Hold Back The River chords by James Bay (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(D minor) (C/E) (F major) (F/A)
(B flat major) (F/A) (F major) (F/A)
(B flat major) (F/A) (F major) (C major)
Verse 1
(D minor) Tried (C/E) to (F major) keep (F/A) you (B flat major) close (F/A) to (F major) me
(F/A) But (B flat major) life (F/A) got (F major) in between (C major)
(D minor) Tried (C/E) to (F major) square (F/A) not (B flat major) be (F/A) ing (F major) there
(F/A) But (B flat major) think (F/A) that (F major) I should have been (C major)
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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) (C/E) (F major)
Verse 2
(D minor) Once (C/E) up (F major) on (F/A) a (B flat major) diffe (F/A) rent (F major) life
(F/A) We (B flat major) rode (F/A) our (F major) bikes into the sky (C major)
But (D minor) now (C/E) we (F major) crawl (F/A) a (B flat major) gainst (F/A) the (F major) tide
(F/A) Those (B flat major) dis (F/A) 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, (C/E) oh, (F major) oh, (F/A) oh, (B flat major) oh, (F/A) oh, (F major) oh
(F/A) Oh, (B flat major) oh, (F/A) 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) (C/E) (F major) (F/A)
(B flat major) (F/A) (F major) (F/A)
(B flat major) (F/A) (F major) (C major)
Hold Back The River
James Bay
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