James Bay - Hold back the river
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Tab by @charlie_sells
Tuning: D Tuning (DGCFAd)
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INTRO/VERSE:
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------10-----|
A|-8----10--12----15--17-----15--12----15--17-----15--12----12-----10-8----7--------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------0-----------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7----9---10----14--15-----14--10----14--15-----14--10----10----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------10----10-10---------|
VERSE:
*Each word has its own chord from the above intro/verse tab*
Tried to keep you close to me,
But life got in between.
Tried to square not being there,
But think that I should have been.
CHORUS:
Chords
Bb F C
d|--X-----X----10--|
A|--8-----8----10--|
F|--9-----0----11--|
C|-10-----9----12--|
G|-10----10----X---|
D|--8-----X----X---|
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 C
Hold back the river, hold back.
VERSE 2: James plays a short 3 chord intro to this verse.
Verse Intro Verse Begins
d|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------10---|
A|-8---10--12-|-8---10--12---15--17---15--12---15--17---15--12---12------10-8----7-----|
F|------------|---------------------------------------------------------0--------------|
C|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7---9---10-|-7---9---10---14--15---14--10---14--15---14--10---10--------------------|
D|------------|-------------------------------------------------------10----10-10------|
Once upon a different life,
We rode our bikes into the sky.
But now we crawl against the tide,
Those distant days are flashing by.
CHORUS:
Chords
Bb F C
d|--X-----X----10--|
A|--8-----8----10--|
F|--9-----0----11--|
C|-10-----9----12--|
G|-10----10----X---|
D|--8-----X----X---|
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 be by your side,
F C
Hold back the river, hold back.
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 C
Hold back the river, hold back.
INTERLUDE:
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------10-----|
A|-8----10--12----15--17-----15--12----15--17-----15--12----12-----10-8----7--------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------0-----------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7----9---10----14--15-----14--10----14--15-----14--10----10----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------10----10-10---------|
Ooh oh ho, oh ho, oh ho, oh ho, oh ho, oh ooh
BRIDGE:
Chords
Bb F Gm
d|--X-----X-----X--|
A|--8-----8-----10-|
F|--9-----0-----9--|
C|-10-----9-----10-|
G|-10----10-----0--|
D|--8-----X-----X--|
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.
CHORUS:
Chords
Bb F C
d|--X-----X----10--|
A|--8-----8----10--|
F|--9-----0----11--|
C|-10-----9----12--|
G|-10----10----X---|
D|--8-----X----X---|
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 be by your side,
F C
Hold back the river, hold back.
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 be by your side,
F C
Hold back the river, hold back.
Chords
Bb F C Gm
d|--X-----X----10----X--|
A|--8-----8----10----10-|
F|--9-----0----11----9--|
C|-10-----9----12----10-|
G|-10----10----X-----0--|
D|--8-----X----X-----X--|
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.
OUTRO:
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------10-----|
A|-8----10--12----15--17-----15--12----15--17-----15--12----12-----10-8----7--------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------0-----------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7----9---10----14--15-----14--10----14--15-----14--10----10----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------10----10-10---------|