Holding on (1991)
- D - D
Zika nor nama, hesah,
Zika nor nama, hesah,
- D - G
Zika nor nama, hesah, Zika nor nama, hesah,
- A - D
Zika nor nama, hesah, Zika
nor nama, hesah.
+ Bm - A - G
D
1. In this hourglass sands
are running fast,
G
D
in
deserted plains, kingdoms write their names.
D
On this
burning sands kingdoms show their hands,
G D
in
these killing fields, soldiers show their steel.
Bb
The men who play the gods of
war,
A
they
stay behind the guarded door,
Bb
and
hostages who seek release,
A
they're
crying out to keep the peace !
A7
D
Bm Em
Holding on, holding on,
A7 D -
F# G
one
day we will be free, one day if we're strong.
A7
D D7 G
Holding on, holding on,
Em - A7 D
through the shadows cast to a brighter day.
D
2. In
these fields of stone, far away from home,
G D
in
this vale of tears, young men waste their years.
Bb
The men who play the gods of
war,
A
they
stay behind the guarded door,
Bb
religious
leaders teachin' hate,
A
praise
the war and call it fate.
A7
D Bm Em
Holding on, holding on,
A7 D - F# G
one
day we will be free, one day if
we're strong.
A7
D D7 G
Holding on, holding on,
Em - A7 D
through the shadows cast to a brighter day.
+ D ~ ~ + E - A - Dm - A +
D - Bm - Em - A (2x)
D
+ CHORUS + D ~ ~ +
Holding on.
(Procol Harum)