holding back chords by Dougie MacLean

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Verse 1
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It's in the
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darkness of believing
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It's in the shadows
where we have to stand
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Beside the loving and the grieving
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O I'll never understand
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It's in the way it has to reach us
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It's in the restless of the shifting sand
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And all the truth it has to teach us
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O I'll never understand
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Holding

Verse 2
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back to listen to the ocean
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Holding back to dance inside the storm
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I may be foolish but I don't care
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As long as you are there
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Verse 3
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From edge to edge we take our pleasure
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We follow blindly
each insane command
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Judged by some eternal measure
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O I'll never un derstand
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O and peace is child to no- one
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We're held together by
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an endless strand
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First to be woven then to be undone
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O I'll never understand
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Verse 4
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Holding back to listen to the ocean
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Holding back to dance inside the storm
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I may be foolish but I don't care
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As long as you are there
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Verse 5
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Soon all the promises are broken
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And expectation passes underhand
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And not a gentle word is spoken
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O I'll never un derstand
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It's in the darkness of believing
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It's in the shadows
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where we have to stand
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Beside the loving and the grieving
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O I'll never understand
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Holding back

Verse 6
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to listen to the ocean
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Holding back to dance inside the storm
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Bm 
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I may be foolish but I don't care
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Bm 
As long as you are there
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