Hold Back The River chords by
James Bay
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Key: F major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
Dm
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F
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Bb
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Tried to keep you close to me
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C
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But life got in between
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Bb
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F

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Tried to square not be ing there
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C
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But think that I should have been
Chorus 1
Bb
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Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
F
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Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back
Dm
Dm

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Verse 2
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Bb
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F
F

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Once upon a different life
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We rode our bikes into the sky
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But now we crawl against the tide
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C
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Those dis tant days are flashing by
Chorus 2
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Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
F
F

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Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C
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Hold back the river, hold back
Chorus 3
Bb
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Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
F
F

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Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
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Hold back the river, hold back
Interlude 1
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Bb
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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C
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Bridge 1
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Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
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let us wander
Gm
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Let us hold each other
F
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Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
Bb
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let us wander
Gm
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Let us hold each other
Chorus 4
Bb
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Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
F
F

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Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C
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Hold back the river, hold back
Chorus 5
Bb
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Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
F
F

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Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C
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Hold back the river, hold back
Bridge 2
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Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
Bb
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let us wander
Gm
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C
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Let us hold each other
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Lonely water, lonely water, won't you
Bb
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let us wander
Gm
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Let us hold each other
Outro 1
Dm
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Bb
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C
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