G
He's out there somewhere every night
     C                G
The music's playin' loud

He's doing all-a those fifty's steps
           A      D
He's in a 1980 crowd
G
Dim lights hide the milage line
   C                 G
Clairol hides the gray
     C                 G
And he won't mention anything
    D                G
To give his old age away


[Chorus]
               C                    G
Oh Lord, he's thirty-nine an he's holdin'
       D                         G
He's holdin' everything that he can
        C          G
From seventeen to twenty-five
       A                 D
He'll prove he's still a man
                G
Hey boy, you're holding to a candle
            C               G
And it's a-burning at both ends
       C              G
Thirty-nine and holding
D                             G
A-holdin' everything that I can


[Instrumental]

[Piano]
G C G G A D

[Strings]
G C G C G D G


[Verse 2]
G
Well, now you can bet he'll never see
         C        G
Thirty-nine, again

Should have turned loose long ago
     A                      D
But still hes a hangin' it in
G
He still thinks that he's the man
C                     G
That he once used to be

Hes thirty-nine and holding

And Acting twenty-three


[Chorus]
               C                    G
Oh Lord, he's thirty-nine an he's holdin'
       D                         G
He's holdin' everything that he can
        C          G
From seventeen to twenty-five
       A                 D
He'll prove he's still a man
                G
Hey boy, you're holding to a candle
            C               G
And it's a-burning at both ends
       C              G
Thirty-nine and holding
D                             G
A-holdin' everything that I can