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Hold Back the River

James Bay
Chords & TabKeyDmintermediate
★4.9(2k)

Chords in this song5

Intro

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B|-6----8--10----13--15-----13--10----13--15-----13--10----10--8---6--5-------|
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A|-5----7--8-----12--13-----12--8-----12--13-----12--8-----8------------------|
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Verse

Tried to keep you close to me,
But life got in between
Tried to square not being there
But think that I should have been

Chorus

Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back

Verse

Once upon a different life
We rode our bikes into the sky 
But now we crawl against the tide
Those distant days are flashing by

Chorus

Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold back
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back

Interlude

Ooh oho, oho, oho,
Oho, oho, ohooh

Bridge

Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other

Chorus

Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold back
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, ooh
[Bridge] х2
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other

Outro

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A|-5----7--8-----12--13-----12--8-----12--13-----12--8-----8---7-------|
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