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Hold Back The River by James Bay - Guitar Chords

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                             Hold Back The River - James Bay
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Tuning: EADGBe




[Intro]

e|----------------------8--10-------8-----------8--10-------8------|
B|--6------8--10-----------------------10----------------------10--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------7--8--------7-----------7--8--------7------|
A|--5------7--8------------------------8-----------------------8---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------8--|
B|----10---10--8-----------------|
G|---------------------10--9-----|
D|-------------------------------|
A|--8----8-----------------------|
E|-------------8-------8---8-----|


[Verse]

e|----------------------8--10-------8-----------8--10-------8------|
B|--6------8--10-----------------------10----------------------10--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------7--8--------7-----------7--8--------7------|
A|--5------7--8------------------------8-----------------------8---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------8--|
B|----10---10--8-----------------|
G|---------------------10--9-----|
D|-------------------------------|
A|--8----8-----------------------|  x2
E|-------------8-------8---8-----| 

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

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]

e|----------------------8--10-------8-----------8--10-------8------|
B|--6------8--10-----------------------10----------------------10--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------7--8--------7-----------7--8--------7------|
A|--5------7--8------------------------8-----------------------8---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------8--|
B|----10---10--8-----------------|
G|---------------------10--9-----|
D|-------------------------------|
A|--8----8-----------------------|
E|-------------8-------8---8-----| x2

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]

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                    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 see where you hide
F                    C
Hold back the river, hold back


[Interlude]

e|----------------------8--10-------8-----------8--10-------8------|
B|--6------8--10-----------------------10----------------------10--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------7--8--------7-----------7--8--------7------|
A|--5------7--8------------------------8-----------------------8---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------8--|
B|----10---10--8-----------------|
G|---------------------10--9-----|
D|-------------------------------|
A|--8----8-----------------------|
E|-------------8-------8---8-----|

Hold oho, oho, oho,
Oho, oho, oho, oho


[Bridge]

F             F                      Bb
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other
F             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
F                    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
F                    C
Hold back the river, oh


[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


[Outro]

e|----------------------8--10-------8-----------8--10-------8------|
B|--6------8--10-----------------------10----------------------10--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------7--8--------7-----------7--8--------7------|
A|--5------7--8------------------------8-----------------------8---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------8--|
B|----10---10--8-----------------|
G|---------------------10--9-----|
D|-------------------------------|
A|--8----8-----------------------|
E|-------------8-------8---8-----| 
        

We also have 11 songs by James Bay

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• Chew On My Heart
• Craving
• Hold Back The River
• If You Ever Want To Be In Love
• Let It Go
• Move Together
• Need The Sun To Break
• Scars
• Us
• When We Were On Fire

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