song : hold my life
artist : the replacements
album : tim ( 1985 ) ( track 1 )
tabbed by : brandon karcic
first tab . pretty simple , awesome song . thinking of playing it for my berklee
audition , if i don’t do “left of the dial” . be sure to pay attention to the song
for rhythms , especially on the verses .
D A
D A D A
well , well , well i ,
D A
found it’s [ my life ]
D A D A
down on all fives
D A
let me crawl
D A D A
if i want , i
D A D A D A
could dye ( oh )
D A
my hair
Bm A
time for decisions to be made
Bm A Bm E
crack up in the sun , lose it in the shade
D A
razzle , dazzle , drazzle , drone , time for this one to come home
D A
razzle , dazzle , drazzle , die , time for this one to come alive
D Cm Bm A
and hold my life
D Cm Bm A
until i’m ready to use it
D Cm Bm ( riff , see below )
hold my life because i just might lose it
( riff )
because i just might lose it
riff for “because i just might lose it”
D | – 0 – 2 – 4 – 5 – 4 – 2 – 0 – 2 – 0 – 2
A | – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0
E | – x – x – x – x – x – x – x – x – x –
x
D A
D A D A
well , well , well ,
D A
anyone could tell
D A D A
pass it off
D A
a lucky shot
D A D A
ooh , they do
D A D A D A
hate ’em , someday soon ,
D A
face ’em
Bm A
time for decisions to be made
Bm A Bm E
crack up in the sun , lose it in the shade
D A
razzle , dazzle , drazzle , drone , time for this one to come home
D A
razzle , dazzle , drazzle , die , time for this one to come alive
D Cm Bm A
and hold my life
D Cm Bm A
until i’m ready to use it
D Cm Bm ( riff )
hold my life because i just might lose it
( riff )
because i just might lose it
D A D A
D A D A D A
just might , just might , just might . . .
Bm A
Bm A Bm E
we might crack up in the sun , or we’ll lose it in the shade
D A
razzle , dazzle , drazzle , drone , time for this one to come home
D A
razzle , dazzle , drazzle , die , time for this one to come alive
D Cm Bm A
and hold my life
D Cm Bm A
until i’m ready to use it
D Bm Cm ( riff )
hold my life because i just might lose it
( riff )
because i just might lose it
D Cm Bm A
i want you to hold my life
D Cm Bm A
get ready to hold my life
D
hold my , hold my , hold my , hold my . . .
close on D
there ya go .
merry christmas , fellow ’mats fans .
song : hold my life
artist : the replacements
album : tim ( 1985 ) ( track 1 )
tabbed by : brandon karcic
first tab . pretty simple , awesome song . thinking of playing it for my berklee
audition , if i don’t do “left of the dial” . be sure to pay attention to the song
for rhythms , especially on the verses .
D A
D A D A
well , well , well i ,
D A
found it’s [ my life ]
D A D A
down on all fives
D A
let me crawl
D A D A
if i want , i
D A D A D A
could dye ( oh )
D A
my hair
Bm A
time for decisions to be made
Bm A Bm E
crack up in the sun , lose it in the shade
D A
razzle , dazzle , drazzle , drone , time for this one to come home
D A
razzle , dazzle , drazzle , die , time for this one to come alive
D Cm Bm A
and hold my life
D Cm Bm A
until i’m ready to use it
D Cm Bm ( riff , see below )
hold my life because i just might lose it
( riff )
because i just might lose it
riff for “because i just might lose it”
D | – 0 – 2 – 4 – 5 – 4 – 2 – 0 – 2 – 0 – 2
A | – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0
E | – x – x – x – x – x – x – x – x – x –
x
D A
D A D A
well , well , well ,
D A
anyone could tell
D A D A
pass it off
D A
a lucky shot
D A D A
ooh , they do
D A D A D A
hate ’em , someday soon ,
D A
face ’em
Bm A
time for decisions to be made
Bm A Bm E
crack up in the sun , lose it in the shade
D A
razzle , dazzle , drazzle , drone , time for this one to come home
D A
razzle , dazzle , drazzle , die , time for this one to come alive
D Cm Bm A
and hold my life
D Cm Bm A
until i’m ready to use it
D Cm Bm ( riff )
hold my life because i just might lose it
( riff )
because i just might lose it
D A D A
D A D A D A
just might , just might , just might . . .
Bm A
Bm A Bm E
we might crack up in the sun , or we’ll lose it in the shade
D A
razzle , dazzle , drazzle , drone , time for this one to come home
D A
razzle , dazzle , drazzle , die , time for this one to come alive
D Cm Bm A
and hold my life
D Cm Bm A
until i’m ready to use it
D Bm Cm ( riff )
hold my life because i just might lose it
( riff )
because i just might lose it
D Cm Bm A
i want you to hold my life
D Cm Bm A
get ready to hold my life
D
hold my , hold my , hold my , hold my . . .
close on D
there ya go .
merry christmas , fellow ’mats fans .
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