Holdin' My Own
By Eric Church
Written By Eric Church
CD: Mr. Misunderstood (2015)
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
11/11/2015

Requested by: kenneth.e.street on 11/7/2015

Play the C with your pinky down on the 1st string, 3rd fret - X32013


Capo 3
              C
Always been a fighter, a scrapper and a clawer
F                    C
Used up some luck in lawyers
F                  C                   G 
Like Huck from Tom Sawyer jumped on my raft
                      C
It shoved off chasing my dreams, reeling in big fishes
  F                   C
I had some hits and a few big misses
   F                C 
I gave 'em hell and got a few stitches
    G                     
And these days, I show off my scars


Chorus:
     F
With one arm around my baby
C
One arm around my boys
F
A heart that's still pretty crazy
      C                   G 
And a head that hates the noise
       F           G
If the world comes knocking
C        C/B     Am 
Tell 'em I'm not home
F           G          C
I'm finally holdin' my own

C
I've burned up the fast lane
F                   C
Dodging drugs and divorce
F               C                        G  
If I'm proof of anything, god sure loves troubadours
C
Sometimes, late at night
F                    C 
I miss the smoke and neon
F                        C 
Sneak out of bed, grab a six-string
             G  
Play what's still turnin' me on

          C
Like that tight old-time rock and roll
        F
Or that right-down-home country gold
       C 
I miss blues and soul

But not more than I miss being home

Chorus

Bridge:
Dm      F/E        F
UnTil I run out of time
Dm        F/E               F  G   
I'm gonna spend the rest of mine

Chorus

Outro:
    F               G
And when my time on Earth is done
            C        C/B   Am 
I want they write it on my stone
  F                 G               C    F
I lived, loved, and died holdin' my own
  F                 G               C
I lived, loved, and died holdin' my own