Year: 2004 - Album: Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits
Written by John Mellencamp
C D G C D G Em You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends G Em Spin in the middle when the troubles begin C D Take it nice and easy and always pretend C D That you're cool, so cool, so cool G Em Say I'm alone and I'm wild and I will not be tamed G Em Talk like a jerk or an educated brain C D Be an old girl drivin' the young boys insane C D Be a joker, a preacher, it does not matter G Em Every one needs a hand to hold on to G Em Every one needs a hand to hold on to C D Don't need to be no strong hand C D Don't need to be no rich hand C D G Every one just needs a hand to hold on to C D G Em Havin' good luck with your financial situation G Em Play the ponies, be president of the United Nations C D Go to work and be a Hollywood stud C D Drive your four-wheel drive right into the mud, yeah G Em Every one needs a hand to hold on to G Em Every one needs a hand to hold on to C D Don't need to be no strong hand C D Don't need to be no rich hand C D G Every one just needs a hand to hold on to G Em G And then those hours when you're alone Em G And there's no body there except yourself Em G I know it, you wanna pick up the phone C And say, "Talk to me, talk to me D Somebody please talk to me" Oh, yeah.. Solo: G Em Every one needs a hand to hold on to G Em Every one needs a hand to hold on to C D Don't need to be no strong hand C D Don't need to be no rich hand C D G Every one just needs a hand to hold on to