Jerry Lee Lewis - Thirty Nine & Holdin’ guitar chord

Thirty Nine & Holdin'

By Jerry Lee Lewis

Tabbed By Larry Mofle

rmofle@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