James Bay - Hold back the river
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Tuning: D G C F A D
HOLD BACK THE RIVER
As recorded by James Bay
(From the 2014 Album CHAOS AND THE CALM)
Words and Music by James Bay & Ian Archer
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'James Bay - Electric Guitar (1 step down)'
Intro
Q=133
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr. / One whole step down: DGCFAD)
H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-8------10---12-|-(12)------15---17-|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)------15---17-|
|-0--------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-------9---10-|-(10)------14---15-|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)------14---15-|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
+H E E E E +H E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)----12----12--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)-------10-----|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Q Q +E E E E +E E +H.
|----------------------|-----10-(10)----||
|-10---10---(10)-8s7-7-|-(7)------------||
|---------0--(0)-------|-(0)------------||
|--0-------------------|----------------||
|----------------------|----------------||
|----------------------|----------------||
Q. E +H +W
1st Verse
N.C.
H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-8------10---12-|-(12)------15---17-|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)------15---17-|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-------9---10-|-(10)------14---15-|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)------14---15-|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
+H E E E E +H E E Q H +E E E E +E E +H.
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----10-(10)----|
|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)----12----12--|-10----(10)-8s7-7-|-(7)------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--0---------------|-(0)------------|
|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)-------10-----|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
W +W
H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-8------10---12-|-(12)------15---17-|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)------15---17-|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-------9---10-|-(10)------14---15-|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)------14---15-|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
+H E E E E +W Q Q +E Q E +Q H.
|-------------------|-------------|-5--5--(5)-3---2-|-(2)---10-----------||
|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)--------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------|-----------0-----|-----0-(0)--(0)-----||
|-------------------|-------------|-0--0---0----0---|-(0)----------------||
|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)--------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------8-||
Q Q E E Q +E E +Q +Q. E
Chorus
C W +H.. E +W +H.. G E +W
|-----------|----------------|-------------|-----------------|---------|
|--8--------|--(8)---------8-|--(8)--------|--(8)--------^-8-|--(8)----|
|--9--------|--(9)---------9-|--(9)--------|--(9)--------^-0-|--(0)----|
|-10--------|-(10)--------10-|-(10)--------|-(10)--------^-9-|--(9)----|
|-----------|----------------|-------------|-------------^10-|-(10)----|
|-----------|--------------8-|--(8)--------|--(8)--------^10-|-(10)----|
+W +W +W H E E E E +W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|---------||
|--(8)--------|--(8)--------|--(8)--------|-8------10---12-|-(12)----||
|--(0)--------|--(0)--------|--(0)--------|----------------|---------||
|--(9)--------|--(9)--------|--(9)--------|----------------|---------||
|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-7-------9---10-|-(10)----||
|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|----------------|---------||
2nd Verse
N.C.
H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-8------10---12-|-(12)------15---17-|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)------15---17-|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-------9---10-|-(10)------14---15-|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)------14---15-|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
+H E E E E +H E E Q H +E E E E +E E +H.
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----10-(10)----|
|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)----12----12--|-10----(10)-8s7-7-|-(7)------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--0---------------|-(0)------------|
|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)-------10-----|------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
W +W
H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-8------10---12-|-(12)------15---17-|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)------15---17-|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-------9---10-|-(10)------14---15-|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)------14---15-|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
+H E E E E +W Q Q +E Q E +Q H.
|-------------------|-------------|-5--5--(5)-3---2-|-(2)---10-----------||
|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)--------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------|-----------0-----|-----0-(0)--(0)-----||
|-------------------|-------------|-0--0---0----0---|-(0)----------------||
|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)--------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------8-||
Q Q E E Q +E E +Q +Q. E
Chorus
$
C
E E E E E E E E +E Q E E E E E
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|----8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--(8)--8---8--8--8--8--8-|
|----9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--(9)--9---9--9--9--9--9-|
|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-(10)-10--10-10-10-10-10-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--(8)--8---8--8--8--8--8-|
+E E Q E E E E +E E E E +E Q G E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--(8)--8--8---8--8--8--8-|--(8)--8--8--8--(8)--8---8-|
|--(9)--9--9---9--9--9--9-|--(9)--9--9--9--(9)--9---0-|
|-(10)-10-10--10-10-10-10-|-(10)-10-10-10-(10)-10---9-|
|-------------------------|------------------------10-|
|--(8)--8--8---8--8--8--8-|--(8)--8--8--8--(8)--8--10-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E Q. +E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|--(8)--8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8-|--(8)--8-----(8)--8--8--8-|
|--(0)--0--0--0--(0)--0--0--0-|--(0)--0-----(0)--0--0--0-|
|--(9)--9--9--9--(9)--9--9--9-|--(9)--9-----(9)--9--9--9-|
|-(10)-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|-(10)-10----(10)-10-10-10-|
|-(10)-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|-(10)-10----(10)-10-10-10-|
+E Q E +E Q D E +E Q Dadd9 E E E E C E
|-------------------------|----------12-12-12-12----|
|--(8)--8---8--(8)--8--10-|-(10)-10--10-10-10-10--8-|
|--(0)--0---0--(0)--0--11-|-(11)-11--11-11-11-11--9-|
|--(9)--9---9--(9)--9--12-|-(12)-12--12-12-12-12-10-|
|-(10)-10--10-(10)-10-----|-------------------------|
|-(10)-10--10-(10)-10--10-|-(10)-10--10-10-10-10--8-|
+E E E E E E E E +E Q E E E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--(8)--8---8--8--8--8--8-|
|--(9)--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--(9)--9---9--9--9--9--9-|
|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-(10)-10--10-10-10-10-10-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--(8)--8---8--8--8--8--8-|
+E E Q E E E E +E E E E +E Q G E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--(8)--8--8---8--8--8--8-|--(8)--8--8--8--(8)--8---8-|
|--(9)--9--9---9--9--9--9-|--(9)--9--9--9--(9)--9---0-|
|-(10)-10-10--10-10-10-10-|-(10)-10-10-10-(10)-10---9-|
|-------------------------|------------------------10-|
|--(8)--8--8---8--8--8--8-|--(8)--8--8--8--(8)--8--10-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E Q. +E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|--(8)--8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8-|--(8)--8-----(8)--8--8--8-|
|--(0)--0--0--0--(0)--0--0--0-|--(0)--0-----(0)--0--0--0-|
|--(9)--9--9--9--(9)--9--9--9-|--(9)--9-----(9)--9--9--9-|
|-(10)-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|-(10)-10----(10)-10-10-10-|
|-(10)-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|-(10)-10----(10)-10-10-10-|
To Coda
+E Q E +E Q D E +E Q Dadd9 E E E E C E
|-------------------------|----------12-12-12-12-----||
|--(8)--8---8--(8)--8--10-|-(10)-10--10-10-10-10-----||
|--(0)--0---0--(0)--0--11-|-(11)-11--11-11-11-11-----||
|--(9)--9---9--(9)--9--12-|-(12)-12--12-12-12-12-10--||
|-(10)-10--10-(10)-10-----|--------------------------||
|-(10)-10--10-(10)-10--10-|-(10)-10--10-10-10-10--8--||
Interlude
N.C.
H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-8------10---12-|-(12)------15---17-|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)------15---17-|
|-0--------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-------9---10-|-(10)------14---15-|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)------14---15-|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
+H E E E E +H E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)----12----12--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)-------10-----|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Q Q +E E E E +E E +H.
|----------------------|-----10-(10)----||
|-10---10---(10)-8s7-7-|-(7)------------||
|---------0--(0)-------|-(0)------------||
|--0-------------------|----------------||
|----------------------|----------------||
|----------------------|----------------||
Q. E +H +W
Bridge
G W +W W +W
|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|--8--------|--(8)--------|--8--------|--(8)----|
|--0--------|--(0)--------|--0--------|--(0)----|
|--9--------|--(9)--------|--9--------|--(9)----|
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-10--------|-(10)----|
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-10--------|-(10)----|
C W +W Am W +W
|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------|
|--8--------|--(8)--------|-10--------|-(10)----|
|--9--------|--(9)--------|--9--------|--(9)----|
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-10--------|-(10)----|
|-----------|-------------|--0--------|--(0)----|
|--8--------|--(8)--------|-----------|---------|
G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D.S. al Coda
C Am
6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|----------||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10--------|-(10)-----||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--------|--(9)-----||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--------|-(10)-----||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--0--------|--(0)-----||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-----------|----------||
Bridge
&
G
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
||---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
1.
Am D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o||
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
2.
Am
6/4
W +W +W.
|-----------|-------------|---------||
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-(10)----||
|--9--------|--(9)--------|--(9)----||
|-10--------|-(10)--------|-(10)----||
|--0--------|--(0)--------|--(0)----||
|-----------|-------------|---------||
Outro
N.C.
4/4
H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-8------10---12-|-(12)------15---17-|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)------15---17-|
|-0--------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-------9---10-|-(10)------14---15-|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)------14---15-|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
+H E E E E +H E E Q Q +Q H +W
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|---------*|
|-(17)------15---12-|-(12)----12----12--|-10---(10)---10-----|-(10)----*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------0-(0)----|--(0)----*|
|-------------------|-------------------|--0-----------------|---------*|
|-(15)------14---10-|-(10)-------10-----|--------------------|---------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|---------*|
Q. E +H
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths