Hold Back The River Chords by James Bay

[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] Try _ [Em] [Dm] to keep [Bb] you _ close [F] to me, _ [Bb]
but I [F] got in between.
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Try to [F] square, _ [Bb] not be _ [F] in there, _ [Gm] but said _ [F] that I should have [C] been.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so [Gm] I [F] can stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the river, hold [Bb] back. _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ Once [F] _ upon _ [Bb] a _ [F] different _ life, [Bb] we were up [F] on our bikes into [C] the sky.
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Em] [F] Now we're caught _
[Bb] _ _ [F] against the tide, [Bb] those _ _ [F] distant days are flashing [C] by.
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so I [F] can stop for a minute and be by your side.
Hold back the river, hold [C] 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.
Hold back the [C] river, hold back.
_ [Dm] Oh, [F] oh, oh, _
[Bb] oh, oh, _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] oh, oh, _ _ [F] _ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [C] _ _ _
[F] oh, oh, oh, oh.
Lonely _ water, _ _ _ lonely _ water, won't [Bb] you let us wonder? _
_ [Gm] Let us _ hold each [F] other.
_ _ _ Lonely water, _ _ _ lonely _ water, won't [Bb] you let us wonder? _
_ [Gm] Let us _ hold each other.
[Bb] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so I [F] can stop for a minute and be by your side.
Hold back the river, [C]
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 be by your side.
Hold back the river, [C]
oh.
_ _ [F] _ _ Lonely water, _ _ _ lonely _ water, _ [Bb] won't you let us wonder?
_ _ [Gm] _ Let us [C]
hold each [F] other.
_ Lonely water, _ _ _ lonely _ _ water, [Bb] won't you let us wonder?
_ _ [Gm] Let us hold each [G] other. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
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