Chords for Holding Back the Years - ETTA JAMES

[F] Thank you.
_ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ ♪ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] Holding back the years ♪
[Dm] _ _ [C] ♪ Thinking [G] of the fear I've had so [Dm] long ♪
[C] ♪ When [G] somebody hears ♪
[Dm] _
♪ [C] Listen [G] to the fear that's [F] [G] gone ♪
_ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] ♪ Strangled [G] by the wishes of fate [Dm] ♪
♪ [Am] Walking [G] for the arm of nature [Dm] ♪
♪ [C] Get [G] to me sooner or later [Dm]
♪
♪ [C] Nothing [G] ever _ _ could, yeah _ _ [Dm]
♪
♪ I'll [G] keep holding on, [Dm] I'll keep holding on _ [G] ♪
♪ Holding on, keep [Dm] holding on, I'll [G] keep holding on ♪
♪ [Dm] Baby, let you go, baby, I'll [G] keep holding on ♪
_ _ [F] _
♪ [C] Holding [G] back the years ♪
[Dm] _ ♪ [Am] Chance for [G] me to escape from all I [Dm] know ♪
♪ [Am] Holding [G] back the tears, yeah [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _
♪
♪ _ _ _ [F] _
I've [Am] wasted [G] all my tears, _
[C] _ [Dm] _ [F] _ wasted [G] all [C] those [G] years ♪
[Dm] _ ♪ [Am] Nothing had [G] the chance to be good, [Dm] _ _
_ nothing [G] ever could, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
_ [Am]
♪ I'll [G] keep holding on, _ [F] _ I'll [G] keep holding on, I'll keep holding on ♪
♪ [Am] Holding, holding, holding, holding on ♪
♪ I'll [D] keep [G] _ _ _ [Dm] holding, baby, I'll [Am] [G] keep holding on tight, _ _ oh ♪
[Dm] _
♪ I've wasted [G] all my tears, _ [Dm] _ _ wasted [G] all those precious [Dm] years ♪
♪ Nothing [G] had the chance to be [Dm] good, _ _ nothing [G] ever could, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
Yeah, yeah, _ _ [Dm]
[Am] I'll keep [G] holding on.
I'm [Am] gonna hold on.
I'll keep [G] _
holding on.
I'm gonna [Am] hold and hold and hold [G] on.
I can't let [Am] you go.
I'll [G] keep holding on.
_ _ Holding and [Dm] holding and holding [Am] on.
[G] I'll keep holding on.
I can't [Am] let you go for nobody.
I'll keep [G]
holding on.
I'm gonna keep [Am] holding and holding, baby.
_ [G] _ Holding on.
_ [Am] _
I'll keep [G] _ holding _ _ on.
_ [Dm]
Holding on and holding on [G] and holding on.
[G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ [C] I'll be [Dm] home soon. _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _