Holding Out Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays409

Holding Out by Sharon Van Etten is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			D 
I was floored  
D                                   Bm 
By your humble outlook on the world around you and all you are 
D                                     
I was floored  
D                      Bm 
By the way you take me seriously even when Im joking 

D    Bm   D    Bm 
Damn damn damn damn 
G                A  
Im not tired and Im tired 
       D 
Im not calling out  
                  Bm 
On the street I was holding out 
D 
Holding out cross the table 
    Bm 
I was holding out 
G                      A           D 
Trying to find a lover like that holding out 
                   Bm 
Like the wind I was holding out 
D                                  Bm 
Staying still hoping no one else would see me 
G           A 
Hoping calm replacing silent drying palms 
D                     Bm 
Do I need a reason to hold you now 
      D           
Cause I?d hold you now 
      Bm 
Yeah I would hold you now 
 D                           Bm 
One night and all I need is one more day 
D                        Bm 
Holding out something that feels okay 
G               A              D      Bm 
And the right thing to do is wait 
D 
Holding out 
Bm 
Holding out 
G             A 
Holding out for you 

D                                     Bm 
I am strange, believed in fairy tales at a young age 
D                            Bm 
Circumstance now I kick myself in the pants 
G                    A 
And then you came to me in a far away way 
        D                          Bm 
And I'm bring you something I want you to have 
         D                           Bm 
It's the biggest part of my heart that I still got 

G           A      
Hoping arms  
            D 
Know I?ll be holding out 
       Bm  
I?ll be holding out 
D 
Holding out 
 Bm 
I?ll be holding out 
D 
Holding out  
Bm 
Holding out 
G 
Holding out 
A        D  
For you 
    	

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.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante