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Hold on to Your Dream

Stratovarius
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

e|---|---------------------|----------------------|---------------|
B|---|---------------------|----------------------|---------------|
G|---|/9---9-----11---11---|-12---12-----14-12-11-|---------------|
D|---|---9----------9------|----9-----------------|---------------|
A|---|---------------------|----------------------|---------------|
E|---|---------------------|----------------------|---------------|

C

e|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|---12-----11-----------12-11-|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|

C E

e|----------------------------------|-------------------------|---|
B|----------------------------------|-------------------------|---|
G|----------------------------------|/9-------9---11-------11-|---|
D|---14-------------------------7-7-|-----9------------9------|---|
A|----------------------5---5---5-5-|-------------------------|---|
E|----------------------3---3-------|-------------------------|---|

E C

e|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------|
B|-------------------------15-|-12----------|---------------------|
G|---12---12-----14---12------|----14-12-11-|---------------------|
D|------9---------------------|-------------|---------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------|

C (END INTRO)

e|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---12-11-----------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------14-14-------------7-7-|--------------------------------|
A|---------------------5---5-5-5-|--------------------------------|
E|---------------------3---3-----|--------------------------------|

E Ba

e|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-----9-----------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----7-----------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----0-----------------------|----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|--------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|--------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|--------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|--------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|--------|

(Gtr 1 swells in)

e|-------19-------------17-15-------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------19-17-15----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------17-16-14-------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------17-16-14----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------17-15----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|----|
B|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|----|
G|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|----|
D|-----------|-------------------------------------------7-7-|----|
A|---14\12---|-------------------------------------5---5-5-5-|----|
E|-----------|-------------------------------------3---3-----|----|

Day at the School

e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-----9-------9-----9-----9-----9---9-|--------------------------|
D|-----9-------9-----9-----9-----9---9-|--------------------------|
A|-----7---------7-----7-7---7-7---7---|--------------------------|
E|-------0-0-0-------------------------|--------------------------|

Teacher's a bully You're

e|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-------9-----9---9-----9-----9---9-|----------------------------|
D|-------9-----9---9-----9-----9---9-|----------------------------|
A|---7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7---7---|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|

mobbed as a rule

e|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-------7-----7---7-----7-----7---7-|----------------------------|
D|-------7-----7---7-----7-----7---7-|----------------------------|
A|---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|

nothing from TV your

e|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-------7-----7---7-----7-----7---7-|----------------------------|
D|-------7-----7---7-----7-----7---7-|----------------------------|
A|---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|

folks are away

e|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-------9-----9---9-----9-----9---9-|----------------------------|
D|-------9-----9---9-----9-----9---9-|----------------------------|
A|---7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7---7---|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|

you are trapped inside this

e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
G|---------9-----9---9-----9-----9---9-|--------------------------|
D|---------9-----9---9-----9-----9---9-|--------------------------|
A|-----7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7---7---|--------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|

house you must stay

e|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-------7-----7---7-----7-----7---7-|----------------------------|
D|-------7-----7---7-----7-----7---7-|----------------------------|
A|---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|

home

e|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-------5-----5---5-----5-----5---5-|----------------------------|
D|-------5-----5---5-----5-----5---5-|----------------------------|
A|---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3---|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|

now it's time for you to move on

e|-----------------------------------|-------------|--------------|
B|-----------------------------------|-------------|--------------|
G|-----------------------------------|-------------|--------------|
D|---7-------------------------------|-7-----------|--------------|
A|---5---------------------------7h9-|-5-----------|--------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-------------|--------------|

Leave your s

e|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
D|---9-------------------|----------------------------------------|
A|---7-------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|---0-------------------|----------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|--------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|--------------------|
D|---9-------------------------------------7-|--------------------|
A|---7-------------------------------------5-|--------------------|
E|---0---------------------------------------|--------------------|

don't let them

e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
D|---5---------------------------------|--------------------------|
A|---3---------------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2-----2-----2-2-2-2------------------------------------------|
D|---2-----2-----2-2-2-2------------------------------------------|
A|---0-----0-----0-0-0-0------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

haunt you for

e|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|---2-----2-----2-2-2-2-|----------------------------------------|
D|---2-----2-----2-2-2-2-|----------------------------------------|
A|---0-----0-----0-0-0-0-|----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
D|---5-----5-----5-5-5-5-5-------5-----5-5-5-5-|------------------|
A|---2-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-------2-----2-2-2-2-|------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|------------------|

ver

e|-----------------------------------------------------|----------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|----------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|----------|
D|-----4-----4-----4-4-4-4---4-------------------------|----------|
A|-----2-----2-----2-2-2-2---2-------------------------|----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|----------|

Chorus

e|-------------------------------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|--------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|--------------------|
D|---9---9-----9-9-9-9-9-----9-------9-9-9-9-|--------------------|
A|---7---7-----7-7-7-7-7-----7-------7-7-7-7-|--------------------|
E|---0---------------------------------------|--------------------|

Same pattern throughout chorus

e|---------------------------------------------------|------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|------------|
D|---5-----------------------------------------------|------------|
A|---3-----------------------------------------------|------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|----------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|----------------------|
A|---5-------------------------------------|----------------------|
E|---3-------------------------------------|----------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|-----|-|--------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|-----|-|--------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|-----|-|--------------|
D|---7-----------------8-------------------|-----|-|--------------|
A|---5-----------------6-------------------|-----|-|--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|-----|-|--------------|

This is your chance, your love, your

e|-----------------------------------------------------|----------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|----------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|----------|
D|-----9-----------------------------------------------|----------|
A|-----7-----------------------------------------------|----------|
E|-----0-----------------------------------------------|----------|

romance. Hold on to y

e|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
D|---5-----------------------------------|------------------------|
A|---3-----------------------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|------------|
A|-----5---------------------------------------------|------------|
E|-----3---------------------------------------------|------------|

never give up in your life

e|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
D|-----7-----------------8---------------|------------------------|
A|-----5-----------------6---------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
e|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
D|---5-------------------|----------------------------------------|
A|---3-------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|

Hold on to your dream

e|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|
D|---7-------------------------------------------|----------------|
A|---5-------------------------------------------|----------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

(For the solo use rhythm of INTRO)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Chorus until fade out

e|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|

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