Lyrics and Guitar Chords James Bay - Hold Back The River

Verse :

Am7      C          F     C
Tried to keep you close to me,
    F       C        G
But life got in between

Am7      C        F     C
Tried to square not being there
     F       C                G
But think that I should have been

Chorus :

F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
C
Hold back the river, hold back

Verse :

Am7    C     F       C
Once upon a different life
    F       C               G
We rode our bikes into the sky
    Am7      C      F        C
But now we crawl against the tide
      F       C               G
Those distant days are flashing by

Chorus :

F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

Hold back the river so I
C                    
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
                      G
Hold back the river, hold back
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

Hold back the river so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
                      G
Hold back the river, hold back

Am7  C    F   C
Ooh oho, oho, oho,
 F   C    G
Oho, oho, ohooh

Bridge :

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

Chorus :

F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

Hold back the river so I
C                     
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
                      G
Hold back the river, hold back
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

Hold back the river so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
                      G
Hold back the river, ooh

Bridge :

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