Holding On chords by David Gray

Chords with lyrics

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

Prelude:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse 1:
G+G
Baby, now don't look back
C majorC
Don't let those feelings start
G+G
Don't let the line go slack, when you're
C majorC
pulling it all apart.
D MajorD
How to describe the sky
    C majorC
or dis-mantle a beating heart?

Chorus:
G+G            E minorEm
Guess we're just holding on
G+G          E minorEm
Baby, we're holding on
G+G          D MajorD
Honey, we're holding on
    C majorC
to the world.

Verse 2:
G+G
Seeking assurances,
C majorC
some kind of guarantee.
   G+G
There has to be more than this, oh now
C majorC
More than the eye can see.
D MajorD
Holding the lanterns high, while we
C majorC
sink with our vanity.

Chorus:
G+G            E minorEm
Guess we're just holding on
G+G          E minorEm
Baby, we're holding on
G+G          D MajorD
Honey, we're holding on
    C majorC
to the world.

Musical Interlude:
G+G  C majorC  G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  C majorC

Chorus:
G+G          E minorEm
Here we are holding on
G+G          E minorEm
Baby, we're holding on
G+G          D MajorD
Honey, we're holding on
    C majorC
to the world.

Bridge:
C majorC       D MajorD
Now I'm gonna love you
     G+G           C majorC
Like the spring bursts from the ground,
C majorC        G+G
Falling from the ground,
C majorC        E minorEm   C majorC
Falling from the ground

Verse 3:
G+G
Faces of buildings, trees,
C majorC
All that is stoned, inert
G+G
Here in these empty streets, well it
C majorC
silently does assert, that
D MajorD
we are just passing ghosts, honey,
C majorC
vapors of joy and hurt

Chorus:
   G+G          E minorEm
And, here we are holding on
G+G          E minorEm
Baby, we're holding on
G+G          D MajorD
Honey, we're holding on
    C majorC
to the world.

G+G
Baby, we're holding on
C majorC
Oh yeah, we're holding on
G+G
Hey now, we're holding on
C majorC
Baby, we're holding on

G+G          E minorEm
Here we are holding on
G+G          E minorEm
Baby, we're holding on
G+G            D MajorD
Guess we're just holding on
    C majorC
to the world.
G+G          E minorEm
Baby, we're holding on
    C majorC
to the world.