Status Quo – Hold You Back (Guitar)

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As recorded by Status Quo (From the 1977 Album ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD) [Intro] A E A G D A G A G A [Verse 1]
D
How d'you know the music when you don't know the score

       C                                   D             C
Do you think that you can make it when you don't need no more

      D
Is it really the reason when it is not a need

        C                         D
Are you trying hard to write it before you can read
[Chorus]
         F              C              D
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down

         F              C              D
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down

         F              C              D
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down

                            C
Slow you down, you've gotta try
[Verse 2]
         D
Does the clock that you're watching ever tell you 'bout the time

         C                                 D          C
Does the song that you're singing sound to you like a rhyme

D
Will there be an answer when you stop asking why

    C                          D
All because of the jigsaw that makes up a lie
[Chorus]
         F              C              D
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down

         F              C              D
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down

         F              C              D
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down

                            C
Slow you down, you've gotta try
[Interlude] D A D G D A D A E A D A E A [Verse 3]
D                                 
How d'you know the music when you don't know the score

       C                                   D             C
Do you think that you can make it when you don't need no more

      D
Is it really the reason when it is not a need

        C                         D
Are you trying hard to write it before you can read
[Chorus]
         F              C              D
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down

         F              C              D
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down

         F              C              D
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down

                            C
Slow you down, you've gotta try
[Instrumental] D A D G D A D A E A D A E A D A D G D A D [Chorus]
         F              C              D
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down

         F              C              D
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down

         F              C              D
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down, slow you down

         F              C              D
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down
[Outro] F C D F C D F C D F C D F C D