Chords for Angie Stone - Holding Back the Years

[Bm] _ [G] _ _ _ Ooh, [Dm] _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ hey, _ [Em] _
[Fm] _ ooh, [C] _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ _
[D#] _ [C#m] _ _ [C] ooh, _ [C] _ [Fm] _
[C] ooh, ooh, oh, yeah. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ Holding [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] back the _ [C]
years, _ _ [G] thinking about the fear
[C] I've had [Dm] so [C] long.
_ [G] When somebody hears, _ [C] _ _ [Am] listen [Em] to the fear that's [F] gone.
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _
[G] Strangled by the wishes I [Am] begged for,
_ [C]
hoping [G] for the answer [C] made the wrong.
[F] Get [G] to me sooner or [F] later, oh Lord.
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ Ooh, _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [Em] _ holding [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] [G] back the [F] years, _ _
chance [G] for me to escape from [Am] all [C] I've known.
[F] Holding [Em] back the _ [Am] [Dm] tears, yeah,
cause [Em] nothing here is _ [G] wrong, oh Lord.
_ [Am] _ _ [F] I've wasted [G] all my tears, yeah,
[C] _ [F] _ wasted [G] all those years.
[C] _ _ Nothing [G] had the chance to be [Dm] good, no, no.
[Am] Nothing [G] ever _ [F] could, [G] oh no, no.
But [Am] _ I'll keep [G] _ [Am] holding on, gotta keep holding on.
I'll [Dm] [G] keep holding on, so never let [C] go, no, no.
[Dm] I'll [G] keep [Dm] holding on, [Am] gotta keep holding on.
[Dm] I'll keep [G] _ [Dm] holding [G] on, [Am] oh, [G]
oh, [Am] oh.
Time to [G] time, _ [C]
it would take [Am] you time, time,
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _
[Dm] _ _ time, [G] time, _ should've taken [Am] _ time, oh, [Em] no. _ _
[F] I've _ wasted [G] all my _ tears,
[C] _ wasted [G] all those [Em] lonely, lonely, [C] lonely years.
Nothing had [G] the chance to ever be [Dm] good,
_ _ [C] [G] nothing ever [Em] could.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] I'll [Em] keep [Am] holding on, gotta keep [F] holding on.
[Dm] _
[G] I'll keep holding on, never let [C] go, no, no.
[F] I'll [G] keep holding [Dm] on, gotta keep holding on.
I'll [G] keep [Dm] holding on, [G] oh, oh, _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ oh.
Gotta keep [Em] holding on, [A] [G] no matter how [C] tired,
gotta keep [Em] holding on.
[D] [G] Should've [A] opened my [C] damn mouth to my [Dm] mouth,
[Em] ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
Gotta [A] _ [Dm] _ keep, [Em] keep, keep holding on.
[C] Maybe I'm crazy, gotta keep, keep, keep [Em] holding on.
[G] No matter how tired, [C] gotta keep, keep, [Em] keep, keep holding on.
[D] Maybe [Am] I'm crazy, gotta keep, keep, [Em] keep, keep holding on.
Right [C#m] now I'm saying, [Gm] love [C] time
[F] Yeah, _ [Em] oh yeah
Baby [C] I can taste it
When it's time to let it know, yeah
[Em] Keep holding on
[A] _ [G] _ [C] Gotta keep, keep, [Am] keep, [Em] keep, keep, keep
Keep it [A] on, keep it on, keep it on
Hold [Dm] on so
Think [C] _
[Em] it's a love song, pull back [E] Hold [C] tight _ _
_ [Em] Whoa, uh
[C] Gonna _ keep on [Em] _ [A] Holding [C] on
[Dm] Never, [C] never, never [Em] lie
[A] Oh, [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ yeah _
[Em] _ _ _ [A] _ [C] _ _ _ [D]
I _ _ _ _ [C] _ keep
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Holding
_ [Fm] _ _ [Em] Oh, [Bm] _ [F] _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ yeah
[F]
[D] Keep
_ [C] _ _ _ _ Holding
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _