Hold Back The River

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[Intro]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------8~~--|
B|-6----8--10----13--15-----13--10----13--15-----13--10----10--8---6--5-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5----7--8-----12--13-----12--8-----12--13-----12--8-----8------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------8---8----------|
[Verse]
Dm7 F Bb F
Tried to keep you close to me,
Bb F C
But life got in between
Dm7 F Bb F
Tried to square not being there
Bb F C
But think that I should have been
[Chorus]
Bb
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Bb
Hold back the river so I
F
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
F
Hold back the river, hold back
[Verse]
Dm7 F Bb F
Once upon a different life
Bb F C
We rode our bikes into the sky
Dm7 F Bb F
But now we crawl against the tide
Bb F C
Those distant days are flashing by
[Chorus]
Bb
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Bb
Hold back the river so I
F
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C
Hold back the river, hold back
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]
Dm7 F Bb F
Ooh oho, oho, oho,
Bb F C
Oho, oho, ohooh
[Bridge]
F Bb
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other
F Bb
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other
[Chorus]
Bb
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Bb
Hold back the river so I
F
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C
Hold back the river, hold back
Bb
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Bb
Hold back the river so I
F
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C
Hold back the river, ooh
[Bridge] х2
F Bb
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other
F Bb
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other
[Outro]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-6----8--10----13--15-----13--10----13--15-----13--10----10--8--8~~--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5----7--8-----12--13-----12--8-----12--13-----12--8-----8---7-------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Hold Back The River chords and lyrics

Free chords for Hold Back The River by James Bay. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
Hold back the river so I
[Interlude]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Bridge] х2
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Hold Back The River Chords by James Bay

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