JAMES BAY - HOLD BACK THE RIVER

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Intro  

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Dm       F          Bb         F
Tried to keep you close to me,
    Bb       F             C
But life got in between
Dm       F           Bb      F
Tried to square not being there
     Bb           F                  C
But think that I should have been

Bb
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Bb
Hold back the river so I
F
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
F
Hold back the river, hold back

Dm F

Dm        F     Bb        F
Once upon a different life
    Bb           F                  C
We rode our bikes into the sky
    Dm           F         Bb         F
But now we crawl against the tide
      Bb             F                    C
Those distant days are flashing by

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
                               C
Hold back the river, 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
                                C
Hold back the river, hold back

Dm   F    Bb   F
Ooh oho, oho, oho,
 Bb   F    C  
Oho, oho, ohooh

F                                                   Bb
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander

Let us hold each other
F                                                  Bb
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander

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
                             C
Hold back the river, 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
                             C
Hold back the river, ooh

F                                                   Bb
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander

Let us hold each other
F                                                 Bb
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander

Let us hold each other

 outro

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