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Hold Back The River

Hold Back The River easy guitar chords by James Bay

2014Rock
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 5

Capo

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Capo
  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • G

  • Dm

  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • G

  • Dm

  • Intro 1
    Am
    C

    F
    C

    F
    C
    G

    Verse 1
    Am
    C
    F
    C

    Tried to keep you close to me
    F
    C
    G

    But life got in between
    Am
    C
    F
    C

    Tried to square not be ing there
    F
    C
    G

    But think that I should have been
    Chorus 1
    F

    Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

    Hold back the river so I
    C

    Can stop for a minute and see where you hide

    Hold back the river, hold back
    Am
    C

    Verse 2
    Am
    C
    F
    C

    Once upon a different life
    F
    C
    G

    We rode our bikes into the sky
    Am
    C
    F
    C

    But now we crawl against the tide
    F
    C
    G

    Those distant days are flashing by
    Chorus 2
    F

    Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

    Hold back the river so I
    C

    Can stop for a minute and be by your side
    G

    Hold back the river, hold back

    Chorus 3
    F

    Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

    Hold back the river so I
    C

    Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
    G

    Hold back the river, hold back
    Interlude 1
    Am
    C
    F
    C

    Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
    F
    C
    G

    Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
    Bridge 1
    C

    Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
    F

    let us wander
    Dm

    Let us hold each other
    C

    Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
    F

    let us wander
    Dm

    Let us hold each other

    Chorus 4
    F

    Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

    Hold back the river so I
    C

    Can stop for a minute and be by your side
    G

    Hold back the river, hold back

    Chorus 5
    F

    Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

    Hold back the river so I
    C

    Can stop for a minute and be by your side
    G

    Hold back the river, hold back
    Bridge 2
    C

    Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
    F

    let us wander
    Dm
    G

    Let us hold each other
    C

    Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
    F

    let us wander
    Dm

    Let us hold each other
    Outro 1

    Am
    C

    F
    C

    F
    C
    G

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