Hold Fast To The Right

The Nashville Bluegrass Band

Written by James Vaughan

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                 F            C
Kneel down by the side of your mother my boy
         G7                C
You have only a moment you know
                F             C
But stay till I give you this parting advice
     G7                   C
It's all that I have to bestow

Verse 2

                 F          C
Hold fast to the right hold fast to the right
    G7                      C
Wherever your footsteps may roam
                F         C
Forsake not the way of salvation my boy
         G7                          C
That you learned from your mother at home

Verse 3

                      F         C
You will find in your satchel a Bible my boy
         G7                     C
It's the book of all others the best
                  F           C
It'll help you to live and prepare you to die
G7                                C
And will lead to the gates of the blest

Verse 2

                 F          C
Hold fast to the right hold fast to the right
    G7                      C
Wherever your footsteps may roam
                F         C
Forsake not the way of salvation my boy
         G7                          C
That you learned from your mother at home

Verse 4

                       F           C
You will leave here to seek your employment my boy
       G7                       C
By the world you have yet to be tried
               F           C
But in the temptations and trials you will meet
         G7                     C
May your heart in the Savior confide

Verse 2

                 F          C
Hold fast to the right hold fast to the right
    G7                      C
Wherever your footsteps may roam
                F         C
Forsake not the way of salvation my boy
         G7                          C
That you learned from your mother at home