Hold the Line

by toto · posted by gene

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Listen to the song— a recording linked by the tab’s author

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab


-4   -6  -6 -6 -6 6  6    5  -6   5 
It’s not in the way that you hold me

-4   -6  -6 -6  -6   6   6   5   -6
It’s not in the way you say you care

-4   -6  -6 -6  -6    6
It’s not in the way you’ve 

 6     6   -5  -5  5 -4
Been treat-ing my friends

-4   -6  -6 -6  -6   6
It’s not in the way that 

 6    -5    -5   5  -4
You stayed till the end

-4   -6  -6 -6  -6   6   5
It’s not in the way you look 

6  -6    6     -6   5  -6
Or the things that you say 

 6     5    6
That you’ll do



Chorus:
 6   -7   7
Hold the line

 6   -6 -7   7  -7  -6 6   -6
Love is-n’t al-ways   on  time

6  5  -4
Oh oh oh


Hold the line
Love isn’t always on time
Oh oh oh



It’s not in the words that you told me, girl
It’s not in the way you say you’re mine, ooh
It’s not in the way that you came back to me
It’s not in the way that your love set me free
It’s not in the way you look 
Or the things that you say that you’ll do

Chorus

(instrumental break)

It’s not in the words that you told me
It’s not in the way you say you’re mine, ooh
It’s not in the way that you came back to me
It’s not in the way that your love set me free
It’s not in the way you look 
Or the things that you say that you’ll do

Chorus - love isn’t always on time

Hold the line, love isn’t always on time -
Love isn’t always, love isn’t always on time
Hold the line, love isn’t always on time
Love isn’t always on time
Love isn’t always on time
Love isn’t always on time, oh oh oh

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound