Holding Back The Years Chords by Simply Red

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_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] Holding back the years, [Bbm] _ [Ebm] _ thinking [Ab] of the fear I've had [Ebm] so long.
When [Ab] somebody hears, _ [Ebm] _ _ listen [Ab] to the fear that's gone.
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_ [Ab] Strangled by the wishes of fate, [Ebm] _ _
hoping [Ab] for the arms I've made.
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Get [Ab] to me the sooner or later. _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ I'll [Ab] keep holding on, [Bbm] _ _ I'll [Ab] keep holding on.
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Holding [Ab] back the years, _ [Ebm] _ _
chance [Ab] for me escape from all [Ebm] I've known.
Holding [Ab] back the tears, _ [Ebm] _ _
cause [Ab] nothing here was grown. _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] Wasted _ [Ab] all my tears, [Bbm] _ [Ebm] _ wasted [Ab] all those years.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] Nothing had the chance to be [Ebm] good, nothing [Ab] ever could.
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I'll keep [Ab] _ holding on, [Bbm] _ _
[Ebm] I'll keep [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
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_ _ [Ab] holding on. _ _
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_ _ _ _ All _ _ I have _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
wasted [Ab] all my tears, _ [Ebm] _ _
wasted [Ab] all of those years.
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And nothing [Ab] had the chance to be [Bbm] good, cause nothing [Ab] ever could. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ I'll keep [Ab] _
holding on, [Bbm] _ [Ebm] I'll [Fm] keep _
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_ _ [Bbm] _ [Ebm] _ holding [Ab] _ _
on.
Holding, holding, holding.
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_ [Ebm] I said, _ ooh [Ab] well, _ _ [Ebm] _ that's all [Ab] I have to say.
_ [Ebm] _ That's all [Ab] I have to say.
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