Chords for Barnes Family - I'm Still Holding On
Tempo:
95.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
Bm
Gm
Eb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D]
[Gm] [Bm]
[E] [A] [D]
[Gm] [Bm] [Gm]
[D]
This [Bm] is the most appropriate [Gb] song for the ending of this video.
[D] We've [Gb]
been together for a [Bm] long time.
I've been with [Gm] them all [D] my life.
They've been singing for a very long time.
When I look around [Bm] and I see my daddy, [Gb]
[Bb] [D] this is my daddy.
Now my daddy's been real sick.
[Bm] I'm going to [Gm] call my uncle Hayward.
[D] Still holding on.
My uncle Pope.
[Bm] Still holding on.
All these [Gm] guys have been through sickness, but [D] I'm still holding on.
[Bm] When [Gm]
[D] I look out, [Gb]
I think about what Roy [Bm] Marston said.
Now you don't find very [Gm] many quartets that still sing the big quartet.
[D] But the Sunset Diva, [Gb] man.
The Night of Dead.
[Bm] Willie Neal, even though he's gone.
[Gm]
The Jackson Southern Band.
[D] All of those guys are old.
And they're still [Bm] holding on.
They just [Gm]
[A] [D] can't help but hear.
We all gotta pray.
[Bm] [D] Help them [Gm] hear.
[D]
[Bm] Because you pray.
I [Gm]
know some of you.
[D] Let me take that out.
Y'all need to [Gb] edit that part.
[Bm] Saying that we won't go make it.
[Gm]
I know to me that I won't go [D] amount to anything.
[Bb]
[Bm] But [Gm]
look at us [D] now.
Look at us [Gb] now.
[Bm] The people here, we're still holding on.
[Gm]
[D]
That's the only [Bm] way our pastor makes it.
He's [Gm] 77 years old, but he's still [D] going strong.
Still holding on.
To God's [Gb] unchanged hand.
Let me sing this.
[Bm] [Gm]
[A] [D] They [Gb] said I wouldn't make it.
[Bm] [Gm] Some said I wouldn't be here today.
[D] [Bm] [E] They said I'd never [Bm] amount [D] to anything.
[A]
[B] I'm [G] [B]
glad to say [G] that [B] I'm on my [Gb] way.
[G] [D] And I'm [Em] growing more and [A] more and more [D] each day.
[A]
[D] Well, we started out.
[Gbm]
[D] [Am] That [D] started out with [Bm] me.
But now, [C] some of them are going astray.
Not [E] all of them.
[D] That's all right.
I can see.
I [G] feel holding on.
If you're holding on, practice that.
[D] Yeah.
[G] Holding on.
[D]
[D] I'm [G] still holding on.
[A]
To my [D] God's hand.
[G] If you're holding on, [D] [Em] [E]
[A] [D] [A] practice that.
I'm still [Am] holding on.
[D] Yeah.
[G] Yes, I'm feeling [Gbm]
[G] good today, man.
[D] [Db]
[D] I'm feeling
[C] [D]
[G] good [Gbm]
[G] today.
[Em] [D]
[E] [Ab] [G]
[A] [D] I'm feeling good today.
[G] Well, we got a [D] band.
We're going to sing.
[Bb] [Eb]
I'm still holding [Bbm] on.
[Eb] [Ab]
Yes, I'm [Bb] feeling [Fm] good today, [Bb] man.
So, you've got [Ab] to sing [Eb] like.
[Bb] Oh, [Bbm] [Eb]
[Ab] baby,
[Gm] [Fm] you've got to sing.
Oh, [Eb] yeah.
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Ab] [Bb]
[Eb] Yeah.
[Db]
[Bb] [C] [Eb] Oh, yeah, yeah.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Db] Yeah.
Yeah.
[C]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Cm] [Fm]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Db] Yeah.
[C] [Cm]
[Bb] Oh, [Eb] yeah, yeah.
[F]
[Gm] [Bm]
[E] [A] [D]
[Gm] [Bm] [Gm]
[D]
This [Bm] is the most appropriate [Gb] song for the ending of this video.
[D] We've [Gb]
been together for a [Bm] long time.
I've been with [Gm] them all [D] my life.
They've been singing for a very long time.
When I look around [Bm] and I see my daddy, [Gb]
[Bb] [D] this is my daddy.
Now my daddy's been real sick.
[Bm] I'm going to [Gm] call my uncle Hayward.
[D] Still holding on.
My uncle Pope.
[Bm] Still holding on.
All these [Gm] guys have been through sickness, but [D] I'm still holding on.
[Bm] When [Gm]
[D] I look out, [Gb]
I think about what Roy [Bm] Marston said.
Now you don't find very [Gm] many quartets that still sing the big quartet.
[D] But the Sunset Diva, [Gb] man.
The Night of Dead.
[Bm] Willie Neal, even though he's gone.
[Gm]
The Jackson Southern Band.
[D] All of those guys are old.
And they're still [Bm] holding on.
They just [Gm]
[A] [D] can't help but hear.
We all gotta pray.
[Bm] [D] Help them [Gm] hear.
[D]
[Bm] Because you pray.
I [Gm]
know some of you.
[D] Let me take that out.
Y'all need to [Gb] edit that part.
[Bm] Saying that we won't go make it.
[Gm]
I know to me that I won't go [D] amount to anything.
[Bb]
[Bm] But [Gm]
look at us [D] now.
Look at us [Gb] now.
[Bm] The people here, we're still holding on.
[Gm]
[D]
That's the only [Bm] way our pastor makes it.
He's [Gm] 77 years old, but he's still [D] going strong.
Still holding on.
To God's [Gb] unchanged hand.
Let me sing this.
[Bm] [Gm]
[A] [D] They [Gb] said I wouldn't make it.
[Bm] [Gm] Some said I wouldn't be here today.
[D] [Bm] [E] They said I'd never [Bm] amount [D] to anything.
[A]
[B] I'm [G] [B]
glad to say [G] that [B] I'm on my [Gb] way.
[G] [D] And I'm [Em] growing more and [A] more and more [D] each day.
[A]
[D] Well, we started out.
[Gbm]
[D] [Am] That [D] started out with [Bm] me.
But now, [C] some of them are going astray.
Not [E] all of them.
[D] That's all right.
I can see.
I [G] feel holding on.
If you're holding on, practice that.
[D] Yeah.
[G] Holding on.
[D]
[D] I'm [G] still holding on.
[A]
To my [D] God's hand.
[G] If you're holding on, [D] [Em] [E]
[A] [D] [A] practice that.
I'm still [Am] holding on.
[D] Yeah.
[G] Yes, I'm feeling [Gbm]
[G] good today, man.
[D] [Db]
[D] I'm feeling
[C] [D]
[G] good [Gbm]
[G] today.
[Em] [D]
[E] [Ab] [G]
[A] [D] I'm feeling good today.
[G] Well, we got a [D] band.
We're going to sing.
[Bb] [Eb]
I'm still holding [Bbm] on.
[Eb] [Ab]
Yes, I'm [Bb] feeling [Fm] good today, [Bb] man.
So, you've got [Ab] to sing [Eb] like.
[Bb] Oh, [Bbm] [Eb]
[Ab] baby,
[Gm] [Fm] you've got to sing.
Oh, [Eb] yeah.
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Ab] [Bb]
[Eb] Yeah.
[Db]
[Bb] [C] [Eb] Oh, yeah, yeah.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Db] Yeah.
Yeah.
[C]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Cm] [Fm]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Db] Yeah.
[C] [Cm]
[Bb] Oh, [Eb] yeah, yeah.
[F]
Key:
D
Bm
Gm
Eb
G
D
Bm
Gm
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
This [Bm] is the _ most appropriate [Gb] song for the ending of this video.
[D] _ _ We've [Gb] _
been together for a [Bm] long time.
_ I've been with [Gm] them all [D] my life.
_ _ They've been singing for a very long time.
When I look around _ [Bm] _ and I see my daddy, [Gb] _
[Bb] _ [D] this is my daddy.
_ _ Now my daddy's been real sick.
[Bm] _ _ I'm going to [Gm] call my uncle Hayward.
_ [D] Still holding on.
My _ uncle Pope.
_ [Bm] Still holding on.
All these [Gm] guys have been through sickness, but [D] _ _ _ I'm still holding on.
_ [Bm] _ _ When [Gm] _
_ _ [D] I look out, _ _ [Gb]
I think about what Roy [Bm] Marston said.
Now you don't find very [Gm] many quartets that still sing the big quartet.
[D] _ But the Sunset Diva, [Gb] man.
The Night of Dead.
[Bm] _ Willie Neal, even though he's gone.
[Gm]
The Jackson Southern Band.
[D] All of those guys are old.
And they're still [Bm] holding on.
They just _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ can't help but hear.
We all gotta pray.
_ [Bm] _ [D] _ _ Help them [Gm] hear.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] Because you pray.
I _ [Gm] _
know some of you.
[D] Let me take that out.
Y'all need to [Gb] edit that part.
_ [Bm] Saying that we won't go make it.
_ [Gm] _
I know to me that I won't go [D] amount to anything.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Bm] But _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ look at us [D] now.
_ Look at us [Gb] now.
_ [Bm] The people here, we're still holding on.
_ [Gm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
That's the only [Bm] way our pastor makes it.
He's [Gm] 77 years old, but he's still [D] going strong.
Still holding on.
To God's [Gb] unchanged hand.
Let me sing this.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ They [Gb] said I wouldn't make it.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Gm] Some said I wouldn't be here today.
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] They said I'd never [Bm] amount [D] to anything.
_ [A] _ _
[B] I'm _ [G] _ _ _ _ [B]
glad to say [G] _ that _ [B] I'm on my [Gb] way.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] And I'm [Em] growing more and [A] more and more _ [D] each day.
[A] _
_ _ [D] Well, we started out.
_ [Gbm] _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ That [D] started out with [Bm] me.
_ _ But now, _ [C] some of them are going astray.
Not [E] all of them.
[D] That's all right.
I can see.
_ I _ [G] _ feel holding on.
If you're holding on, practice that.
[D] _ _ _ Yeah.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Holding on.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[D] I'm [G] still _ holding on.
_ [A]
To my [D] God's hand.
[G] If you're holding on, _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] practice that.
I'm still [Am] holding on.
_ _ [D] _ Yeah.
_ [G] _ _ _ Yes, I'm feeling [Gbm] _
[G] good today, man.
[D] _ _ [Db] _
_ [D] _ I'm feeling _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ good _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _
[G] _ today.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] I'm feeling good today.
_ _ [G] _ _ Well, we got a [D] band.
We're going to sing.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ I'm still holding [Bbm] on. _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Yes, I'm [Bb] feeling [Fm] good today, [Bb] man.
So, you've got [Ab] to sing [Eb] like. _ _ _
_ [Bb] Oh, [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] baby, _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [Fm] _ you've got to sing. _ _
Oh, [Eb] yeah.
_ _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _
[F] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] Yeah.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ [Eb] _ Oh, yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Db] Yeah.
Yeah.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Db] Yeah.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] Oh, [Eb] yeah, yeah.
_ _ [F] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
This [Bm] is the _ most appropriate [Gb] song for the ending of this video.
[D] _ _ We've [Gb] _
been together for a [Bm] long time.
_ I've been with [Gm] them all [D] my life.
_ _ They've been singing for a very long time.
When I look around _ [Bm] _ and I see my daddy, [Gb] _
[Bb] _ [D] this is my daddy.
_ _ Now my daddy's been real sick.
[Bm] _ _ I'm going to [Gm] call my uncle Hayward.
_ [D] Still holding on.
My _ uncle Pope.
_ [Bm] Still holding on.
All these [Gm] guys have been through sickness, but [D] _ _ _ I'm still holding on.
_ [Bm] _ _ When [Gm] _
_ _ [D] I look out, _ _ [Gb]
I think about what Roy [Bm] Marston said.
Now you don't find very [Gm] many quartets that still sing the big quartet.
[D] _ But the Sunset Diva, [Gb] man.
The Night of Dead.
[Bm] _ Willie Neal, even though he's gone.
[Gm]
The Jackson Southern Band.
[D] All of those guys are old.
And they're still [Bm] holding on.
They just _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ can't help but hear.
We all gotta pray.
_ [Bm] _ [D] _ _ Help them [Gm] hear.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] Because you pray.
I _ [Gm] _
know some of you.
[D] Let me take that out.
Y'all need to [Gb] edit that part.
_ [Bm] Saying that we won't go make it.
_ [Gm] _
I know to me that I won't go [D] amount to anything.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Bm] But _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ look at us [D] now.
_ Look at us [Gb] now.
_ [Bm] The people here, we're still holding on.
_ [Gm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
That's the only [Bm] way our pastor makes it.
He's [Gm] 77 years old, but he's still [D] going strong.
Still holding on.
To God's [Gb] unchanged hand.
Let me sing this.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ They [Gb] said I wouldn't make it.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Gm] Some said I wouldn't be here today.
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] They said I'd never [Bm] amount [D] to anything.
_ [A] _ _
[B] I'm _ [G] _ _ _ _ [B]
glad to say [G] _ that _ [B] I'm on my [Gb] way.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] And I'm [Em] growing more and [A] more and more _ [D] each day.
[A] _
_ _ [D] Well, we started out.
_ [Gbm] _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ That [D] started out with [Bm] me.
_ _ But now, _ [C] some of them are going astray.
Not [E] all of them.
[D] That's all right.
I can see.
_ I _ [G] _ feel holding on.
If you're holding on, practice that.
[D] _ _ _ Yeah.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Holding on.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[D] I'm [G] still _ holding on.
_ [A]
To my [D] God's hand.
[G] If you're holding on, _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] practice that.
I'm still [Am] holding on.
_ _ [D] _ Yeah.
_ [G] _ _ _ Yes, I'm feeling [Gbm] _
[G] good today, man.
[D] _ _ [Db] _
_ [D] _ I'm feeling _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ good _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _
[G] _ today.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] I'm feeling good today.
_ _ [G] _ _ Well, we got a [D] band.
We're going to sing.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ I'm still holding [Bbm] on. _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Yes, I'm [Bb] feeling [Fm] good today, [Bb] man.
So, you've got [Ab] to sing [Eb] like. _ _ _
_ [Bb] Oh, [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] baby, _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [Fm] _ you've got to sing. _ _
Oh, [Eb] yeah.
_ _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _
[F] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] Yeah.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ [Eb] _ Oh, yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Db] Yeah.
Yeah.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Db] Yeah.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] Oh, [Eb] yeah, yeah.
_ _ [F] _