Intro: E A
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I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can
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I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can
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And if you choose to leave me, girl, I'll understand
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I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can
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Just like the Mississippi
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Our journey starts in Minnesota
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Take I-35 to 90
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Soon through South Dakota
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Big hi to that country road
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Are we gonna make it on down?
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She said yeah, Tim, good to see ya
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Hope you all stick around
Gm B
The futures not the hardest to see
Gm
Do what you do girl
B
But please don't leave
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I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can
E A
I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can
E A
And if you choose to leave me, girl, I'll understand
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I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can
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Get down when I wanna, man
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Get through the darkest night
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We were born to ride, now baby
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Ride until the morning light
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Took a trip down to Kansas
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Missouri, then Arkansas
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Stayed with her sister
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That girl's above the law
Gm B
The futures not the hardest to see
Gm
Do what you do girl
B
But please don't leave
E A
I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can
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I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can
E A
And if you choose to leave me, girl, I'll understand
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I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can
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It's a mad house, baby
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Fast women, cocaine and booze
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Toughest of the roughest
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I got nothing to lose
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Before I met ya
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Everything was going wrong
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It been a long journey now
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Girl I wanna take you home
Gm B
The futures not the hardest to see
Gm
Do what you do girl
B
But please don't leave
E A
I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can
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I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can
E A
And if you choose to leave me, girl, I'll understand
E A
I'm gonna hold on to you as long as I can