Holding Back chords by Dougie Maclean

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

intro:
 G+G Cadd9Cadd9 E minor 7Em7 D MajorD

Verse 1:
 G+G      Cadd9Cadd9     E minor 7Em7  D MajorD
It's in the darkness of believing
 G+G     Cadd9Cadd9      E minor 7Em7   D MajorD
It's in the shadows where we have to stand
 E minorEm     D MajorD       Cadd9Cadd9
Beside the loving and the grieving
            D MajorD
Oh I'll never understand
 G+G    Cadd9Cadd9     E minor 7Em7  D MajorD
It's in the way it has to reach us
 G+G      Cadd9Cadd9     E minor 7Em7    D MajorD
It's in the restless of the shifting sand
 E minorEm     D MajorD        Cadd9Cadd9
And all the truth it has to teach us
            D MajorD
Oh I'll never understand

Chorus:
D MajorD    G+G           D MajorD
Holding back to listen to the ocean
     G+G            D MajorD
Holding back to dance inside the storm
     E minorEm      D MajorD   Cadd9Cadd9
I may be foolish but I don't care
    Cadd9Cadd9  D MajorD  E minorEm   Cadd9Cadd9 G+G E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
As long as you are there

Verse 2:
 G+G      Cadd9Cadd9     E minor 7Em7  D MajorD
From edge to edge we take our pleasure
  G+G      Cadd9Cadd9     E minor 7Em7  D MajorD
We follow blindly each insane command
 E minorEm     D MajorD       C majorC
Judged by some eternal measure
            D MajorD
Oh I'll never understand
  G+G      Cadd9Cadd9     E minor 7Em7  D MajorD
Oh and peace is child to no-one
 G+G      Cadd9Cadd9     E minor 7Em7  D MajorD
We're held together by an endless strand
 E minorEm     D MajorD       Cadd9Cadd9
First to be woven then to be undone
            D MajorD
Oh I'll never understand

Chorus:
D MajorD    G+G           D MajorD
Holding back to listen to the ocean
     G+G            D MajorD
Holding back to dance inside the storm
     E minorEm      D MajorD   Cadd9Cadd9
I may be foolish but I don't care
    Cadd9Cadd9  D MajorD  E minorEm   Cadd9Cadd9 G+G E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
As long as you are there

Verse 3:
 G+G      Cadd9Cadd9     E minor 7Em7  D MajorD
Soon all the promises are broken
 G+G      Cadd9Cadd9     E minor 7Em7  D MajorD
And expectation passes underhand
 E minorEm     D MajorD       Cadd9Cadd9
And not a gentle word is spoken
            D MajorD
Oh I'll never understand
 G+G      Cadd9Cadd9     E minor 7Em7  D MajorD
It's in the darkness of believing
 G+G      Cadd9Cadd9     E minor 7Em7  D MajorD
It's in the shadows where we have to stand
 E minorEm     D MajorD       Cadd9Cadd9
Beside the loving and the grieving
            D MajorD
Oh I'll never understand

Chorus:
D MajorD    G+G           D MajorD
Holding back to listen to the ocean
     G+G            D MajorD
Holding back to dance inside the storm
     E minorEm      D MajorD   Cadd9Cadd9
I may be foolish but I don't care
    Cadd9Cadd9  D MajorD  E minorEm   Cadd9Cadd9 G+G E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
As long as you are there