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Holding On To Good
Delta Rae
Capo: 1
Note: This song shifts between Cut Time (2/2) and Common Time (4/4).
2/2: |  C/G|  G|  C/G|  F|  C/G|  G|  C/G|  Cadd9|
     |  C/G|  G|  C/G|  F|  C/G|  G| 
4/4: | F   | F |
2/2: |            C|                G|            C|F  
      Baby, I'm not waiting, I'm just holding on to good
                |                C|          G|     C|  Cadd9|
      It's still early, it's still more than I should
         |         C|              G|             C|F  
      I'm off to Carolina, I'm gonna wear my mama's boots
               |                     C|             G  
      We may be parted, but that don't cut us at the . . .
4/4: |C
. . . roots.
             | Am             G|  F      C   C/B|
'Cause in the mornin', in the mornin' .
|                 Am                 G|F  
 Sometimes I think about the way you held me
       | Am             G|  F      C   C/B|
 In the mornin', in the mornin' .
|                 Am                 G|     F|   F|
 Sometimes I think about the way you he-eld me
2/2:      |        C/G|                     G|           C/G|F  
      It's colder in November, the leaves are turning on the limbs
                 |             C/G|                 G|  C/G|  Cadd9|
      The color's brightest just before the branch is thin
          |           C/G|              G|        C/G| F  
      And, yes, I still remember but I am trying to begin
                 |         C/G|           G  
      I met a new love and I'm growing into . . .
4/4: |C
. . . him
          | Am             G|  F      C   C/B|
But in the mornin', in the mornin' .
|                 Am                 G|F  
 Sometimes I think about the way you held me
       | Am             G|  F      C   C/B|
 In the mornin', in the mornin' .
|                 Am                 G|  F|  F|
 Sometimes I think about the way you he- eld 
    |  C|  G|  Dm|  F|
Held me
2/2:         |C                    |F
      I see a new flag rising on an old flagpole
      |                   G|Am  
       Shotgun fired in the firing hole
                   |                         C|F  
       I'll let the snow keep falling, 'til my world is white
              |                 G|
       I don't need your hand to- . . . 
4/4:  |    Am   G|  F   C   C/B|  Am   G|  F|  Am   G|  F   C   C/B|  Am   G|  F|
. . .  night
      | Am             G|  F      C   C/B|  Am             G|        F|
In the mornin', in the mornin' .    (Mornin', in the mornin') 
      | Am             G|  F      C   C/B|  Am             G|        F|
In the mornin', in the mornin' .    (Mornin', in the mornin') 
      | Am             G|  F      C   C/B|  Am    G|  F|
In the mornin', in the mornin' .     Ooohs
      | Am             G|  F      C   C/B|  Am    G|  F|
In the mornin', in the mornin' .     Ooohs (crescendo)
      | Am             G|  F      C   C/B|      Am        G|        F|
In the mornin', in the mornin' .    Oh (oh) oh (oh) mornin'
      | Am   G|   F   C   C/B|
In the mor-  -nin'     
|                 Am                 G|  F|  F|  C<> |
 Sometimes I think about the way you he- eld me
                                    (ritard)
 Cadd9= x30010
Charted by Dexex
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I play songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not 
tabs, which notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)

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Holding On To Good

by Delta Rae

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

Cadd9

C/B

Holding On To Good

Delta Rae

Capo: 1

Note: This song shifts between Cut Time (2/2) and Common Time (4/4).

C/G G C/G F C/G G C/G Cadd9

2/2: | | | | | | | | |

C/G G C/G F C/G G

| | | | | | |

4/4: | F | F |

C G C F

2/2: | | | |

Baby, I'm not waiting, I'm just holding on to good

C G C Cadd9

| | | | |

It's still early, it's still more than I should

C G C F

| | | |

I'm off to Carolina, I'm gonna wear my mama's boots

C G

| |

We may be parted, but that don't cut us at the . . .

4/4: |C

. . . roots.

Am G F C C/B

| | |

'Cause in the mornin', in the mornin' .

Am G F

| |

Sometimes I think about the way you held me

Am G F C C/B

| | |

In the mornin', in the mornin' .

Am G F F

| | | |

Sometimes I think about the way you he-eld me

C/G G C/G F

2/2: | | | |

It's colder in November, the leaves are turning on the limbs

C/G G C/G Cadd9

| | | | |

The color's brightest just before the branch is thin

C/G G C/G F

| | | |

And, yes, I still remember but I am trying to begin

C/G G

| |

I met a new love and I'm growing into . . .

4/4: |C

. . . him

Am G F C C/B

| | |

But in the mornin', in the mornin' .

Am G F

| |

Sometimes I think about the way you held me

Am G F C C/B

| | |

In the mornin', in the mornin' .

Am G F F

| | | |

Sometimes I think about the way you he- eld

C G Dm F

| | | | |

Held me

2/2: |C |F

I see a new flag rising on an old flagpole

G Am

| |

Shotgun fired in the firing hole

C F

| |

I'll let the snow keep falling, 'til my world is white

| |

I don't need your hand to- . . .

Am G F C C/B Am G F Am G F C C/B Am G F

4/4: | | | | | | | | |

. . . night

Am G F C C/B Am G F

| | | | |

In the mornin', in the mornin' . (Mornin', in the mornin')

Am G F C C/B Am G F

| | | | |

In the mornin', in the mornin' . (Mornin', in the mornin')

Am G F C C/B Am G F

| | | | |

In the mornin', in the mornin' . Ooohs

Am G F C C/B Am G F

| | | | |

In the mornin', in the mornin' . Ooohs (crescendo)

Am G F C C/B Am G F

| | | | |

In the mornin', in the mornin' . Oh (oh) oh (oh) mornin'

Am G F C C/B

| | |

In the mor- -nin'

Am G F F C

| | | | <> |

Sometimes I think about the way you he- eld me

(ritard)

Cadd9

= x30010

Charted by Dexex

(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist,

I play songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not

tabs, which notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)

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