Holding Back chords by Dougie Maclean

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

intro:
 G Cadd9 Em7 D

Verse 1:
 G      Cadd9     Em7  D
It's in the darkness of believing
 G     Cadd9      Em7   D
It's in the shadows where we have to stand
 Em     D       Cadd9
Beside the loving and the grieving
            D
Oh I'll never understand
 G    Cadd9     Em7  D
It's in the way it has to reach us
 G      Cadd9     Em7    D
It's in the restless of the shifting sand
 Em     D        Cadd9
And all the truth it has to teach us
            D
Oh I'll never understand

Chorus:
D    G           D
Holding back to listen to the ocean
     G            D
Holding back to dance inside the storm
     Em      D   Cadd9
I may be foolish but I don't care
    Cadd9  D  Em   Cadd9 G Em Cadd9 G
As long as you are there

Verse 2:
 G      Cadd9     Em7  D
From edge to edge we take our pleasure
  G      Cadd9     Em7  D
We follow blindly each insane command
 Em     D       C
Judged by some eternal measure
            D
Oh I'll never understand
  G      Cadd9     Em7  D
Oh and peace is child to no-one
 G      Cadd9     Em7  D
We're held together by an endless strand
 Em     D       Cadd9
First to be woven then to be undone
            D
Oh I'll never understand

Chorus:
D    G           D
Holding back to listen to the ocean
     G            D
Holding back to dance inside the storm
     Em      D   Cadd9
I may be foolish but I don't care
    Cadd9  D  Em   Cadd9 G Em Cadd9 G
As long as you are there

Verse 3:
 G      Cadd9     Em7  D
Soon all the promises are broken
 G      Cadd9     Em7  D
And expectation passes underhand
 Em     D       Cadd9
And not a gentle word is spoken
            D
Oh I'll never understand
 G      Cadd9     Em7  D
It's in the darkness of believing
 G      Cadd9     Em7  D
It's in the shadows where we have to stand
 Em     D       Cadd9
Beside the loving and the grieving
            D
Oh I'll never understand

Chorus:
D    G           D
Holding back to listen to the ocean
     G            D
Holding back to dance inside the storm
     Em      D   Cadd9
I may be foolish but I don't care
    Cadd9  D  Em   Cadd9 G Em Cadd9 G
As long as you are there