Holding Back The Years Chords by Simply Red

[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Holding [G] back tears, [G] _ [F] _ [Dm] _ thinking [G] of the fear I've had [C] so [Dm] long.
When [G] somebody _ _
[Am] [F] hears, _ listens [G] to the fear that's gone.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
Strangled [G] by the wishes I've made, [F] _ _ [Dm]
hoping [G] for the arms I've made.
[Dm] _ _
Yet to [G] meet her sooner or later. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Holding [G] back the years, [G] _ [F] _ _ chance for [G] me to escape from [C] all I've [F] lost.
_ Holding [G] back the tears, _ [F] _ [Dm] cause nothing [G] here was wrong.
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] I've wasted [G] all my time, _ _ [F] _ _
wasted [G] all those years.
[C] _ [Dm] _ _
Nothing [G] had to be [C] [Dm] good, _ nothing [G] ever could.
[Dm] _ [G] _ _ _
[F] I'll _ keep [Em] _ holding on, [F] _ I'll keep [Em] _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ [F] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] holding _ on.
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] All right, [G] _ come [F] on now.
[G] _ _
Well, [Dm] I've wasted [G] all my tears, _ [F] _ _ wasted [G] all of those [C] years.
[F] _ And nothing [G] had the chance to [Am] be [Dm] good, because nothing [G] ever could. _
_ _ _ Oh, [Dm] _ I'll _ [Em] keep [G] holding on.
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _
[F] [Em] I'll keep [G] holding on.
[F] _ _
I'll keep [Em] _ [G] holding on.
[F] _ [Dm] I'll [G] keep holding on.
Holding, holding, holding.
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_ [Em] _ [G] _ _ [Am] I [Dm] said, ooh, [G] yeah.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
So we [G] can do the _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ same.
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[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
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