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Holding On To Yesterday

Ambrosia

RockMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

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

Bm×
G○○○
Em○○○○
F#Diagram coming soon
E7○○○○
Gmaj7Diagram coming soon
D××○
DsusDiagram coming soon
Cadd9×○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: Bm   Bm/G  Em F# (2x) 
 
F#           Bm      E7    Bm        E7  
Well, I keep holdin' on to yesterday  
       Bm      E7  Gmaj7        
I keep holdin' on enough to say  
            E7  G  E7 Em  
that I'm wrong  
 
D      Dsus     D        Cadd9  
I keep thinking that I'm lonely  
         Bm               F#  
But it's only missing you inside  
D         Dsus    D      Cadd9  
Days when we were once together  
           Bm          F#  
Seems we'd never come alive  
 
F#        Bm      E7    Bm       E7  
So I keep holdin' on to yesterday  
       Bm      E7  Gmaj7  
I keep holdin' on enough to say  
          E7  G  E7  Em  
That it's wrong  
  
D      Dsus       D         Cadd9  
Lord I don't know when I see you  
        Bm           F#  
I can't reach you anymore  
D           Dsus D         Cadd9  
Well if I'd only known I'd need you  
         Bm              F#  
Then I'd keep you like before  
   
 
Instrumental: Over the Intro chords 
Ooo ooo ooh  
Ahh ahh ahh  
  
F#          Bm      E7    Bm         E7  
Well I keep holdin' on to yesterday (yesterday)  
       Bm      E7  Gmaj7          
I keep holdin' on enough to say  
         E7          G         
That I'm wrong wrong wrong  
        Em  
to keep holdin' on  
   Bm                  F#        Bm  
My yesterdays have all gone by...

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Chord set

Bm · G · Em · F# · E7 · Gmaj7 · D · Dsus · Cadd9

Practice tip

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