Chords for Simply Red - Holding Back The Years (Official 4K Remaster)
Tempo:
86.5 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Gb
Ebm
Fm
Db
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Gb] .
[Fm] [Gb] .
[Ab] [Ebm] .
[Ab] Folding back the years, [Gb] .
[Ebm] thinking [Ab] of the fear I've [Db] had [Ebm] so long.
[Bbm] When [Ab] somebody hears, [Bbm] [Ebm] .
listen [Ab] to the fear that's grown.
[Gb] [Ab] Strangled by the wishes that fade, [Gb] hoping [Ab] for the arms I've made.
[Gb] Get [Ab] to me the sooner or later, [Ebm] .
I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding [Fm] on.
[Gb] .
I'll keep [Ab] holding on.
.
[Ebm] [Ab] Holding back the years, [Db] [Gb] chance [Ab] for me escape from [Db] all [Ebm] I've lost.
Holding [Ab] back the tears, [Db] [Ebm] cause [Ab] nothing here was wrong.
[Gb] [Ab] [Gb] .
I've wasted [Ab] all my tears, [Gb] .
[Ebm] wasted [Ab] all those [Db] years.
[Ebm] .
[Ab] Nothing had the chance to [Db] be [Bbm].
[Ebm] good, nothing [Ab] ever could.
Yeah, oh [Gb] well.
I'll [Fm].
keep [Ab] holding [Fm] on.
[Gb] I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] I'll [Fm].
[Db] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] [Ebm] I'll keep [Ab] .
holding on.
[Ebm] .
[Bbm] [Ab] [Bbm] .
[Ebm] [Ab] [Ebm] [Ab] .
[Ebm] Alright, [Ab] [Gb] come on [Ab] now.
Well [Ebm] I've wasted [Ab] all my tears, [Gb] wasted [Ab].
all of those [Db] years.
[Gb] And nothing [Ab] had the chance to be [Gb] good, cause nothing [Ab] ever could.
[Gb] [Ab] Oh, [Ebm] .
I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] .
I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] .
[Ebm] I'll keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] .
[Ebm] I'll [Ab] keep holding on.
Holding, [Ebm] holding, [Ab] holding back.
[Ebm] .
[Bbm] [Fm] [Ab] [Bbm] I [Ebm] said, oh [Ab] well.
[Ebm] .
That's all [C] I have [Ab] to say.
[Gb] .
That's all [Ab] I have to say.
[Ebm] [Ab] [Gb] .
[Ab] [C] .
[N] .
[Fm] [Gb] .
[Ab] [Ebm] .
[Ab] Folding back the years, [Gb] .
[Ebm] thinking [Ab] of the fear I've [Db] had [Ebm] so long.
[Bbm] When [Ab] somebody hears, [Bbm] [Ebm] .
listen [Ab] to the fear that's grown.
[Gb] [Ab] Strangled by the wishes that fade, [Gb] hoping [Ab] for the arms I've made.
[Gb] Get [Ab] to me the sooner or later, [Ebm] .
I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding [Fm] on.
[Gb] .
I'll keep [Ab] holding on.
.
[Ebm] [Ab] Holding back the years, [Db] [Gb] chance [Ab] for me escape from [Db] all [Ebm] I've lost.
Holding [Ab] back the tears, [Db] [Ebm] cause [Ab] nothing here was wrong.
[Gb] [Ab] [Gb] .
I've wasted [Ab] all my tears, [Gb] .
[Ebm] wasted [Ab] all those [Db] years.
[Ebm] .
[Ab] Nothing had the chance to [Db] be [Bbm].
[Ebm] good, nothing [Ab] ever could.
Yeah, oh [Gb] well.
I'll [Fm].
keep [Ab] holding [Fm] on.
[Gb] I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] I'll [Fm].
[Db] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] [Ebm] I'll keep [Ab] .
holding on.
[Ebm] .
[Bbm] [Ab] [Bbm] .
[Ebm] [Ab] [Ebm] [Ab] .
[Ebm] Alright, [Ab] [Gb] come on [Ab] now.
Well [Ebm] I've wasted [Ab] all my tears, [Gb] wasted [Ab].
all of those [Db] years.
[Gb] And nothing [Ab] had the chance to be [Gb] good, cause nothing [Ab] ever could.
[Gb] [Ab] Oh, [Ebm] .
I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] .
I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] .
[Ebm] I'll keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] .
[Ebm] I'll [Ab] keep holding on.
Holding, [Ebm] holding, [Ab] holding back.
[Ebm] .
[Bbm] [Fm] [Ab] [Bbm] I [Ebm] said, oh [Ab] well.
[Ebm] .
That's all [C] I have [Ab] to say.
[Gb] .
That's all [Ab] I have to say.
[Ebm] [Ab] [Gb] .
[Ab] [C] .
[N] .
Key:
Ab
Gb
Ebm
Fm
Db
Ab
Gb
Ebm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ .
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ .
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ .
_ _ [Ab] Folding back the years, _ [Gb] _ .
[Ebm] _ thinking [Ab] of the fear I've [Db] had [Ebm] so long.
[Bbm] When [Ab] somebody hears, [Bbm] _ [Ebm] _ .
_ listen [Ab] to the fear that's grown.
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] Strangled by the wishes that fade, [Gb] _ _ hoping [Ab] for the arms I've made.
[Gb] _ _ Get [Ab] to me the sooner or later, _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ .
_ I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding [Fm] on.
[Gb] _ .
_ I'll keep [Ab] _ holding on.
_ .
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] Holding back the years, [Db] _ [Gb] _ _ chance [Ab] for me escape from [Db] all [Ebm] I've lost.
Holding [Ab] back the tears, [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _ cause [Ab] nothing here was wrong.
[Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ .
_ I've wasted [Ab] all my tears, [Gb] _ .
[Ebm] _ wasted [Ab] all those [Db] years.
[Ebm] _ .
_ _ [Ab] Nothing had the chance to [Db] be [Bbm].
[Ebm] good, nothing [Ab] ever could.
Yeah, _ _ oh [Gb] well.
I'll [Fm].
keep [Ab] holding [Fm] on.
[Gb] _ _ I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] _ _ I'll [Fm].
[Db] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] _ _ [Ebm] I'll keep [Ab] _ .
holding on.
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ .
_ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ .
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Ab] _ .
_ [Ebm] Alright, [Ab] _ _ [Gb] come on [Ab] now.
_ Well [Ebm] I've _ wasted [Ab] all my tears, _ [Gb] _ _ wasted [Ab].
all of those [Db] years.
[Gb] _ _ And nothing [Ab] had the chance to be [Gb] good, _ cause nothing [Ab] ever could.
[Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ Oh, [Ebm] _ .
_ I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] _ .
_ I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] _ .
[Ebm] _ I'll keep [Ab] _ holding on.
[Gb] _ .
[Ebm] _ I'll [Ab] keep holding on.
Holding, [Ebm] holding, [Ab] holding back.
[Ebm] _ .
_ _ [Bbm] _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] I [Ebm] said, oh [Ab] well.
_ _ [Ebm] _ .
That's all [C] I have [Ab] to say.
_ [Gb] _ .
That's all [Ab] I have to say.
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ .
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [C] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ .
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ .
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ .
_ _ [Ab] Folding back the years, _ [Gb] _ .
[Ebm] _ thinking [Ab] of the fear I've [Db] had [Ebm] so long.
[Bbm] When [Ab] somebody hears, [Bbm] _ [Ebm] _ .
_ listen [Ab] to the fear that's grown.
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] Strangled by the wishes that fade, [Gb] _ _ hoping [Ab] for the arms I've made.
[Gb] _ _ Get [Ab] to me the sooner or later, _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ .
_ I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding [Fm] on.
[Gb] _ .
_ I'll keep [Ab] _ holding on.
_ .
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] Holding back the years, [Db] _ [Gb] _ _ chance [Ab] for me escape from [Db] all [Ebm] I've lost.
Holding [Ab] back the tears, [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _ cause [Ab] nothing here was wrong.
[Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ .
_ I've wasted [Ab] all my tears, [Gb] _ .
[Ebm] _ wasted [Ab] all those [Db] years.
[Ebm] _ .
_ _ [Ab] Nothing had the chance to [Db] be [Bbm].
[Ebm] good, nothing [Ab] ever could.
Yeah, _ _ oh [Gb] well.
I'll [Fm].
keep [Ab] holding [Fm] on.
[Gb] _ _ I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] _ _ I'll [Fm].
[Db] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] _ _ [Ebm] I'll keep [Ab] _ .
holding on.
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ .
_ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ .
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Ab] _ .
_ [Ebm] Alright, [Ab] _ _ [Gb] come on [Ab] now.
_ Well [Ebm] I've _ wasted [Ab] all my tears, _ [Gb] _ _ wasted [Ab].
all of those [Db] years.
[Gb] _ _ And nothing [Ab] had the chance to be [Gb] good, _ cause nothing [Ab] ever could.
[Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ Oh, [Ebm] _ .
_ I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] _ .
_ I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding on.
[Gb] _ .
[Ebm] _ I'll keep [Ab] _ holding on.
[Gb] _ .
[Ebm] _ I'll [Ab] keep holding on.
Holding, [Ebm] holding, [Ab] holding back.
[Ebm] _ .
_ _ [Bbm] _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] I [Ebm] said, oh [Ab] well.
_ _ [Ebm] _ .
That's all [C] I have [Ab] to say.
_ [Gb] _ .
That's all [Ab] I have to say.
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ .
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [C] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ .