C Em G C
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Em D C D
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[Verse]
G
..When I get up she swears that she don’t hear it
Says that I’m as quiet as a mouse
I comb my hair and throw some water on my face
G
And back out of the stillness of our house
G
Dishwater days
She says she doesn’t notice
Nothing’s changed but the sadness in her eyes
G
Maybe it’s something that I could have prevented
Or maybe the whole **** dream was just a lie
[Chorus]
C Em
Or maybe it’s the getting by
G C
Maybe it’s the getting by
Em D C
It’d swallow up your every step
D
Boy, if it could
C Em
But maybe it’s the stuff it takes
G C
To get up when the morning breaks
Em
And hold on
C
Can you hold on?
D
Can you hold on?
Can you hold on
G C D G C D
Till the getting’s good?……………..
[Verse]
C
Ya know I believe
G
Ya know I can’t deny it
D G
But people were told they’d prosper in this land
C G
Still I know some who’ve never seen the ocean
D G
Or set one foot on a velvet bed of sand
[Bridge]
G
..They got their treasure laying way up high
But when I look up, all I see is sky
G
Can you tell me
C D G
Can you tell me why?
Can you tell me
C D Em
Can you tell me why?
Can you tell me
C D G
Can you tell me why?
G
When I look up all I see is sky
G
When I look up all I see is sky, sky
G
When I look up all I see is sky, sky
Em
Mother can you tell me why, why
C D G
When I look up, all I see is sky, sky?
When I look up, all I see
[Chorus]
C Em
Maybe it’s the getting by
G C
Maybe it’s the getting by
Em D C
It’d swallow up your every step
D
Boy, if it could
You know it would
You know it
C Em
But maybe it’s the stuff it takes
G C
To get up when the morning breaks
Em
And hold on
D C
Can you hold on?….
D
Can you hold on?
Can you hold on
C
Till the gettin’s good?
[Instrumental]
C Em G C
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[Outro]
Em D C
..Can you hold on?
G
Can you hold on
Can you hold on
G
Till the gettin’s good?
Can you hold on?
Can you hold on?
G
Can you hold on?…