Hold Back The River

James Bay

Am

C

F

C

F

C

G

Am

Tried to

C

keep you

F

close to

C

me

But

F

life got

C

in between

G

Am

Tried to squ

C

are not

F

being the

C

re

But

F

think that

C

I should have been

G

F

Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

F

Hold back the river, so I

Can

C

stop for a minute and see where you hide

C

Hold back the river, hold back

Am

Once up

C

on a

F

different

C

life

We

F

rode our

C

bikes into the sky

G

But

Am

now we

C

crawl a

F

gainst the

C

tide

Those

F

distant

C

days are flashing by

G

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 be by your side

C

Hold back the river, hold

G

back

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

G

back

Am

C

F

C

F

C

G

C

Lonely water, lonely water, won't you

F

let us wander?

Dm

Let us hold each other

C

Lonely water, lonely water, won't you

F

let us wander?

Dm

Let us hold each other

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 be by your side

C

Hold back the river, hold

G

back

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 be by your side

C

Hold back the river,

G

hold

C

Lonely water, lonely water, won't you

F

let us wander?

Dm

Let us hold each other

C

Lonely water, lonely water, won't you

F

let us wander?

Dm

Let us hold each other

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