Hold Back The River Chords by James Bay

[D] .
[Em] [Dm] [Bb] .
[F] [Bb] .
[F] [C] .
[F] [C] [Dm].
Try [Em] to [F] keep [Bb] you [F] close to me, [Bb] but I [F] got in between.
[Cm] .
[F] [Bb].
Try [Dm] to square, [Bb] not be [F] in there, [Gm] but say [F] that I [C] should have been.
[F] [Bb] Hold back the [Gm] river, let me look in your [Bb] eyes.
Hold back the river so [Gm] I [F] can stop for a minute and see where you hide.
Hold back the river, hold back.
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[Bb] [Dm] .
Once [F] upon [Bb] a [F] different life, [Bb] we were up [F] high, bouncing to [Bb] the sky.
[F] But [C] [Dm].
now [Em] [F] we're caught [Bb] .
against [F] the tide, [Bb] those [F] distant days all 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, [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 see where you hide.
Hold back the river, [C] hold back.
[Dm] .
Hold [F] back [Bb] .
[F] [Bb] the [F] .
river, hold back.
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Lonely water, [Bb] won't you let us wander?.
[Gm].
Let us hold each [F] other.
Lonely water, lonely water, [Bb] won't you let us wander?.
[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] hold [F] back.
Lonely water, lonely water, .
[Bb] won't you let us wander?
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Let [Gm] us [C] hold each [F] other.
Lonely water, lonely water, [Bb] won't you let us wander?
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[Gm] Let us hold [G].
each other.
[Dm] [Em] [F] [Bb] .
[F] .
[Bb] [F] .
[C] [F] .
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