Chords for "Hold back the river" James Bay (cover)
Tempo:
64 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A]
[Em] [B] [Em]
[B] [Am] Try [C] to keep [F] you close [C] to me, [F] but life [C] got in [G] between.
[Am] Try [C] to square [F] not being [C] there, [F] but think that I [G] should have been.
[F] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so [C] I can stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the [G] river, hold [Am] back.
Once [C] upon [F] a [C] different life, [F] we rode [C] our bikes [G] into the sky.
[Am] Now [C] we crawl [F] against [C] the tide, [F] those [C] distant birds are flashing [G] by.
[F] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so I [C] can stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the river, [G] hold back.
[F] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so I can [C] stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the river, [G] hold [C] back.
Lonely water, lonely water.
[F] Let us wander, [Dm] let us hold each [C] other.
Lonely water, lonely water.
[F] Let us wander, [Dm] let us hold each [C] other.
[Em] [B] [Em]
[B] [Am] Try [C] to keep [F] you close [C] to me, [F] but life [C] got in [G] between.
[Am] Try [C] to square [F] not being [C] there, [F] but think that I [G] should have been.
[F] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so [C] I can stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the [G] river, hold [Am] back.
Once [C] upon [F] a [C] different life, [F] we rode [C] our bikes [G] into the sky.
[Am] Now [C] we crawl [F] against [C] the tide, [F] those [C] distant birds are flashing [G] by.
[F] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so I [C] can stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the river, [G] hold back.
[F] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so I can [C] stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the river, [G] hold [C] back.
Lonely water, lonely water.
[F] Let us wander, [Dm] let us hold each [C] other.
Lonely water, lonely water.
[F] Let us wander, [Dm] let us hold each [C] other.
Key:
C
F
G
Am
Em
C
F
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Am] Try [C] to keep [F] you close [C] to me, [F] but life [C] got in [G] between. _
_ _ [Am] Try [C] to square [F] not being [C] there, [F] but think that I [G] should have been.
_ _ [F] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so [C] I can stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the [G] river, hold [Am] back.
Once [C] upon [F] a [C] different life, [F] we rode [C] our bikes [G] into the sky.
_ _ [Am] Now [C] we crawl [F] against [C] the tide, [F] those [C] distant birds are flashing [G] by.
_ [F] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so I [C] can stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the river, [G] hold back.
[F] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so I can [C] stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the river, [G] hold [C] back.
Lonely water, lonely water.
[F] Let us wander, [Dm] let us hold each [C] other.
Lonely water, lonely water.
[F] Let us wander, _ [Dm] let us hold each [C] other. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Am] Try [C] to keep [F] you close [C] to me, [F] but life [C] got in [G] between. _
_ _ [Am] Try [C] to square [F] not being [C] there, [F] but think that I [G] should have been.
_ _ [F] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so [C] I can stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the [G] river, hold [Am] back.
Once [C] upon [F] a [C] different life, [F] we rode [C] our bikes [G] into the sky.
_ _ [Am] Now [C] we crawl [F] against [C] the tide, [F] those [C] distant birds are flashing [G] by.
_ [F] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so I [C] can stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the river, [G] hold back.
[F] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so I can [C] stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the river, [G] hold [C] back.
Lonely water, lonely water.
[F] Let us wander, [Dm] let us hold each [C] other.
Lonely water, lonely water.
[F] Let us wander, _ [Dm] let us hold each [C] other. _ _ _ _ _