D 
Got a call from an old friend.. 
                                               G 
Said where in the world have you been, haven't seen you around 
A                             D 
Have you found a new stompin' ground 

I said things have changed a whole lot... 
                                      G 
Espec...ially on the home front I'm a changed man 
 A                        D 
I finally got love by the hand 

G                                    D 
I'm in a holdin' pattern...holdin' my baby every chance I get 
                   A                               D 
When he asked if I miss my rowdy days I said... no regrets 
G                                           D 
I'm in a holdin' pattern....holdin' my woman tight... day and night 
         A                                            D 
And this holdin' pattern is all that's a matterin' to me 

D 
I told him all about my settlin' down 
                                          G 
How love had turned my life around, how it set me free 
 A                            D 
Be the man I always wanted to be 

And said goodbye to my old friend 
                                                  G 
Said keep in touch every now and then said he was happy for me 
   A                D       G 
As glad as he could be...to hear that 

G                                      D 
I was in a holdin' pattern...holdin' my baby every chance I get 
                  A                               D 
When he asked if I miss my rowdy days I said...no regrets 
G                                           D 
I'm in a holdin' pattern...holdin' my woman tight...day and night 
         A                                           D 
And this holdin' pattern is all that's a matterin' to me 
G                                           D 
I'm in a holdin' pattern...holdin' my woman tight...day and night 
         A                                            D 
And this holdin' pattern is all that's a matterin' to me 
          A                                            D 
yes, this holdin' pattern is all that's a matterin' to me