Chords:
{t:Hold Back The River}
{artist:James Bay}
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfZBJD8zYOo
[Dm] [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F] [C]
[Dm] Tried to [F] keep you [Bb] close to [F] me,
but [Bb] life got [F] in between [C]
[Dm] Tried to [F] square not [Bb] being [F] there
but [Bb] think that [F] I should have [C] been
[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
[Dm] Once u-[F]pon a [Bb] different [F] life
We [Bb] rode our [F] bikes into the [C] sky
[Dm] But now we [F] call a-[Bb]gainst the [F] tide
Those [Bb] distant [F] days are flashing [C] by
[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
[F] Hold back the river, [C] 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
[F] Hold back the river, [C] hold back
[Dm] [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F] [C]
[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
[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
[F] Hold back the river, [C] 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
[F] Hold back the river, [C] hold back
[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
[Dm] [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F] [C] .
