# Holding Back the Years – Simply Red: piano chords

Holding Back the Years by Simply Red uses 5 chords in A minor; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[Fmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj7), [G13](https://pianokitty.com/c/G13), [Dm9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm9), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [G9](https://pianokitty.com/c/G9)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Fmaj7 G13
- Verse 1: Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13 Dm9 G
- Instrumental 1: Dm9 G13
- Verse 2: Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13
- Chorus 1: Dm9 G9 Dm9 G9 Dm9 G9 Dm9 G9 Dm9 G9 Dm9 G9
- Instrumental 2: Dm9 G
- Verse 3: Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13 Dm9 G13
- Chorus 2: Dm9 G Dm9 G Dm9 G Dm9 G Dm9 G Dm9 G
- Outro 1: Dm9 G9 Dm9 G9

## Questions

### Which chords does Holding Back the Years by Simply Red use?

Different chords: 5. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Holding Back the Years by Simply Red in?

The chords fit A minor. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is Holding Back the Years to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (5), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

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