Holding Back The Fire Chords

KeyEm Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays364

Holding Back The Fire by Michael Schulte is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Em, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: Em Am C  

Em          Am        C 
Come on and open this door 
  Em               Am          C 
I know that you're craving for more 
                   Em           Am 
so why'd you think you and your heart 
C                         Em   Am  C 
will just fall apart, but open and restore 

Em           Am        C 
Belonging is burning a hole 
  Em           Am           C 
I can hear the call in your soul 
                 Em           Am       C       
and it's calling cause out of sight is not out of mind 
    Em          Am        C      Em        Am   C 
and friends are still the light, somewhere deep inside 


Em           Am           C 
You make the days feel so cold and so lonely 
           Em              Am              C 
though the sun's rised and arrived in your heart 
       Em      Am       C 
you're holding back the fire 
       Em      Am     C   
you're holding by yourself 
       Em      Am        C 
you're holding back your life 
             Em        Am        C 
while you're drowning, drowning 


    Em          Am         C 
You need to get rid of the fears 
     Em       Am            C 
stop doubt to limber's into tears 
                 Em        Am    C 
cause there's no reason to crawl just stay on the ground 
   Em        Am       C          Em     Am         C 
so raise and face the fears, get up and take these steps 


Em           Am           C 
You make the days feel so cold and so lonely 
           Em              Am              C 
though the sun's rised and arrived in your heart 
       Em      Am       C 
you're holding back the fire 
       Em      Am     C   
you're holding by yourself 
       Em      Am        C 
you're holding back your life 
             Em        Am        C 
while you're drowning, drowning 


                  Em         Am      C 
It's not that you don't know what to do 
                   Em          Am      C 
it's not that your heart feels lost or slow 
                  Em         Am      C 
it's not that you don't know what to do 
                   Em          Am      C   
it's not that your heart feels lost or slow 


Em           Am           C 
You make the days feel so cold and so lonely 
           Em              Am              C 
though the sun's rised and arrived in your heart 
       Em      Am       C 
you're holding back the fire 
       Em      Am     C   
you're holding by yourself 
       Em      Am        C 
you're holding back your life 
             Em        Am        C 
while you're drowning, drowning 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante