Holding On To Yesterday Chords

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Holding On To Yesterday by Ambrosia is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords Bm, Bm/G, Em, F#, E7, Gmaj7, G, D, Dsus and Cadd9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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F#
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16
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  			Intro: Bm   Bm/G  Em F# (2x) 

F#           Bm      E7    Bm        E7  
Well, I keep holdin' on to yesterday  
       Bm      E7  Gmaj7        
I keep holdin' on enough to say  
            E7  G  E7 Em  
that I'm wrong  

D      Dsus     D        Cadd9  
I keep thinking that I'm lonely  
         Bm               F#  
But it's only missing you inside  
D         Dsus    D      Cadd9  
Days when we were once together  
           Bm          F#  
Seems we'd never come alive  

F#        Bm      E7    Bm       E7  
So I keep holdin' on to yesterday  
       Bm      E7  Gmaj7  
I keep holdin' on enough to say  
          E7  G  E7  Em  
That it's wrong  
  
D      Dsus       D         Cadd9  
Lord I don't know when I see you  
        Bm           F#  
I can't reach you anymore  
D           Dsus D         Cadd9  
Well if I'd only known I'd need you  
         Bm              F#  
Then I'd keep you like before  
   

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