Survivor - I can't hold back
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Artist: Survivor
Song: I Can't Hold Back
Album: Vital Signs
Year: 1984
Guitarist: Frankie Sullivan
Rhythm Figure 1 (Clean and Chorused)
Guitar I
E|-------0-----0---|-------0---------|-------0-----0---|-------0--------|
B|---------4-----4-|-----------0-----|---------0-----0-|----------0-----|
G|-----4-----4-----|-----2-------2---|-----1-----1-----|-----2------2---|
D|---4-------------|---2-----2-------|---0-------------|---0----2-------|
A|-2---------------|-0---------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Guitar II (Piano arr. for guitar)
Bsus4 B A2 E7 A2
Bsus4There'Bs a sA2tory in my eE7yes... A2
(Listen to song for rhythm)
C#m7I can feel you A2tremble when we Bsus4touch B
And I B/Ebfeel the hand of C#m7fate
A2 B5 (rhythm figure 1 starts again)
Reaching out to both of us
I've been holding back the B5night B5
I've been searching for a B5clue from you B5
I'm gonna try with all my B5might B5
To make this B5story B5/Ebline come true
C#5Can ya feel me A5tremble when we B5touch
Can ya feel the hand of C#5fate
Reaching A5out to both of B5us
This love affair can't E5wait
E5I can't hold A5back, I'm on the B5edge (I can't hold E5back)
A5 B5 (rhythm figure 2) E5
You voice explodes inside my head
I can't hold A5back, I won't back C#5down
Girl it's too A5late to turn B5back E5now
Rhythm Figure 2
E------|-----------------|---|
B------|-----------------|---|
G------|-----------------|---|
D------|-1-----2-----4---|-2-|
A-2--4-|-----------------|-2-|
E------|-----------------|-0-|
4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1
Solo (Listen to CD for timing)
E-----------------------12-11------------------12--14b(16)-14-12---12-14-14---14-17-19-21-|
B-9-9-9-9-9-10----------------14-12-10-9-------------------------14-----------------------|
G--------------11-9-11/------------------11-9---------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C5Another shooting star goes by D/E5 E5
And in the night the silence speaks to you and I C5
And now the time has come at last
Don't let the moment D5run too C#5fast
Repeat chorus
Key: xb(y) - bend from x to y