Hold On chords & tabs

TUNING: E (eBGDAE) How to read these chord schemes?

G 320033

C x32010

D xx0232

Em 022000

INTRO
G  C  G  C  G  C  D  x2

VERSE 1
           G                      C
As I stepped to the edge
                         G                   D
Beyond the shadow of a doubt
  G             C                   G   D
With my conscience beating
                 G                 C
Like the pulse of a drum
           G                            D
That hammers on and on
             C                 D                   G
Until I reach the break of the day
              G                C
As the sun beats down
              G             D
On the halfway house
   G           C                   G   D
Has my conscience beating
          G                   C
The sound in my ear
          G                   D
The will to persevere
         C                  D                  G
As I reach the break of the day

CHORUS
                                 Em                 G
When you lost all hope and excuses
                   D                            G
And the cheapskates & the losers
                   Em               G
Nothing's left to cling onto
                     C     D
You got to hold on
                              G   C
Hold on to yourself

G  C  G  C  D

VERSE 2
       G        C
A cry of hope
       G           D
A plea for peace
G              C                   G   D
And my conscience beating
        G                 C
It's not what I want for
      G               D
It's all that I need
       C                 D                   G
To reach the break of the day
         G               C
So I run to the edge
                         G                   D
Beyond the shadow of a doubt
   G            C                    G    D
With my conscience bleeding
          G             C
Here lies the truth
                  G                          D
The lost treasures of my youth
          C                        D                   G
As I hold on to the break of the day

CHORUS
                                  Em                G
When you lost all hope and excuses
                   D                            G
And the cheapskates & the losers
                   Em               G
Nothing's left to cling onto
                     C    D
You got to hold on
                              G   C
Hold on to yourself

G  C  G  C  D   

SOLO
G  C  G  D  x3
C  D  G

CHORUS
                                  Em                G
When you lost all hope and excuses
                   D                            G
And the cheapskates & the losers
                   Em               G
Nothing's left to cling onto
                      C    D
You got to hold on
                      C    D
You got to hold on
  C     D
Hold on
                              G   C
Hold on to yourself

G  C  G  C  D
G


Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Music by Green Day

TUNING: E (eBGDAE) How to read these chord schemes?

G 320033

C x32010

D xx0232

Em 022000

THIS SONG IS FROM “Warning” 2000

How to read these chord schemes

1 - chord name, 2 - chord designation, 3 - chord scheme

Chord name

There is the name of a chord before the symbols. If it's "*" added to a name, it means that this chord is played in different positions during the song.

Chord designation

There are 6 symbols in a designation, read it from left to right. The first symbol defines the thickest string (6th string), the second symbol defines 5th string and so on.

"0" means open string

"x" means this string isnt played

"Number" means number of a fret.

Example:

x02220

6th string isnt played
5th string is open
4th string is played on 2nd fret
3rd string is played on 2nd fret
2nd string is played on 2nd fret
1st string is open

Chord scheme

Imagine that you are looking at the fret while playing guitar - the closest string to your eyes is the 6th, the thickest string. There are 6 horizontal lines defines strings, the upper one is the thinnest string (1st string).
And there are 4 lines defined frets - no exact frets numbers defined.
In some schemes there is a thick line on the left - it defines the nut.

"0" means open string
"x" means this string isnt played
Fat dots mean fingers positions

Example:

G5 355xxx

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