David Bowie - Hang on to Yourself: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Hang on to Yourself" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

              F#m
Well, she's a tongue twisting storm,
          A
she will come to the show tonight
  B                         F#m A B
Praying to the light machine
             F#m
She wants my honey not my money,
        A
she's a funky-thigh collector
 B                       F#m A B
Laying on electric dreams

Chorus:
          C        D
Well come on, come on,
       C                       D
we've really got a good thing going
          C             D
Well come on, well come on,
         C
if you think we're gonna make it
     A                     D C G D C G
You better hang on to yourself

We can't dance, we don't talk much,
we just ball and play
But then we move like tigers on Vaseline
Well, the bitter comes out better
on a stolen guitar
You're the Blessed, we're The Spiders From Mars

Chorus

Come on
Lay it on.

Chorus - x2



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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G

Guitar chord G

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Hang on to Yourself" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Hang on to Yourself" by David Bowie.

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