Holdin' Pattern chords by Dr. John

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Some of y'all  (A major) out there scheming
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To  (E minor) bring the kingdom falling down  (A major)  (E minor) 
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Spend your nights  (A major) daydreaming  (E minor) 
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Put an issue on  (A major) anybody
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around  (E minor) 
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Lightning strike,  (A major) strike once  (E minor) 
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Strike two times  (A major) or in a bunch  (E minor) 
Give your head,
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coming  (A major) up with a funky angle  (E minor) 
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Feast your head in a mangled  (A major) 
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triangle  (A minor) 
Putting on a hold,
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a holdin' pattern  (B minor) 
Putting on a hold, a holdin' pattern
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 (C major) There is a hatchet,
but not so deep in my head
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 (B major) I'm  (D sharpaug)  (E minor) putting on  (A major) 
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 (E minor) a whole,
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 (A major) a whole new pattern
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 (E minor) I'm puttin' on a whole,
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 (A major)  (E minor) a whole  (A major) new pattern  (E minor) 
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A lot of you young sprout (A major) 
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s  (E minor) 
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Ain't everything that this  (A major) world
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is all about  (E minor) 
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Ain't nothin' bad, no place to be  (A major) I know where to go,
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 (E minor) nothin' to do
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Em 
And you don't  (A major) like it  (E minor) 
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A man ain't gonna  (A major) compete
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with a high woman  (E minor) 
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First thing you got to do  (A major) is be human
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 (E minor) Anytime you open up,
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 (A major) get down and be real
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 (E minor) Before you plant your ass
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 (A major) in a killing field  (A minor) 
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Put it on hold, a holdin' pattern  (B minor) 
Put it on hold, a holdin' pattern
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 (C major) Bury the hatchet,
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D#aug 
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not float deep in my head  (B minor)  (B major)  (D sharpaug)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
Puttin' on a hold,
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Em 
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 (A major) a  (E minor)  (A major) holdin' paddy
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 (E minor) I'm putting a hold,
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 (A major) I'm holding back  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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Em 
 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (A minor)  (E minor) 
Watch out,
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the kingdom's  (A major) coming  (E minor) 
While you're out there,
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 (A major) a- rippin' and a- runnin'  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
Puttin' on hold,
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 (A major) a holdin' padded  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
Puttin' on hold,
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Em 
 (A major)  (E minor) a holdin'  (A major) padded  (E minor) 
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Em 
 (A major)  (E minor) 
Puttin' on hold,
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Em 
 (A major) a holdin' padded  (E minor) 
Puttin' on hold,
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a  (A major) holdin' padded  (E minor) 
Puttin' on hold,
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a  (A major) holdin' padded  (E minor) 
Putting a hold, holding badly
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