Hold Back the River - James Bay(capo 5)

Am - G/B - C - C/E - F - C/E - C

C/E - F - C/E - C - G

1.

AmG/BCC/EFC/EC

Tried to_____ keep you____ close to____ me,

C/EFC/ECG

but___ life got___ in bet-ween

AmG/BCC/EFC/EC

Tried to_____ square not___ be-ing___ there

C/EFC/ECG

but___ think that__ I should have been

Ref

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

2.

AmG/BCC/EFC/EC

Once u-----pon a___ di---fferent life

C/EFC/ECG

We___ rode our__ bikes into the sky

AmG/BCC/EFC/EC

But now we___ call a-----gainst the__ tide

C/EFC/ECG

Those di--stant__ days are flashing by

Ref2

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

CG

Hold back the river, hold back

Ref2

Am - G/B - C - C/E - F - C/E - C

C/E - F - C/E - C - G

Bri

C

Lonely water,

C

Lonely water, won't you

F

Let us wander

Dm

Let us hold each other

Bri

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