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