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F#
When there's nowhere else to run
F#7                         B
Is there room for one more son
          F#   C#/F
One more son
        D#m
If you can hold on
        B               F#
If you can hold on, hold on

F#   B   F#
(VERSE RIFF)

verse
F#
I wanna stand up, I wanna let go

You know, you know - no you don't, you don't
B                                    F#
I wanna shine on in the hearts of men

I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand
F#
Another head aches, another heart breaks

I am so much older than I can take
 B                                     F#
And my affection, well it comes and goes

I need direction to perfection, no no no no

(Chorus)   F#
Help me out

Yeah, you know you got to help me out
                                  B
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the back burner
                            F#
You know you got to help me out

verse
F#
And when there's nowhere else to run
F#7
Is there room for one more son
 B
These changes ain't changing me
F#
The cold-hearted boy I used to be

Chorus
 F#
Yeah, you know you got to help me out
                                  B
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the back burner
                            F#
You know you got to help me out
C#/F                             D#m
Yeah, You're gonna bring yourself down
                                  B
Yeah, You're gonna bring yourself down
                                   F#
Yeah, You're gonna bring yourself down

(bridge)
F#
I got soul but I'm not a soldier

I got soul but I'm not a soldier
B
I got soul but I'm not a soldier
F#
I got soul but I'm not a soldier

F#      N.C.
I got soul but I'm not a soldier
F#      N.C.
I got soul but I'm not a soldier
B       N.C.
I got soul but I'm not a soldier
F#              C#/F
I got soul but I'm not a soldier

D#m
I got soul but I'm not a soldier
B                            F#
I got soul but I'm not a soldier

Chorus
F#
Yeah, you know you got to help me out
                                  B
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the back burner
                            F#
You know you got to help me out

You're gonna bring yourself down

You're gonna bring yourself down
                                  B
Yeah, oh don't you put me on the back burner
                                   F#
Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down
C#/F                                D#m
Yeah, You're gonna bring yourself down
          G#m                B
Over and in, last call for sin
                                     C#
While everyone's lost, the battle is won
                                 F#
With all these things that I've done

(VERSE RIFF)
F#   D#m

B
If you can hold on
C#
If you can hold on
    F#
Hold On