Hand To Hold On To Written by: John Mellencamp tab~simescan~ intro: (chords through riff) A......D E

^AYou can laugh and joke and make ^F#mfun of your friends ^ASpin in the middle when the ^F#mtroubles begin ^DTake it nice and easy and ^Ealways pretend ^DThat you're cool, so cool, so ^Ecool

^ASay I'm alone and I'm wild and I ^F#mwill not be tamed ^ATalk like a jerk or an edu^F#mcated brain ^DBe an old girl drivin' the ^Eyoung boys insane ^DBe a joker, a preacher, it does not ^Ematter

Chorus:

^AEvery one needs a ^F#mhand to hold on to ^AEvery one needs a ^F#mhand to hold on to ^DDon't need to be no ^Estrong hand ^DDon't need to be no ^Erich hand ^DEvery one just ^Eneeds a hand to hold^A on to

repeat intro

^AHavin' good luck with your fi^F#mnancial situation ^APlay the ponies, be president ^F#mof the United Nations ^DGo to work and be a ^EHollywood stud ^DDrive your four-wheel drive right ^Einto the mud, yeah

(repeat chorus)

^AAnd then those ^F#mhours when you're a^Alone And there's ^F#mno body there except your^Aself I know it, you ^F#mwanna pick up the ^Aphone And say, &^Dquot;Talk to me, talk to me Somebody ^Eplease talk to me"

yeah...ah...ah...ahhh instrumental: (verse chords) Oh, yeah...ah (repeat chorus 3 times)

John Cougar Mellencamp - Hand to hold on to