Name: Mike M
Artist: Richard Marx
Title: Hold On To The Nights
Capo 3rd Fret
- all notes and chords are relative to the capo
This is played on acoustic but in the same key as the studio version.
CHORDS
Am Fmaj9 Gsus2sus4 Gsus2 Gadd9 Fsus2 G6add9 C F Bm A
E-|-0------0---------x---------x-------0-------x-------x-------0---x----2----0---------|
B-|-1------1---------1---------0-------0-------1-------0-------1---1----3----2---------|
G-|-2------0---------0---------0-------2-------0-------0-------0---2----4----2---------|
D-|-2------3---------0---------0-------0-------2-------0-------2---3----4----2---------|
A-|-0------0---------0---------0-------0-------2-------0-------3---3----2----0---------|
E-|-x------x---------3---------3-------3-------x-------3-------x---1----x----x---------|
INTRO
Am Fmaj9 Am Fmaj9
E-|--------------0----------------------|--------------0---------------------------------|
B-|-1-0-1---0-1--1--3----0-1---0-1--1-0-|-1-0-1---0-1--1--3------0---0-------------------|
G-|-------2------0-----2-----2----------|-------2------0-----0-2---2---2-----0-2-0-2-----|
D-|--------------3----------------------|--------------3-----------------2-2---------0---|
A-|-0-----------------------------------|-0----------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------3-|
VERSE 1
Am Fmaj9 Gsus2sus4 Gsus2 Gadd9 Gsus2
Just when I believed I couldn't ever want for more
Am Fmaj9 Gsus2sus4 Gsus2 Gadd9 Gsus2
This ever changing world pushes me through another door
Fmaj9 Am Fsus2
I saw you smile
Gsus2sus4 Gsus2 Gadd9 Gsus2
And my mind could not erase the beauty of you face
Fmaj9 Am Fsus2
Just for awhile
G6add9 Fsus2 G6add9
Won't you let me shelter you
CHORUS
C F G6add9
Hold on to the nights
C F G6add9
Hold on to the memories
C F G6add9
I wish that I could give you something more
That I could be yours
REPEAT 2nd PART OF INTRO
Am Fmaj9
E-|--------------0---------------------------------|
B-|-1-0-1---0-1--1--3------0---0-------------------|
G-|-------2------0-----0-2---2---2-----0-2-0-2-----|
D-|--------------3-----------------2-2---------0---|
A-|-0----------------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------------3-|
VERSE 2
Am Fmaj9 Gsus2sus4 Gsus2 Gadd9 Gsus2
How do we explain something that took us by surprise
Am Fmaj9 Gsus2sus4 Gsus2 Gadd9 Gsus2
Promises in vain, love that is real but in disguise
Fmaj9 Am Fsus2
What happens now
Gsus2sus4 Gsus2
Do we break another rule
Gadd9 Gsus2
Let our lovers play the fool
Fmaj9 Am Fsus2
I don't know how
G6add9 Fsus2 G6add9
To stop feeling this way
CHORUS
C F G6add9
Hold on to the nights
C F G6add9
Hold on to the memories
C F G6add9
I wish that I could give you more
BRIDGE
Bm A
Well, I think that I've been true to everybody else but me
Fsus2 G6add9
And the way I feel about you makes my heart long to be free
Bm A
Everytime I look into your eyes, I'm helplessly aware
Fsus2 Gsus2sus4
That the someone I've been searching for is right there
REPEAT CHORUS
C F G6add9
Hold on to the nights
C F G6add9
Hold on to the memories
C F G6add9
I wish that I could give you more
There is a key change here. You can either move the capo up to the 5th fret or play the chorus as
D G A
Thanks for viewing!