Holding Back The Years Chords by The Isley Brothers

[Dm] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em]
[C] Yeah, _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] [Am] yeah, [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
[F] yeah.
_ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ Holding [Em] back the years, _ [F] _
_ _ thinking about [Em] the fears [C] I've had [F] so long.
_ [Dm] Won't [G] somebody [Am] hear, _
[F] _ _ listen to [Em] the feeling [C] strong.
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ I'm [Em] strangled by the wishes of father, [Am] _ _ [F] _ hoping for [Em] the arms [Am] of mother.
_ [Dm] _ Get to [Em] me sooner or later.
[G] _ _ Yeah, [Am] _ [Dm] yeah.
_ [Em] _ And I [Am] know, I know, I [Dm] know.
_ _ [Em] _ Well, [Am] _
_ _ holding [G] back the years, [Am] _
_ [F] _ chance for [G] me to escape from all [C] I know.
[Dm] _ _ Holding [G] back the tears, [Am] _ _ [F] nothing here [G] has grown.
Nothing here, yeah, has grown.
[Dm] I wasted [Em] all my _ [Am] [Dm] tears.
I wasted all [Em] [G] those precious [Am] [Dm] years.
_ Nothing [Em] had a chance to be [Am] good.
[Dm] _ [F] _ Cause [G] nothing ever [Em] could.
_ [G] _ No, no, [Dm] no.
I'll keep [G] _ holding on.
Yes, [F] I'll keep [Am] holding.
I'll keep [G] _ holding on.
[Am] Nothing better to do than.
I'll [G] keep holding on.
[Dm] Hold, hold me.
I'll [G] keep holding [Em] on.
[G] Holding on.
[Dm] _ _ Yeah.
[Em] _ _ No, [Dm] hold _ [G] me.
_ _ Oh, _ _ _ _ yeah.
_ _ _ And [Dm] I wasted [Em] all my [C] tears.
[Dm] _ [Am] _ Wasted [Em] all those [C] precious [Dm] years.
Nothing [Em] had a chance to be [Dm] good.
Cause nothing, [Em] nothing ever could.
[G] _ _ Yeah, [C] oh.
I'll [G] keep [C] [Em] holding on.
[C] Oh, yes, I'll keep holding.
[Dm] I'll keep [Em] _ holding on.
[Dm] Oh, holding on.
I'll [G] keep [Em] holding [C] on.
Oh, I'll just keep holding on.
I'll [G] keep holding on.
Holding, _ holding, holding, [Am] [G] holding. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] [Am] holding
I'm [Dm] gonna hold on you
_ [Am] _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ [C] I'm [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] gonna hold on you
_ _ [G] _ [F] _ [Em] _ [C] _
[F] [Am] I'll _ [Em] keep _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ holding [C] on
_ I _ [Em] _ _ _
[F] guess I keep [Dm] holding _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] on [C] _ _ [Em] Well
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] Oh
[Dm] _ Oh
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
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