[Verse 1]
C                         G
You ask me how it is that I'm still standing
Am                              F
You wonder how I made it through this storm
C                    G
I can't boast of any special powers
Am                      F
There's no secret. I just held on

[Chorus 1]
C                               G
And I held on til the storm was over
Dm
I don't claim to be a hero
F
and I don't have all the answers
C                         G
but I held on 'til the storm was over
Am
not because I'm good, not because I'm great
F                                   C
not because I'm strong but I held on

[Instrumental (goes higher) 1]
C  G  Am  F

[Verse 2]
C                                    G
I can tell that things are finally happenin'
Am                              F
and I've got blessings I can call my own
C                                G
many times I wondered if I would make it
Am                                  F
While I was wondering I just kept holding on

[Chorus 2]
C                              G
And I held on til the storm was over
Dm
I don't claim to be a hero
F
and I don't have all the answers
C                                G
but I held on 'til the storm was over
Dm
not because I'm good, not because I'm great
F                               C
not because I'm strong but I held on

[Instrumental (goes higher) 2]
C  G  Am  F

[Repeat Chorus]
C                               G
And I held on til the storm was over
Dm
I don't claim to be a hero
F
and I don't have all the answers
C                         G
but I held on 'til the storm was over
Am
not because I'm good, not because I'm great
F                                   C
not because I'm strong but I held on