Chords for Monophonics - Making of "Holding Back Your Love"

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I think monophonics, [Dm] we define [G] ourselves as psychedelic soul, [C]
inspired by music [G] from the
60s, [Dm] records that we really love.
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[D] _ _ [F] _ _ I think [Gm] all of us were surrounded by music [Dm] when we were younger, _ [G] and a certain feeling
[Cm] you get from a record.
As recording artists, we really want something a bit more [Dm] classic and timeless rather than,
[Gm] you know, just a hit that you can play on the radio for six months.
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My name is Kelly Finnegan.
I'm one-sixth of Monophonics. _
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_ _ _ I grew up in a house where it was very common to wake up, you know, hearing somebody playing
piano and singing gospel music or rhythm and blues.
That's the music I grew up hearing. _
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_ _ [B] We're fortunate to have our own studio where we can take our time.
[G] _ We've collected a lot of vintage [E]
instruments that really create a [Em] bigger musical palette.
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Right now we're working on a collection of new songs.
One of those songs is Holding Back Your Love, an up-tempo soul song.
It's in the style of, you know, the late 60s Norman Whitfield Motown sound, which we really
love and are inspired by.
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_ _ _ _ _ The idea was to strip everything down and just play _ the simplest riff we could.
I'm using a unibox bass.
It's a [C] cheap [D] bass, but it has a warm sound. _
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The verse is just [C] inspired [D] by the soul shout, [Dm]
the blues cry, the, [D] you know, the razor throat
[C] soul [D] way of singing. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Just a little bit of church and a little bit [C] of soul [D] in the one dance tune.
Well I can't hide, hide the way I treated you, _
_ _ [F] _ [D] _ but I didn't understand how bad. _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ You [Dm] keep on holding, _ [Am] _ _ [C] holding back your love.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ You keep on holding, you keep on holding back your love.
We had some [Dm] great girls singing the hook on it.
You keep on holding, you keep on holding back your love.
And I kind of jump in there with them and answer with them. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ It's kind of the response for the part of the chorus that Kelly's singing.
[Dm] _ [E] And you keep on [Dm] holding. _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ There's a lot of cool stuff.
It always has this pulsing [C] tambourine that just keeps the [F] song moving.
It really makes you want to [C] dance. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When you're writing [D] music, _ there's always the thought in your head that how is this
going to sound live. _ _
So when something like the idea of a shout chorus comes on, [C] we want something simple
and catchy that people can latch on to.
Just real rhythmic, real heavy, get people _ feeling it simple so everybody can really
get that vibe. _
_ [A] _ Say!
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
_ [Dm] _ Oh, oh, oh, oh.
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Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ oh, oh, oh. _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] You keep on holding, you keep on [C] holding back your love.
[D] You do.
[Dm] _ You keep on holding, you keep on [C] holding back your love.
[Dm] It's true.
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_ _ [A] Thank you so much for letting us.
Thank you.
We'll see you next time.
[N] All music that you come up with, you want it to be timeless [C] or lasting. _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ There's an [A] essence and [D] a soul to older instruments _ that you really can't capture in the digital age.
Yeah, [C] sounds good.
The emotion in that and the sound and the tone and the vibe are just so important.
And that's Monophonic's vibe for sure.
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[D] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] Don't wanna leave, leaving me alone.
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Cause [C] the [Dm] loneliness is too much.
But [D] I've got to carry on.
Say, carry on.
_ _ [C] [Dm] Holding back your love, take three.
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