James Bay - Hold Back The River
STANDARD TUNING
CAPO 5 fret
[Intro tag]
Am Bno5 Cno5 Emno5 Fno5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---1--------3------5-----8-----10-----8-----5------8-----10-----8----5-----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--(2)----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0--------2------3-----7------8-----7-----3------7------8-----7----3-----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cno5 Bno5 Am Gno5
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B|-----5---5----3-----1-----0------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------(2)-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---3---3------2-----0------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
(Played as intro)
Am C F C
Tried to keep you close to me,
F C G
but life got in between
Am C F C
Tried to square not being there
F C G
But think that I should have been
[Chorus]
(Strummed)
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
C
Hold back the river, hold back
[Intro tag - Am Bno5 Cno5]
[Verse]
Am C F C
Once upon a different life
F C G
We rode our bikes into the sky
Am C F C
But now we call against the tide
F C G
Those distant days are flashing by
[Chorus]
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C G
Hold back the river, hold back
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
C G
Hold back the river, hold back
Oh oh oh…[Intro tag Am C F C F C G]
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
[Hold for count of 2]
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C G
Hold back the river, hold back
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C G
Hold back the river, hold
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm (G)
Let us hold each other
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
[Intro tag Am C F C F C G]