Holdin on to Something Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays416

Holdin on to Something by John Michael Montgomery is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Bb, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
Text
16
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  			C F Bb C F Bb C F Bb   Bb F 
 
There's a pretty girl wanna make her mine		{C}  
What she wants I don't know				{F Bb 
If red means stop and green means go 			{C} 
Her light is always yellow				  	{F Bb 
I'm wrapped around her finger				{F}	  
She's slippin through my hands				{F} 
Everytime I think I've got her I've gotta think again	{G} 
 
CHORUS:  
I'm holdin' on to something					{C F Bb 
That keeps lettin' me go					{C Bb F 
Just a whole lot of heartache				{C F Bb 
At the end of my rope					{C Bb F 
I fall a little harder everytime I drop			{G} 
But I keep reachin' cause I can't stop			{Bb F 
Holdin' on to something					{C Bb F 
That keeps lettin' me go					{C} 
 
She calls me on the phone says she's all alone		{C}			 
Feelin' kinda lonely						{F Bb  
Say's she can't wait so don't be late			{C} 
I promise her I won't be					{Bb Am 
Ten minutes later I'm standin' at her door			{F}  
She's sayin' nevermind I ain't lonely anymore		{G} 
 
CHORUS:  
I fall a little harder everytime I drop			{G} 
But I keep reachin' cause I can't stop			{Bb F  
Holdin' on to something					{C F Bb 
That keeps lettin' me go					{C Bb F 
Just a whole lot of heartache				{C F Bb 
At the end of my rope					{C Bb F 
I keep holdin' on to something				{C F Bb}		 
That keeps lettin' me go					{C Bb F 
I'm just holdin' on to something				{C F Bb 
That keeps lettin'      me     go.				{C Bb F 
 

    	

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