I Can't Hold On — Karla Bonoff
Chords and lyrics for I Can't Hold On by Karla Bonoff (key of C).
Intro
[G] [F] [G] [C]
Verse
Oh, [C]baby,[G] this time it's a [C]goodbye[G]
[C] And you can be [G]sure that I won't [C]cry[G]
[Dm7] Our love is just a [G]faded story
[Dm7] I'm walking down the [G]road
[Dm7] And you just got to [C]let me [G]go
Chorus
'Cause,[F] I [C]can't hold [G]on[F]
I [C]can't hold [G]on[F]
I [C]can't hold [G]on [C]anymore
Verse
There [C]was once[G] that sweet [C]lullaby[G]
[C] And were all those [G]promises just [C]lies[G]
[Dm7] Well, I was just a [G]fool to love you
[Dm7] I knew it all [G]along
[Dm7] I can't look down, I [C]know I'm [G]falling
Chorus
[F]'Cause, I [C]can't hold [G]on[F]
I [C]can't hold [G]on[F]
I [C]can't hold [G]on [C]anymore
Bridge
When you [Dm7]act the way you [G]do
I wanna [C]scream [G/B]and [C]shout
You [Dm7]keep on [G]a-playing [C]games
I [Am]walk around the block
And I [F]think maybe you'll [C]change[G]
But [Dm7]just when it [G]seems we've got it [C]all [G/B]worked [C]out
[Dm7]You start [G]naming [C]names
[Em] I don't believe that [D]I was the one to [Gsus4]blame[G]
Verse
And [C]maybe[G] next time [C]you'll cry[G]
[C] When someone like [G]me says [C]goodbye[G]
[Dm7] You'll wake up when she's [G]gone and wonder
[Dm7] How you could let her [G]go
[Dm7] But look at me, I'm [C]going [G]under
Chorus
[F]'Cause, I [C]can't hold [G]on[F]
I [C]can't hold [G]on[F]
I [C]can't hold [G]on [C]anymore, no more[F]
I [C]can't hold [G]on[F]
I [C]can't hold [G]on[F]
I [C]can't hold [G]on [C]anymore
Outro
[C] [G] [F] [Em7] [C]
X