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