Simply Red – Holding Back The Years (Guitar Solo Tab)
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© Mick Hucknall & Neil Moss.
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This arrangement is based on a live performance at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome 2017,
and uses easy to play chords and is very effective at conveying
the sense of musical emotion as a solo guitar performance.
Note: The variation of G6 as shown below uses the same
fingering pattern of Fmaj7, but slid up the neck by 2 frets.
The use of the Open "E" on these 3 chords adds that sense of delicate emotion.
[Chords] Fmaj7 = x-3-3-2-1-0 G6 = x-5-5-4-3-0 Am/E = x-7-7-5-5-0
[Intro]
Fmaj7 G6 Am/E G6
Fmaj7 G6 Am/E G6 G
[Verse 1]
Fmaj7 G6 Holding back the years. Fmaj7 G6 Fmaj7 Thinking of the fear I've had so long. G6 When somebody hears. Fmaj7 G6 G Listen to the fear that's gone. Fmaj7 G6 Strangled by the wishes of pater. Fmaj7 G6 Hoping for the arms of mater. Fmaj7 G6 G Get to me the sooner or later, oh.
[Chorus 1]
Fmaj7 G6 I'll keep holding on. Fmaj7 G6 G I'll keep holding on.
[Verse 2]
Fmaj7 G6 Holding back the years. Fmaj7 G6 Chance for me to es-cape from all I know. Fmaj7 G6 Holding back the tears. Fmaj7 G6 G 'Cause nothing here has grown. Fmaj7 G6 I've wasted all my tears. Fmaj7 G6 Wasted all those years. Fmaj7 G6 Nothing had the chance to be good. Fmaj7 G6 G Nothing ever could, yeah, oh.
[Chorus 2]
Fmaj7 G6 I'll keep holding on. Fmaj7 G6 I'll keep holding on. Fmaj7 G6 I'll keep holding on. Fmaj7 G6 G I'll keep holding on, so tight.
[Instrumental]
Fmaj7 G6 Am/E G6
G G G
[Verse 3]
Fmaj7 G6 Well I've wasted all my tears. Fmaj7 G6 Wasted all of those precious years. Fmaj7 G6 And nothing had the chance to be good. Fmaj7 G6 G 'Cause nothing ever could, oh yeah, Oh.
[Chorus 3]
Fmaj7 G6 I'll keep holding on. Fmaj7 G6 I'll keep holding on. Fmaj7 G6 I'll keep holding on. Fmaj7 G6 I'll keep holding on,
[Outro]
Fmaj7 G6 Holding, Holding, Holding, Holding, Fmaj7 G6 la-la-la, la, la-la. Fmaj7 G6 I said, ooh, yeah. Fmaj7 G6 That's all I have to-day. Fmaj7 G6 G It's all I have to say. Fmaj7 G6 That's all I have to-day. Fmaj7 G6 G It's all I have to say. Fmaj7 Oh Oo----h