Thirty Nine & Holdin'
By Jerry Lee Lewis
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
rmofle at satx.rr.com
3/12/2006


G                                              C               G
He's out there somewhere every night where the music's playing loud
G                             A7   D
Doing all the 50's steps in a 1980 crowd 
    G                                      C                 G
The dim lights hide his mileage lines, the Clairol hides the gray 
    C                G             D              G
And he won't mention anything that gives his age away 


Chorus:
         C               G        D                     G
Oh, he's thirty nine and holding, holding everything he can 
     C     G     A7                 D
From 17 to 25 to prove he's still a man 
     G                         C               G 
He's holding a candle and it's burning at both ends 
     C               G        D                     G
He's thirty nine and holding, holding everything he can


Piano solo


You can bet he'll never see 39 again 
He should have turned loose long ago but still, he's a hanging it in 
He still thinks that he's the man that he used to be 
He's thirty nine and holding and acting 23 

Chorus