Intro: D - Bm - C - G-A     x2

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Verse:
D
i got your letter
Bm
and the poetry you sent me
C                              G
postmarked in december of last year
D
i really hope youre doing better
Bm
all your friends close by your side
C                        G      A
one step closer to recovering.


Bridge:
G                D                 A
i wish there was something i could say
    Bm            A       G
to erase each and every page
            D
you've been through
     A
even though its not my place to save you

G                D
I appreciate but cant accept
     A                   Bm          A          G
this thank you note thats sealed with your last breath
           D               A
and i wont stand aside and listen to you give up


Chorus:
D
if you'll just hold on for one more second
Bm
just hold on to what you have
C                                   G
if you'll just hold on. just hold on.

D
if you'll just hold on for one more second
Bm
just hold on to what you have
C                                   G     A     D
if you'll just hold on. just hold on.


Verse:
D
these arms remain stretched out to you
Bm
maybe someday youll accept them
C
or maybe its too late to save
G
a young girls heart thats long stopped beating

D
wake up wake up you gotta believe
Bm
wake up wake up you cant give up
C
time keeps going on without us
G               A
long after we're dead and gone


Bridge:
G                D                 A
i wish there was something i could say
    Bm            A       G
to erase each and every page
            D
you've been through
     A
even though its not my place to save you

G                D
I appreciate but cant accept
     A                   Bm          A          G
this thank you note thats sealed with your last breath
           D               A
and i wont stand aside and listen to you give up


Chorus:
D
if you'll just hold on for one more second
Bm
just hold on to what you have
C                                   G
if you'll just hold on. just hold on.

D
if you'll just hold on for one more second
Bm
just hold on to what you have
C                                   G
if you'll just hold on. just hold on.

you will wake up tomorrow

D
just hold on to what you have
Bm                       C          G
just hold on to what you have

D
if you'll just hold on for one more second
Bm
just hold on to what you have
C                                   G    A    D
if you'll just hold on. just hold on.


end on D