Holding On Chords

KeyG Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays472

Holding On by Dani Shay is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verse 1:
   
G             C   
My tears are cutting through this page like   
G            C               G   
Razor blades falling from my cheeks,   
            C          G   
And I can't speak but they they do it for me   
G                   C              G   
Well I swim in the ocean of utter devotion   
               C                 G   
And I can only hope you'll swim too   

                C   
Even though the waters are deep   
          G                      C   
And the clouds are rolling through   

  
G     C                Am   
I can feel the wind its pushing me   
G         C              D   
And I can feel that I am sinking slowly   
G         C    Am   
And as I lose control   
             G   
I know I'll never stop   
C           G   
Holding on on.   

Verse 2:
   
G                             C   
Call it a blessing, call it a curse,   
                 G   
call it what you will   
                               C   
There's somthing worse than persistence   
                  G  C   
But im searching still.   
G                    C                    G   
See there i go again refusing To give in, to the   
               C                      G   
Possibility of losing my ability to think   
                      C   
Or to hide but here I am opened wide   
       G   
Take a look and make it fast,   
          C   
One quick look it better last because   

  
G         C                 Am   
And I can feel the wind its pushing me   
G         C               D   
And I can feel that I am sinking slowly   
G        C       Am   
And as I lose control   
            G   
I know I'll never stop   
C           G   
Holding on on.   

Verse 3
   
G                C 
The animal in me says   
G                  C 
Survival, Survival, Survive 
  
G                       C 
But the romantic in me says 
  
G       C 
Just be alive!   

   
G    C            Am   
So I let the wind blow   
G     C              D   
And I let myself sink slow   
G          C         Am   
And when I lost control   
           G   
I knew I'd never stop   
C        G   
Holding on. 
    	

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100 BPM Andante