Chords for Terence Trent D'Arby - Holding On To You (Sananda Maitreya)

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[E] [C#] I left the east side for west coast [D#m] beauty, a girl who buried my [F#m] thoughts like [D#m] kisses.
She was down by street decree, she swore [C#] she'd do my best, [F#] she years I mean.
[C#] I painted lips on a lime, [D#m] a tangerine girl with tambourine eyes.
Her face was my favorite magazine, her body was [C#] my favorite [D#m] book to read.
[F#] They say that all poets [C#] must [D#m] have an unrequited [C#] love.
As [F#] all lovers [C#] must [D#m] have thought [F#] provoking fears, but holding on [C#] to you means letting go [F#] of pain,
means letting go [C#] of tears, means letting [D#m] go of rain, [F#] means letting [D#m] go of _ [C#] what's not _ [F#] real.
Holding on [C#] to you.
[B] _ [E] [C#] I left the rough side for a seaside baby, [D#m] a chamomile smile to pounce on cue.
[F] [D#m] Every moment I breathed her sigh, her [C#] bosom contained [F#] my sweet alibi.
[C#] In an [A#m] emotional mist she breathes it forth [D#m] and breathes it out as garden flowers.
Wipe me of all the tough talking boys, I guess you heard [C#] my heart beat [F#] through the noise.
They say that all poets [C#] must [D#m] have an unrequited [C#] [F#] love.
[C#] As [F#] all lovers must [D#m] have thought provoking [F#] fears, but holding on [C#] to you means letting go [F#] 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 not [F#] real.
Holding [C#] on to you.
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All [Fm] poets must [D#m] have an [C#] unrequited _ love.
[F#] As [C#] all lovers must [D#m] have thought [F#] provoking fears, but holding [C#] on to you means letting [F#] sorrow steal,
means letting [D#m] go of [A#m] what's not [D#m] [F#] real.
[C#] Holding on to you.
I left the East Coast for a West Coast beauty, [D#m] a woman who had thought my kisses.
[G#] She was down, down [D#m] my street decree.
[C#] She swore [F#] she'd pull my best year out of [C#] me.
Fattened wet lips on a see-saw canvas.
[D#m] Goodbye, Picasso, [A#m] hello, [D#m] Dolly.
The soil [C#] is fertile where [D#m] footsteps trot.
[C#] She's my new [F#] religion, she's all I got.
They say that all [C#] poets must [F#] have an unrequited [C#] love. _
[F#] As all [C#] lovers [D#m] must 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. _
[C#] Holding on to you.
Means letting [F#] sorrow steal.
It means letting go.
[C#] It means letting go of pain.
It means letting [F#] go of pain.
Yes! _
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Letting go of tears.
[C#] It means letting go of rain.
It means [F#] turning the page.
It means letting go of pain.
[C#] Yes!
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