Artist: James Bay
Song: Hold Back The River
(Intro instrumental guitar)
Tried to keep you close to me,
But life got in between
Tried to square not being in there
But think that I should've been
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
(Short instrumental guitar)
Once upon a different life
We rode our bikes into the sky
But now we're caught against the tide
Those distant days all 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
Oh, oho, oho, oho, oho
Oho, oho, oho, oho
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 (silence half bar)
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, hold
F Bb
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Gm C
Let us hold each other
F Bb
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other
(Guitar Outro)