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Holding Out
Tuning: E A D G B E
* means they play only one note in the song. however, playing the whole chords also sounds okay.
Chorus explanation: listen carefully to the song, and you hear the lowest note go from G (3 counts) to
C (1 count) to D (4 counts). Meanwhile, the higher guitar chords go G (6 counts) to Dm (2 counts).
[Intro]
Am Dm F C E
Am Dm F C E C and E only half a bar
[Verse]
Am Dm
Holding out for the right time
F C E
What if the right time never arrives?
Am Dm
Always waiting on the sidelines
F
When is it my time
C E
To be the one, the one, the one?
Am Dm
Holding out for the right time
F C E
My whole lifetime slowly goes by
Am Dm
Always waiting on the sidelines
F
When is it my time
C E
To be the one, the one, the one?
[Pre-Chorus]
C* Dm* Em*
What are you doing tonight?
F*
You can't just scroll through pictures and hide
C* Dm* Em* F*
What do you wanna do right now
Right now, right now, right now
[Chorus]
G G/C Dm C F
[Verse]
G G/C Dm
All that's happened filling up my days
C F
All that's coming up, so far away
G G/C Dm
In between, I'm always holding out
C F
Am I ever gonna be here now?
G G/C Dm
All that's happened filling up my days
C F
All that's coming up, so far away
G G/C Dm
In between, I'm always holding out
C F
Am I ever gonna be here now?
[Interlude]
Am Dm F C E
[Verse]
Am Dm
Holding out for the right time
F C E
That second lifetime never arrives
Am Dm
Always waiting for perfection
F C
Where affection cannot be won
E
Be won, be won
Am Dm
Holding out for the right time
F C E
That second lifetime never arrives
Am Dm
Always waiting on the sidelines
F
When is it my time
C E
To be the one, the one, the one?
[Pre-Chorus]
C* Dm* Em* F*
What are you doing tonight?
C* Dm* Em*
So what are you doing tonight?
F*
You can't just scroll through pictures and hide
C* Dm* Em* F*
What do you wanna do right
C* Dm* Em* F*
Yeah, what do you wanna do right now
Right now, right now, right now
[Chorus]
G G/C Dm C F
G G/C Dm C F
G G/C Dm
All that's happened filling up my days
C F
All that's coming up, so far away
G G/C Dm
In between, I'm always holding out
C F
Am I ever gonna be here now?
G G/C Dm
All that's happened filling up my days
C F
All that's coming up, so far away
G G/C Dm
In between, I'm always holding out
C F
Am I ever gonna be here now?
Right now, right now, right now?
G G/C Dm
All that's happened filling up my days
C F
All that's coming up, so far away
G G/C Dm
In between, I'm always holding out
C F
Am I ever gonna be here now?
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