Hold You Back Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays388

Hold You Back by Status Quo is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords A, G, D, C, F and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			 
Intro: 
 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
D|-/7-/7-/7------------/7-/7-/7-----------/7-/7-/7-----------/7-/7-/7-/7--------| 
A|--0--0--0--7r6r5r3r0--0--0--0-7r6r5r3r0--0--0--0-7r6r5r3r0--0--0--0--0--------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  
D|-14-12-11-9-7-4-2-4r2--14-12-11-9-7-7-7-7-14-12-11-9-7-4-2-4r2--14-12-11-9-7-7| 
A|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0----0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0----0--0--0-0-0-0| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------9-9-9--9-9-9------------------3-3-3-| 
G|------------------------------------------9-9-9--9-9-9------------------4-4-4-|  
D|-7-9-11-14-12-11-9-11-9-7-7-9-11-14-12-11-9-9-9--9-9-9--7-9-11-14-12-11-5-5-5-| 
A|-0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0-7-7-7--7-7-7--0-0--0--0--0--0-5-5-5-| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-7-7-7------------7-9---------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-7-7-7------------7-9---------------------------- DRUMS COME IN HERE ---------|  
D|-7-7-7--7-9-11-14-7-9-/7-/7-/7-/7-/7-/7-/7-/7---------------------------------| 
A|-5-5-5--0-0--0--0-5-7--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
A A A A A A G-D  (twice) 
 
Verse 1: 
D 
How d'you know the music when you don't know the score, 
         C                                  D             C 
Do you think that you can make it when you don't read no more. 
        D      
Is it really the reason where there is not a need, 
          C                        D              
Are you trying hard to write it before you can read. 
 
Chorus: 
          F              C              D 
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down, 
          F              C              D   
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down, 
          F              C              D  
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down, 
                        C  
Slow you down, I gotta try. 
 
Verse 2: 
           D                
Does the cloud that you're watchin' ever tell you about the time, 
          C                                 D                C 
Does the song that you're singing sound to you just like a rhyme. 
 D                   
Will there be an answer if you stop the asking why, 
       C                     D      
All because of the jigsaw, makes up a lie. 
 
Chorus, 
 
 
 
   1.round: 
       D                                    A                 D           C                                     
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------5-5-5--5-5-5------------------5-5-5-|  
G|-7-9-11-14-12-11-9-11-9-7-7-9-11-14-12-11-6-6-6--6-6-6--7-9-11-14-12-11-5-5-5-| 
D|-0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0-7-7-7--7-7-7--0-0--0--0--0--0-5-5-5-| 
A|------------------------------------------7-7-7--7-7-7------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
   G          D      A   D 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-3-3-3------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-4-4-4--7-9-11-14-12-9-7------------------------------------------------------|  
D|-5-5-5--0-0--0--0--0-0-0------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-5-5-5------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
   2.round: 
       A                                    E                 A           G 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------9-9-9--9-9-9------------------3-3-3-| 
G|------------------------------------------9-9-9--9-9-9------------------4-4-4-|  
D|-7-9-11-14-12-11-9-11-9-7-7-9-11-14-12-11-9-9-9--9-9-9--7-9-11-14-12-11-5-5-5-| 
A|-0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0-7-7-7--7-7-7--0-0--0--0--0--0-5-5-5-| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
   D           A    D E A                    
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-7-7-7------------7-9---------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-7-7-7------------7-9---------------------------------------------------------|  
D|-7-7-7--7-9-11-14-7-9-/7-/7-/7-/7---------------------------------------------| 
A|-5-5-5--0-0--0--0-5-7--0--0--0--0--0-2-3-4------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
Verse 1: 
How d'you know the music when you don't know the score, 
Do you think that you can make it when you don't read no more. 
Is it really the reason where there is not a need, 
Are you trying hard to write it before you can read. 
 
Chorus: 
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down, 
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down, 
Hold you back, hold you back, slow you down,  
Slow you down, I gotta try. 
 
 
 
 1.round+2.round+1.round guitar themes (or solos) 
 
          F 
Hold you back 
          C             D 
Hold you back slow you down 
          F 
Hold you back 
          C             D 
Hold you back slow you down 
          F 
Hold you back 
          C             D 
Hold you back slow you down slow you down 
          F 
Hold you back 
          C             D 
Hold you back slow you down 
 
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Contribuição: Taino Vieira([email protected]) 

    	

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