Holdin Pattern chords by Dr. John

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

F#m B7 F#m B7
F#m B7 F#m B7

Bm    C#m
D7    C#m

F#m B7 F#m B7
F#m B7 F#m B7

Verse 1:
F#m
   Some of y'all
B7
   Out there scheming
F#m                          B7
   Brand new kingdom falling down
F#m
   Spend your nights
B7
   Daydreaming
F#m                  B7
   But it gets you on anybody around

Verse 2:
F#m
   Lightning strikes
B7
   Strike one
F#m                 B7
   Strike two times, or in a bush
F#m                   B7
   In your head coming up with a funky angle
F#m                   B7
   Be sure it ain't a mangled triangle

Chorus:
Bm
   Put in hold
Bm
   A holdin' pattern
C#m
   Put in hold
C#m
   A holdin' pattern
D7
  Bury the hatchet,
                      C#7
but not so deep in my heeead

[Post-chorus]
F#m
    Put in hold
B7
    A holdin' pattern
F#m
    Put in hold
B7
    A holdin' pattern
F#m
    Put in hold
B7
    A holdin' pattern
F#m
    Put in hold
B7
    A holdin' pattern

Verse 3:
F#m                   B7
   A lot of you young sproooouts
F#m                   B7
   In everything this world is all about
F#m                  B7
   Ain't nothin fast no place to fit
F#m
   I know where to go nothin to do
              B7
and you don't like it

F#m
    maaan, ain't gonna
B7
  be with an ey woman
F#m                           B7
   the first thing you got to do is be human
F#m                     B7
   any time you open up to get down and be real
F#m
   before you plant your ass
B7
  in a killin field

Chorus:
Bm
   Put in hold
Bm
   A holdin' pattern
C#m
   Put in hold
C#m
   A holdin' pattern
D7
  Bury the hatchet,
                      C#7
but not so deep in my heeead

[Post-chorus]
F#m
    Put in hold
B7
    A holdin' pattern
F#m
    Put in hold
B7
    A holdin' pattern
F#m
    Put in hold
B7
    A holdin' pattern
F#m
    Put in hold
B7
    A holdin' pattern

[Instramental]
F#m B7 F#m B7
F#m B7 F#m B7


Verse 4:
F#m
   Watch out your
B7
  kingdom comin
F#m
   while you out there
B7
   a ripping and a running

[Post-chorus]
F#m
    Put in hold
B7
    A holdin' pattern
F#m
    Put in hold
B7
    A holdin' pattern
F#m
    Put in hold
B7
    A holdin' pattern
F#m
    Put in hold
B7
    A holdin' pattern