Hold My Life

song : hold my life artist : the replacements album : tim ( 1985 ) ( track 1 ) tabbed by : brandon karcic first tab . pretty simple , awesome song . thinking of playing it for my berklee audition , if i don’t do "left of the dial" . be sure to pay attention to the song for rhythms , especially on the verses . D A D A D A well , well , well i , D A found it’s [ my life ] D A D A down on all fives D A let me crawl D A D A if i want , i D A D A D A could dye ( oh ) D A my hair Bm A time for decisions to be made Bm A Bm E crack up in the sun , lose it in the shade D A razzle , dazzle , drazzle , drone , time for this one to come home D A razzle , dazzle , drazzle , die , time for this one to come alive D Cm Bm A and hold my life D Cm Bm A until i’m ready to use it D Cm Bm ( riff , see below ) hold my life because i just might lose it ( riff ) because i just might lose it riff for "because i just might lose it" D | - 0 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 2 A | - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 E | - x - x - x - x - x - x - x - x - x - x D A D A D A well , well , well , D A anyone could tell D A D A pass it off D A a lucky shot D A D A ooh , they do D A D A D A hate ’em , someday soon , D A face ’em Bm A time for decisions to be made Bm A Bm E crack up in the sun , lose it in the shade D A razzle , dazzle , drazzle , drone , time for this one to come home D A razzle , dazzle , drazzle , die , time for this one to come alive D Cm Bm A and hold my life D Cm Bm A until i’m ready to use it D Cm Bm ( riff ) hold my life because i just might lose it ( riff ) because i just might lose it D A D A D A D A D A just might , just might , just might . . . Bm A Bm A Bm E we might crack up in the sun , or we’ll lose it in the shade D A razzle , dazzle , drazzle , drone , time for this one to come home D A razzle , dazzle , drazzle , die , time for this one to come alive D Cm Bm A and hold my life D Cm Bm A until i’m ready to use it D Bm Cm ( riff ) hold my life because i just might lose it ( riff ) because i just might lose it D Cm Bm A i want you to hold my life D Cm Bm A get ready to hold my life D hold my , hold my , hold my , hold my . . . close on D there ya go . merry christmas , fellow ’mats fans .