Hold Back The River Chords
by James Bay
Hold Back The River by James Bay is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords Dm, F, Bb, C, Dm7 and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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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