Chords for Holding Back The Years

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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Holding [G] back the _ years, _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] thinking [G] of the fear I've [C] had so [G] long.
[Dm] _ _ _ _
[Am] When _ [G] somebody _ hears, _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] listen [G] to the fear that's _ gone. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
Strangled [G] by the wishes of _ Peter, [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] hoping [G] for the arm of [C] nature.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Am] Get to [G] me sooner or later, _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] nothing [G] ever _ _ _ _ could.
_ Yeah. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ I'll _ keep [G] _ _ holding on.
I'll [A] keep [Dm] holding on. _ _
I'll [G] keep _ _ holding on.
Keep [Dm] holding on.
_ I'll _ [G] keep _ _ holding on.
Can't [Dm] let you go, babe.
_ I'll _ [G] keep _ _ holding on.
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] Holding [G] back the years, _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] chance for [G] me to escape from all I know.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Holding [G] back the tears, yeah.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ There's nothing [G] here has grown. _ _
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ I've [Am] wasted [G] all my tears, _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
wasted [G] all those _ [C] years. _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ Nothing [Am] had the [G] chance to be good. _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ Nothing _ [G] ever could.
_ Yeah.
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All right.
_ [Am] _ _ _ I'll keep [G] _ _ _ holding on.
I'm going to keep [D] holding [Am] on.
_ I'll keep [G] _ _ holding on.
Holding [A] and holding and holding.
[Dm] I'll keep [G] _ _ holding on.
I'll keep [A] holding, babe.
I'll _ [G] keep _ holding on.
So _ tight. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ I've wasted [G] all my _ tears. _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
I've wasted [G] all those _ [G] precious years.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nothing [G] had the chance to be good.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
Nothing [G] ever could. _ _ _
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ I'll _ [G] keep _ holding on. _ _
[A] I'm going to hold on.
[Am] I'll keep [G] _ _ holding on.
I'm going [Am] to hold on.
_ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ I'll keep holding on.
Can't let [B] you go.
_ _ [Dm] I'll keep [G] _ holding on. _
_ _ _ _ _ I'll keep holding and holding [Dm] and _ holding on.
[Am]
I'll keep [G] _ _ holding on.
I can't [A] let you go for [Am] nobody.
I'll keep [G] _ _ _ holding on.
I'm going to keep holding [Am] and holding, babe.
I'll [G] keep _ holding on. _ _
_ [Am] I'll _ _ _ _ keep _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ holding _ _ _ _ on.
[Dm] I'll keep holding, holding on, _ [G] on.
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ I'll keep [Dm] holding on.
So tight. _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ I can't let you go.
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