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Hold It Back

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TabSheetNotes
Tuning: E A D G B E

Capo: 2

BPM: 200

    Intro:                               Interlude
    Em        G          D         C     |----------|X2
e|--0---------3---------|2---------0----|0----2----0----2----|-----0----3----3----|2----3----0----0----|
B|--0---------3---------|3---------1----|0----2----1----3----|-----0----0----3----|3----3----1----1----|
G|--0---------0---------|2---------0----|0----0----0----2----|-----0----0----0----|2----2----0----0----|
D|--2---------0---------|0---------2----|2----0----2----0----|-----2----2----0----|0----0----2----0----|
A|--2---------2---------|0---------3----|2----2----3----0----|-----2----2----2----|0----0----3----3----|
E|--0---------3---------|0---------0----|0----3----0----0----|-----0----0----3----|0----0----0----0----|

                                    Verse / Chorus:
                                    Em        G          D    Dsus2           C    Csus2
e|-------0----3----0----|----------|0---------2---------|2---------2---------|1---------0----|
B|-------0----3----0----|----------|0---------2---------|3---------3---------|1---------1----|
G|-------0----0----2----|4---------|0---------0---------|2---------0---------|0---------0----|
D|-------2----0----2----|4---------|2---------0---------|0---------0---------|2---------0----|
A|-------2----2----0----|2---------|2---------2---------|0---------0---------|3---------3----|
E|-------0----3----0----|----------|0---------3---------|0---------0---------|0---------0----|

[ preview ends at bar 10 — the interactive score has the rest ]

    Last Chorus:                                   |---------------------|X2
    Am        G          D         C               Em              G         D          C

    Hold It Back
    Well, I can't, but I won't
    I wouldn't and I don't
    Release me, show mercy
    Release me from my body
    I tried to hold it back
    But the waves keep on crashing
    Keep on crashing the bay
    I try to go my way
    But my will seems broken
    Torn between foreign hands
    And I won't start to hesitate
    Live up to the promises
    The ones I made
    But I crush myself to pulp
    Burn the rope I need
    To get off the hole
    I can't, but I won't
    I wouldn't and I don't
    Release me, show mercy
    Release me from my body
    And I don't hesitate
    Live up to the promises
    The ones I made
    But I crush myself to pulp
    Burn the rope I need
    To get off the hole
    Burn the rope I need
    To get off the hole
    Music: Markus Richter
    Lyrics: Markus Richter
    Arrangement: Leonie Wahl & Markus Richter
    © Leonie Wahl & Markus Richter, 2018
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Instruments
Guitar
Genres
Alternative / Indie
Tracks
1
Tempo
200 BPM
Time signature
4/4
Tuning
E A D G B E
Capo
Fret 2
Key
F# minor
Difficulty
Beginner
Bars
15
Frets used
Frets 0-4
Published 22 Apr 2018

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Hold It Back is a Guitar score arranged by Markus and filed under Alternative / Indie. Read it as tablature or as standard sheet music notation, play it back at any tempo, and practise it a bar at a time.

It is written in 4/4 at 200 BPM, with a capo at fret 2. It is in F# minor, and the arrangement runs 15 bars. We grade it beginner — it stays between frets 0 and 4 and there are 5 chord shapes to learn. It is written as plain fretted notes, with no bends, slides or hammer-ons to learn first.

Chords used: Em, G, Dadd9, C, Cadd9 — as shaped, with the capo at fret 2. Each one links to its shapes and fingerings.

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