Holding Back The Years Chords by Randy Crawford

[Fm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ Holding back [Bb] the years _ _
[Ab] _ Thinking [Bb] of the fear I've had so long
[Cm] When somebody [Bb] _ hears _
[Eb] Listen _ [Ab] [Bb] to the fear that's gone
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ Strangled [Bb] by the wishes I've paid [Ab] for _ _ [D] Hoping for the irons [Bb] I've made for
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] Get to me the sooner [Bb] or later _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] Holding _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] [Bb] back the _ [D] years
[Cm] _ A chance for [Bb] me to escape from all I've known [Ab] _ _ Holding [Bb] back the tears
[Gm] _ _
[Ab] Cause nothing [Bb] here is wrong [Ab] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ I've wasted [Gm] all my _ [Fm] tears
_ [Eb] Wasted [Ab] all [Gm] of those _ [Ab] years _ _ Nothing [Bb] had the chance to be [D] good
[Cm] _ _ Nothing [Bb] ever could, [Cm] oh [Gm] _ _ _
[Fm] I'll [Eb] _ _ [Bb] keep holding on
[Cm] I'll _ [Bb] keep holding on [Ab] _ I'll keep [Bb] holding on
[Ab] _ I'll [Bb] keep holding [Cm]
[Bb] on
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Fm] Well [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ I've wasted all my tears _ [Gm] _ [Ab] _ Wasted all [D] of those [Fm] years
[Ab] And _ nothing [Gm] had the chance to be good [Ab] Cause _ [Bb] nothing ever could, [Ab] oh
[Gm] _ _ _
[Ab] I'll _ _ [Gm] keep holding on [Cm] _ I'll [Ab] keep [Bb] holding on
[Ab] I'll keep [Bb] _ holding on [Cm] _ I'll keep [Bb] _ holding [Ab] _
[Gm] on
_ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] I _ [Ab] keep holding on.
[Gm] I _ _ _
[Fm] keep [Ab] holding on.
I keep holding [Gm] [Cm] on.
[Ab] Holding on.
_ Holding on.
That's all I've got to say.
_ [Gm] Holding [Ab] on.
I keep holding on.
Holding [Bb] on.
[Fm] _
_ [Ab] Strangled by the whistle [Bb] I made for. _ _
[Ab] I'll keep holding on.
[Gm] _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ Longing for the [Eb] arms I made for. _
Keep [Ab] holding on.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[Fm] I'll keep [Ab] holding [Bb] on. _ _ _
[Ab] _ Holding [Bb] on. Holding on.
[Fm] _ I'll [Ab] keep [Gm] _ holding on.
[Ab] _ I'll [Gm] keep holding on. _
[Ab] _ I'll keep [D] holding [Gm] on.
[Ab] _ I'll [Gm] keep_ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _