Holding Back The Years

by Simply Red

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Slow and smoothly played Ballad 


  8    -9    8     7    -8 
Hold - ing  back  the  years
  8      -9  8  7   -8   -8   -7 -6  6  -6   
Think - ing of the fear I've had~~~ so long
 8     -9  8   7    -8
When  some-bo-dy  hears~~~
 8   -9   8   7    -8    -8     -6 -7
list-en  to  the  fear  that's gone~~~
 8    -9  8   7  -8  -8 -8 -7 -6  6
Strangled by the wishes of pat~~~ter
 8  -9  8   7   -8  -8 -7 -6  6
Hoping for the arms of mat~~~ter
 8    -9  8   7    -8   -10 -10  9 
Noth-ing had the chance to  be good
 9   -9 8  -9   8  -8    -8  7 -7
Nothing ev-er could~~~  Yeah~~~~~~~
-7   -6 6    6  (sus)    
oh  ~~~~~~  Well~~~~
 -6    7      -7     -6   6 
I'll  keep   hold - ing  on
 -6    7      -7    -6    6
I'll  keep   hold - ing  on 
 -6    7      -7    -6    6 
I'll  keep   hold - ing  on
 -6    7      -7    -6    6
I'll  keep   hold - ing  on......