Holding On To You Chords by Sananda Maitreya

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[E] [C#] left the east side for west coast beauty, [D#m] a girl who burned my thoughts like kisses.
She was down by street decree, she swore she'd [F#] pull my best years out of [C#] me.
Fat painted lips on a live [D#m] wire beauty, a tangerine girl with tambourine eyes.
Her face was my favorite magazine, her [C#] body was [D#m] my favorite book to read.
[F#] They say that [C#] all poets must [D#m] have an [C#] unrequited love. _
[F#] As all [A#m] lovers must [D#m] have thought [F#] provoking fears.
But holding [C#] on to you means letting [F#] go of pain,
means letting [C#] go of tears, means [A#m] letting [F#] go of rain, means letting [D#m] go of [Fm] what's not [F#] _ real.
Holding [C#] on to you.
[B] _ [E] _ [C#] Left the rough side for a seaside [D#] baby, a [D#m] chamomile smile that pounce on cue.
For every moment I breathe her sigh, her [C#] bosom [F#] contains my sweet alibi.
[C#] In an emotional [A#m] mist she breathes in thought [D#m] and breathes it out as garden flowers.
Wipe me of all the tough talking boys, I guess [C#] you heard my heart [F#] beat through the noise.
They say that all [C#] poets must [D#m] have an unrequited [C#] [F#] love.
[C#] Yes they do.
[F#] As all lovers must [D#m] have thought [F#] provoking fears.
But holding [C#] on to you means letting [F#] go of pain, means letting [C#] go of tears, means letting [F#] go of rain.
Holding [C#] on to you means letting [F#] sorrow steal, means letting [D#m] go of [Fm] what's [F#] not real.
Holding [C#] on to you.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] [F#] People say that all [Fm] poets must [D#m] have an [C#] unrequited _ love.
[F#] As [C#] all lovers I'm [D#m] sure must [F#] have thought provoking fears.
But holding [C#] on to you means letting [F#] sorrows heal, means letting [D#m] go of [A#m] what's [F#] not real.
[C#] Holding on to you.
I left the east coast for a west coast beauty, [D#m] a woman who had don't love [G#] kisses.
She was down down [D#m] my street degree.
[C#] She swore [F#] she'd pull my best year out of [C#] me.
Fat wet lips on a sea salt canvas.
[D#m] Goodbye Picasso, [A#m] hello [D#m] Dolly.
[C#] The soil is [D#m] fertile where footsteps trot.
[C#] She's my new [F#] religion, she's all I got.
They say that all [C#] poets must [D#m] have an unrequited [C#] love. _ _
[F#] As all [C#] lovers [D#m] I'm sure must [F#] have thought provoking fears.
Yeah!
Holding [C#] on to you means letting [F#] go of pain, means [C#] letting go of tears, means letting [F#] go of rain.
Holding [C#] on to you means [A#m] letting [F#] sorrows heal, means letting go, [C#] means letting go of pain.
[F#] It means letting go of pain.
Yeah! _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ It means letting go [C#] of tears, it means letting go of rain.
[F#] It means turning the page, it means letting go of pain.
[C#] Yeah!
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