Chords for Simply Red - Holding Back The Years (Darryll Smith & Jogi Kaiser Cover)
Tempo:
82.175 bpm
Chords used:
G
Dm
D
Am
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [D] [F]
Ooh, [F#] ooh, ooh, [G] [C] yeah.
[G#m] [G#] [Am]
[C#] [G] [Dm]
[C] Do, do, do, do.
[F] Ooh, [F#] ooh, ooh.
[G] Hey, hey.
[Dm] [A] [G]
[Dm] [A]
[G] [Dm] Mm [G]-hmm.
Hey, now.
[Dm] Hey, now, now, now, now, [G] now.
[Am] [D] Holding [G] back the [Dm] years.
[D] Thinking [G] about the fears I've [D] had so long.
When [G] somebody hears, [Dm] listening [G] to the fear that's [F] gone.
[G]
[Dm] Strangling [G] by those sheets of paper.
[D] [G] Hoping for the arms that met [Dm] her.
[D] Get [G] to me sooner or [Dm] later.
[G] [Dm] [Am] I'll [G] keep holding [D] on.
I'll keep [G] holding on.
[D] I'll keep [G] holding [Dm] on.
[G]
[Dm] Holding [G] back the years.
[Dm] Chants [G] for me to escape from all [Dm] I've known.
[D] Holding [G] back the tears.
[Dm] [D] There's nothing [G] there is grown.
[F]
[G] [Em] [Dm] [Am] I've wasted [G] all my [Gm] [Am] tears.
[G] Those years.
[Am] There's nothing [G] left a chance to be [Dm] good.
[Am] Nothing [G] ever could.
[F] [G]
[D] [Am] [D] I'll keep [G] holding on.
I'll keep [Dm] holding on.
I'll keep [G] [C] holding on.
[G]
[D] I'll [A] keep [G] holding [C] on.
I'll [Am] [Dm] keep [G] holding on.
[D] The flow so tight.
[G]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[F#] [Dm] [G]
[A#m] [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [B]
[F#] [F] [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G]
All right.
All right.
[Am] I've [G] wasted all my tears.
[Am] Wasted [G] all those [Dm] years.
[Am] And nothing [G] had a chance to be good.
[Am] Because nothing [G] ever could.
All right.
[Bm] [Dm] I'll [G] keep holding on.
Gonna [D] keep [Dm] holding on.
I'll [G] keep holding on.
[Gm] [A] Holding on to [Dm] my baby.
I'll keep [G]
holding on.
You and me, [Dm] me and you girl.
I'll [G] keep holding on.
Holding, holding, holding
[Gm] [Dm] [G]
[Gm] [Dm] on.
[G]
[D] [G] [D] It's [G] all I have [Dm] today.
It's all [G] I have to say.
[Dm] It's [Am] all I [G] have today.
[C] [G] It's all I have to say.
[F#] [G]
It's [Dm] all I have [G] today.
[Dm]
It's [C] all I [G] have to say.
[Dm]
That's all I [C] have to say
[G]
Ooh, [F#] ooh, ooh, [G] [C] yeah.
[G#m] [G#] [Am]
[C#] [G] [Dm]
[C] Do, do, do, do.
[F] Ooh, [F#] ooh, ooh.
[G] Hey, hey.
[Dm] [A] [G]
[Dm] [A]
[G] [Dm] Mm [G]-hmm.
Hey, now.
[Dm] Hey, now, now, now, now, [G] now.
[Am] [D] Holding [G] back the [Dm] years.
[D] Thinking [G] about the fears I've [D] had so long.
When [G] somebody hears, [Dm] listening [G] to the fear that's [F] gone.
[G]
[Dm] Strangling [G] by those sheets of paper.
[D] [G] Hoping for the arms that met [Dm] her.
[D] Get [G] to me sooner or [Dm] later.
[G] [Dm] [Am] I'll [G] keep holding [D] on.
I'll keep [G] holding on.
[D] I'll keep [G] holding [Dm] on.
[G]
[Dm] Holding [G] back the years.
[Dm] Chants [G] for me to escape from all [Dm] I've known.
[D] Holding [G] back the tears.
[Dm] [D] There's nothing [G] there is grown.
[F]
[G] [Em] [Dm] [Am] I've wasted [G] all my [Gm] [Am] tears.
[G] Those years.
[Am] There's nothing [G] left a chance to be [Dm] good.
[Am] Nothing [G] ever could.
[F] [G]
[D] [Am] [D] I'll keep [G] holding on.
I'll keep [Dm] holding on.
I'll keep [G] [C] holding on.
[G]
[D] I'll [A] keep [G] holding [C] on.
I'll [Am] [Dm] keep [G] holding on.
[D] The flow so tight.
[G]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[F#] [Dm] [G]
[A#m] [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [B]
[F#] [F] [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G]
All right.
All right.
[Am] I've [G] wasted all my tears.
[Am] Wasted [G] all those [Dm] years.
[Am] And nothing [G] had a chance to be good.
[Am] Because nothing [G] ever could.
All right.
[Bm] [Dm] I'll [G] keep holding on.
Gonna [D] keep [Dm] holding on.
I'll [G] keep holding on.
[Gm] [A] Holding on to [Dm] my baby.
I'll keep [G]
holding on.
You and me, [Dm] me and you girl.
I'll [G] keep holding on.
Holding, holding, holding
[Gm] [Dm] [G]
[Gm] [Dm] on.
[G]
[D] [G] [D] It's [G] all I have [Dm] today.
It's all [G] I have to say.
[Dm] It's [Am] all I [G] have today.
[C] [G] It's all I have to say.
[F#] [G]
It's [Dm] all I have [G] today.
[Dm]
It's [C] all I [G] have to say.
[Dm]
That's all I [C] have to say
[G]
Key:
G
Dm
D
Am
C
G
Dm
D
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ Ooh, [F#] ooh, ooh, _ [G] [C] yeah.
[G#m] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
[C] Do, do, do, do.
_ [F] Ooh, [F#] ooh, ooh. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ Hey, hey.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Mm [G]-hmm.
_ Hey, now.
[Dm] _ Hey, now, now, now, now, [G] now.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] Holding [G] back the [Dm] years.
_ _ [D] Thinking [G] about the fears I've [D] had so long.
_ When [G] somebody _ hears, [Dm] _ _ listening [G] to the fear that's [F] gone.
[G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Strangling [G] by those sheets of paper.
[D] _ _ _ [G] Hoping for the arms that met [Dm] her.
_ [D] Get [G] to me sooner or [Dm] later.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ I'll [G] keep holding [D] on.
_ _ I'll keep [G] _ holding on.
[D] _ _ I'll keep [G] _ holding [Dm] on.
[G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Holding [G] back the years. _
[Dm] _ _ Chants [G] for me to escape from all [Dm] I've known.
[D] Holding [G] back the tears.
[Dm] _ _ [D] There's nothing [G] there is grown.
[F] _
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ I've wasted [G] all my _ [Gm] _ [Am] tears. _ _
[G] Those years.
[Am] _ _ There's nothing [G] left a chance to be [Dm] good.
_ [Am] Nothing [G] ever could.
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Am] [D] I'll keep [G] _ holding on.
I'll keep [Dm] holding on.
I'll keep [G] _ [C] holding on.
[G] _
[D] _ I'll [A] keep [G] holding [C] on.
I'll [Am] _ _ [Dm] keep [G] holding on.
_ [D] The flow so tight.
_ [G] _
_ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F#] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A#m] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
All right.
All right. _ _ _
[Am] I've _ [G] wasted all my _ tears.
[Am] _ Wasted [G] all those _ [Dm] years.
[Am] _ And nothing [G] had a chance to be good.
[Am] _ Because nothing [G] ever could.
All right.
_ _ [Bm] _ [Dm] _ _ I'll [G] keep holding on.
Gonna [D] keep [Dm] holding on.
I'll [G] keep holding on.
[Gm] [A] Holding on to [Dm] my baby.
I'll keep [G]
holding on.
You and me, [Dm] me and you girl.
I'll [G] keep holding on.
Holding, holding, holding _
_ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ on.
[G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [G] [D] It's [G] all I have _ [Dm] today.
It's all [G] I have to say. _
[Dm] _ It's [Am] all I [G] have today. _ _
[C] _ [G] It's all I have to say.
[F#] _ [G] _
It's [Dm] all I have [G] today.
_ [Dm] _
It's [C] all I [G] have to say.
_ _ [Dm] _
That's all I [C] have to _ say _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Ooh, [F#] ooh, ooh, _ [G] [C] yeah.
[G#m] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
[C] Do, do, do, do.
_ [F] Ooh, [F#] ooh, ooh. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ Hey, hey.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Mm [G]-hmm.
_ Hey, now.
[Dm] _ Hey, now, now, now, now, [G] now.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] Holding [G] back the [Dm] years.
_ _ [D] Thinking [G] about the fears I've [D] had so long.
_ When [G] somebody _ hears, [Dm] _ _ listening [G] to the fear that's [F] gone.
[G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Strangling [G] by those sheets of paper.
[D] _ _ _ [G] Hoping for the arms that met [Dm] her.
_ [D] Get [G] to me sooner or [Dm] later.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ I'll [G] keep holding [D] on.
_ _ I'll keep [G] _ holding on.
[D] _ _ I'll keep [G] _ holding [Dm] on.
[G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ Holding [G] back the years. _
[Dm] _ _ Chants [G] for me to escape from all [Dm] I've known.
[D] Holding [G] back the tears.
[Dm] _ _ [D] There's nothing [G] there is grown.
[F] _
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ I've wasted [G] all my _ [Gm] _ [Am] tears. _ _
[G] Those years.
[Am] _ _ There's nothing [G] left a chance to be [Dm] good.
_ [Am] Nothing [G] ever could.
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Am] [D] I'll keep [G] _ holding on.
I'll keep [Dm] holding on.
I'll keep [G] _ [C] holding on.
[G] _
[D] _ I'll [A] keep [G] holding [C] on.
I'll [Am] _ _ [Dm] keep [G] holding on.
_ [D] The flow so tight.
_ [G] _
_ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F#] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A#m] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
All right.
All right. _ _ _
[Am] I've _ [G] wasted all my _ tears.
[Am] _ Wasted [G] all those _ [Dm] years.
[Am] _ And nothing [G] had a chance to be good.
[Am] _ Because nothing [G] ever could.
All right.
_ _ [Bm] _ [Dm] _ _ I'll [G] keep holding on.
Gonna [D] keep [Dm] holding on.
I'll [G] keep holding on.
[Gm] [A] Holding on to [Dm] my baby.
I'll keep [G]
holding on.
You and me, [Dm] me and you girl.
I'll [G] keep holding on.
Holding, holding, holding _
_ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ on.
[G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [G] [D] It's [G] all I have _ [Dm] today.
It's all [G] I have to say. _
[Dm] _ It's [Am] all I [G] have today. _ _
[C] _ [G] It's all I have to say.
[F#] _ [G] _
It's [Dm] all I have [G] today.
_ [Dm] _
It's [C] all I [G] have to say.
_ _ [Dm] _
That's all I [C] have to _ say _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _