Hold Back The River – James Bay Standard tuning Capo 3
Intro not relative to capo
[Intro]
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[Verse]
(Just play the intro riff here)
Bm7 D G D
Tried to keep you close to me,
G D A
But life got in between
Bm7 D G D
Tried to square not being there
G D A
But think that I should have been
[Chorus]
G
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
G
Hold back the river so I
D
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
D
Hold back the river, hold back
[Pre-verse]
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[Verse]
(Just play the intro riff)
Bm7 D G D
Once upon a different life
G D A
We rode our bikes into the sky
Bm7 D G D
But now we crawl against the tide
G D A
Those distant days are flashing by
[Chorus]
G
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
D
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
A
Hold back the river, hold back
G
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
D
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
A
Hold back the river, hold back
Bm7 D G D
Ooh oho, oho, oho,
G D A
Oho, oho, ohooh
[Bridge]
D G
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Em
Let us hold each other
D G
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Em
Let us hold each other
[Chorus]
G
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
D
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
A
Hold back the river, hold back
G
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
D
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
A
Hold back the river, ooh
[Bridge]
D G
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Em
Let us hold each other
D G
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Em
Let us hold each other
[Outro]
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