Holding Back The Years Chords by Simply Red

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_ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] Holding back the year, _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] thinking of the fear I've had [Ebm] so long.
When [Ab] somebody feels, _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] listen to the fear that's gone.
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[Ab] Strangled by the wishes I've made, [Ebm] _ hoping [Ab] for the arms I've made.
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Get [Ab] to me the sooner I let go. _
_ [Ebm] _ _ I'll [Fm] keep [Ab] holding on, [Bbm] _ _ I'll [Ab] keep holding on.
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[Ab] Holding back the year, _ [Ebm] _ _
chance [Ab] for me escape from all [Ebm] I've lost. _
[Ab] Holding back the tears, [Ebm] _ _
cause [Ab] nothing here was wrong. _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] I've _ [Ab] wasted all my tears, [Ebm] _ _ wasted [Ab] all those years.
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] Nothing had the chance to be [Ebm] good, nothing [Ab] ever could.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ I'll keep [Fm] _ [Ab] holding on, _ [Ebm] _
I'll [Fm] keep _ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
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holding [Ab] _ _ on. _ _ _
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I've _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
wasted [Ab] all my tears, [Ebm] _ _
wasted [Ab] all those years.
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Nothing [Ab] had the chance to be [Ebm] good, _ nothing [Ab] ever could. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ I'll [Ab] keep holding on, [Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] I'll [Fm] keep _ [Ab] _
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_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] holding _ on.
Holding, holding _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] back _ _ [Ebm] the tears, _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
it's [Ebm] _ _ all [Ab] I have to say.
_ [Ebm] _ It's all [Ab] I say. _
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