Chords for James Bay 'Hold Back The River' (Acoustic)

Tempo:
128.25 bpm
Chords used:

F

Bb

C

Dm

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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James Bay 'Hold Back The River' (Acoustic) chords
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Oh, almost.
[Bb] [Dm] What?
What?
Oh, babe.
[C] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F]
I don't know.
Try to keep [Bb] you close [Dm] to me, [Bb] but [F] life got in between.
[Dm] Try [F] to square, [Bb] not [F] be here, [Bb] but it's [F] there.
Man, I should've been [C]
[Bb] out back the river.
Let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so [Eb] I [F] can stop for a minute
and see where you hide.
Hold back the river, [Bb] hold back.
[F] [C] [F] [Dm]
[F] Once upon a different life, [Bb] we rode [F] our bikes into the sky.
[Dm]
[F] And now we're caught [Bb] against [F] the tide.
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.
Hold back the river, [C] hold back.
[Bb] Hold back the river.
Hold back the river so I [F] can stop for a minute
and see where you hide.
Hold back the [C] river, hold back.
[Dm] Oh, [F] oh, oh, [Bb] oh, [F] oh, oh, [Bb] oh, [F] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
We watered.
We [Bb] watered.
[Bbm] Let us water.
[Gm] Let us [G] hold each [F] other.
Lonely water, lonely water.
Won't [Bb] you let us water?
[Gm] Let us hold each [Cm] 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.
Hold back the river, [C] 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.
Hold back the river, [C] hold back.
Yes, [F] don't be water.
Don't be water.
Won't [Bb] you let us water?
[Gm] Let us [C] hold each [F] other.
Lonely water, lonely water.
[Bb] Won't you let us water?
[Gm] Let us hold each other.
[Dm] [Em] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
Key:  
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
C
3211
Dm
2311
Gm
123111113
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
C
3211
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To learn James Bay - Hold Back The River chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: F, Bb, F, C and Bb. A strategic approach would be to train at 64 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 128. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: F Major.

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Oh, almost.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] What?
What?
Oh, babe. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I don't know.
Try to keep _ [Bb] you close [Dm] to me, [Bb] but [F] life got in between. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Try [F] to square, _ [Bb] not [F] be here, _ [Bb] but it's [F] there.
Man, I should've been _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bb] out back the river.
Let me look in your eyes.
Hold back the river so [Eb] I [F] can stop for a minute
and see where you hide.
Hold back the river, [Bb] hold back. _
[F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[F] Once _ upon _ a _ different life, [Bb] we rode _ [F] our bikes into the sky. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[F] And now we're caught _ [Bb] _ against [F] the tide.
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.
Hold back the river, [C] hold back.
_ _ [Bb] Hold back the river.
_ _ _ Hold back the river so I _ [F] can stop for a minute
and see where you hide.
Hold back the [C] river, hold back.
_ [Dm] _ Oh, [F] oh, oh, [Bb] oh, _ [F] oh, _ _ oh, [Bb] oh, _ [F] _ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ We _ watered.
_ _ _ We _ _ [Bb] watered.
_ _ [Bbm] Let us water.
_ _ [Gm] Let us [G] hold each [F] other.
Lonely _ water, _ _ _ lonely _ water.
Won't [Bb] you let us _ water?
_ _ [Gm] Let us hold each [Cm] 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.
Hold back the river, [C] 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.
Hold back the river, [C] hold back.
Yes, [F] _ don't be water.
_ _ _ Don't be water.
Won't [Bb] you let us water?
_ _ [Gm] Let us [C] hold each [F] other.
_ Lonely water, _ _ _ _ lonely water.
_ [Bb] Won't you let us water?
_ _ [Gm] _ Let us hold each other. _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Iain Archer and James Bay.

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