G6
Sail on sail on
(4 bars)
D G A
Riff
