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What Are You Holding On To

Arkells

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××
D7××
G
Bm×
A×
Em

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 2nd fret
               
 
 
verse 1 
D 
I didn't think twice because I thought about it 
D7 
You're a fool if you wanna doubt it 
G                                        Bm A 
It's not too late to get on board tonight 
D 
I thought about the way I acted 
D7 
There's some things that I'd like retracted 
G                                        Bm A 
It's not too late to get on board tonight 
 
Pre-Chorus 1 
Em                         G                              D 
You but a baby in a corner, we'll be dirty dancing all night 
Em                          G 
Believe me: this dog'll hunt 
 
 
D                        Em 
What are you holding on to? 
G 
Yelling up at the stars above you 
D                        Em 
What are you holding on to? 
G 
You're saying that only god can judge you 
 
verse 2 
D 
You say "kids, it's all about karma" 
D7 
But it gets real strange when you talk about Darwin 
G                                        Bm A 
It's not too late to turn around tonight 
D 
You ripped up every social contract 
D7 
Cause man! You'd never signed off on that 
G                                        Bm A 
But it's not too late to turn around tonight 
 
Pre-Chorus 2 
Em                         G                              D 
Don't say I didn't warn ya, this bleeding hearts got some bite 
Em                          G 
Believe me: this dog'll hunt 
 
 
D                        Em 
What are you holding on to? 
G 
Yelling up at the stars above you 
D                        Em 
What are you holding on to? 
G 
You're saying that only god can judge you 
 
Bridge 
Em               G 
It gets so lonely, you said, 
Em             G 
When you're the one and only 
Em                G 
It gets so lonely, you said, 
Em              G 
When you're the one and only 
 
 
D *                       Em * 
What are you holding on to? 
G * 
Yelling up at the stars above you 
D                        Em 
What are you holding on to? 
G 
You're saying that only god can judge you 
D                        Em 
What are you holding on to? 
G 
Yelling up at the stars above you 
D                        Em 
What are you holding on to? 
G 
You're saying that only god can judge you  
          
 

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Chord set

D · D7 · G · Bm · A · Em

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.