Hold Back The River

James Bay

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Hold Back The River

Written by Iain Denis Archer, James Michael Bay

Key: F

Hold Back The River Key CC

Hold Back The River Key C#C#

Hold Back The River Key DD

Hold Back The River Key D#D#(one step down)

Hold Back The River Key EE(half step down)

Hold Back The River Key FF(original key)

Hold Back The River Key F#F#(half step up)

Hold Back The River Key GG(one step up)

Hold Back The River Key G#G#

Hold Back The River Key AA

Hold Back The River Key A#A#

Hold Back The River Key BB

	  		Intro: Dm  F  Bb  F  Bb  F  C   

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Verso:   

Dm7      F          Bb     F   
Tried to keep you close to me,   
    Bb       F        C   
But life got in between   
Dm7       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   
                           C   
Hold back the river, hold back 
   

Verso:   

Dm7    F     Bb        F   
Once upon a different life   
    Bb       F                C   
We rode our bikes into the sky   
    Dm7      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 
   

Dm7  F    Bb   F   
Ooh oho, oho, oho,   
 Bb   F    C   
Oho, oho, ohooh   

Ponte:   

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

Ponte:   

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

Outro:   

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E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|   
B|-6----8--10----13--15-----13--10----13--15-----13--10----10--8--8~~--|   
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|   
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|   
A|-5----7--8-----12--13-----12--8-----12--13-----12--8-----8---7-------|   
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

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