Hold Back The River chords by James Bay
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Intro 1
(D minor) (F major)
(B flat major) (F major)
(B flat major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 1
(D minor) Tried to (F major) keep you (B flat major) close to (F major) me
But (B flat major) life got (F major) in between (C major)
(D minor) Tried to (F major) square not (B flat major) be ing (F major) there
But (B flat major) think that (F major) I should have been (C major)
Chorus 1
Hold (B flat major) back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop (F major) for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back
(D minor) (F major)
Verse 2
(D minor) Once up (F major) on a (B flat major) different (F major) life
We (B flat major) rode our (F major) bikes into the sky (C major)
But (D minor) now we (F major) crawl a (B flat major) gainst the (F major) tide
Those (B flat major) dis tant (F major) days are flashing by (C major)
Chorus 2
Hold (B flat major) back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop (F major) for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold (C major) back
Chorus 3
Hold (B flat major) back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop (F major) for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold (C major) back
Interlude 1
(D minor) Oh, oh, (F major) oh, oh, (B flat major) oh, oh, (F major) oh
Oh, (B flat major) oh, oh, (F major) oh, oh, oh (C major)
Bridge 1
(F major) Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
(B flat major) let us wander
(G minor) Let us hold each other
(F major) Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
(B flat major) let us wander
(G minor) Let us hold each other
Chorus 4
Hold (B flat major) back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop (F major) for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold (C major) back
Chorus 5
Hold (B flat major) back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop (F major) for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold (C major) back
Bridge 2
(F major) Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
(B flat major) let us wander
(G minor) Let us hold (C major) each other
(F major) Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
(B flat major) let us wander
(G minor) Let us hold each other
Outro 1
(D minor) (F major)
(B flat major) (F major)
(B flat major) (F major) (C major)
Hold Back The River
James Bay
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