[Intro]
E                              E7 
When there's nowhere else to run 
                           A 
Is there room for one more son? 
         E 
One more son? 
       C#m 
If you can hold on, 
       A                E 
If you can hold on, hold on.
[Versetto]
E 
I want to stand up, I want to let go 
                                        A 
You know you know - no, you don't, you don't. 
                                    E 
I want to shine on in the hearts of men. 
  
I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand.
[Versetto]
E 
Another head aches, another heart breaks. 
                              A 
I'm so much older than I can take. 
                                     E 
And my affection, well it comes and goes. 
  
I need direction to perfection, no no no no
[Interludio]
E 
Help me out, yeah 
  
You know you gotta help me out, yeah 
                           A 
Oh don't you put me on the back burner, 
                           E 
You know you gotta help me out, yeah.
[Versetto]
E 
And when there's nowhere else to run 
                              A 
Is there room for one more son? 
  
These changes ain't changing me, 
     E 
The cold-hearted boy I used to be.
[Ritornello]
E 
Yeah, you know you gotta help me out, yeah 
                           A 
Oh don't you put me on the back burner 
                            E 
You know you gotta help me out, yeah 
                            C#m 
You're gonna bring yourself down, yeah
[Ponte]
                            A 
You're gonna bring yourself down, yeah 
                            E 
You're gonna bring yourself down. 
E 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier 
  
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier 
A 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier 
E 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier (2x) 
C#m 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier 
A                               E 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
[Ritornello]
E 
Yeah, you know you gotta help me out, yeah 
                           A 
Oh don't you put me on the back burner 
                            E 
You know you gotta help me out, yeah 
                            E 
You're gonna bring yourself down, yeah 
  
You're gonna bring yourself down, yeah 
                           A 
Oh don't you put me on the back burner, 
                            E 
You're gonna bring yourself down
[Outro]
C#m      F#m               A 
Over and in, last call for sin. 
                                     B 
While everyone's lost, the battle is won 
                                E 
With all these things that I've done. 
                                C#m 
With all these things that I've done. 
       A                   B           E 
If you can hold on, if you can hold on...