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

Bsus4 B    A2          E7       A2
There's a story in my eyes...

(Listen to song for rhythm)
C#m7           A2              Bsus4 B
I can feel you tremble when we touch
      B/Eb             C#m7
And I feel the hand of fate
         A2             B5 (rhythm figure 1 starts again)
Reaching out to both of us
                           B5           B5
I've been holding back the night
                          B5            B5
I've been searching for a clue from you
                          B5            B5
I'm gonna try with all my might
             B5    B5/Eb
To make this story line come true
C#5            A5              B5
Can ya feel me tremble when we touch
                        C#5
Can ya feel the hand of fate
         A5             B5
Reaching out to both of us
                       E5
This love affair can't wait
E5           A5               B5                 E5
I can't hold back, I'm on the edge (I can't hold back)
          A5                 B5 (rhythm figure 2) E5     
You voice explodes inside my head
             A5                 C#5
I can't hold back, I won't back down
              A5           B5   E5
Girl it's too late to turn back now

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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C5                            D/E5 E5
Another shooting star goes by
                                                  C5
And in the night the silence speaks to you and I
And now the time has come at last
                     D5      C#5
Don't let the moment run too fast

Repeat chorus

Key: xb(y) - bend from x to y