Chords for James Bay - Hold Back The River (Live On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)

Ernest Gems [N] has had a big year, earning three Grammy nominations
and winning the Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist,
performing Hold Back the River off his album
Chaos and the Calm.
Please welcome James Bay.
_ _ [D] _ -♪ Try _ [F] to keep _ [Bb] you close [F] to me ♪
♪ [Dm] When life [F] got in [C] between ♪ _ _ _
_ _ ♪ Try [F] to square [Bb] none _ [F] _ being there [Bb] ♪
♪ But it's there [F] that I, I should've [C] been _ ♪ _ _
_ [F] ♪ Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes ♪
♪ Hold back the river so I can stop for a minute ♪
♪ And see where you hide ♪
♪ Hold back the river, hold back ♪
[A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
♪ Once [F] upon _ [Bb] a _ _ [F] different life ♪
♪ [Bb] We [F] rode our bikes into the [C] sky _ ♪ _ _ _
[Dm] ♪ But [F] now we're caught _ [Bb] _
_ [F] against the tide ♪
♪ [Bb] Those _ _ [F] distant days are [C] flashing by, yeah ♪
_ _ [Bb] ♪ Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes ♪
♪ Hold back the river so I can [F] stop for a minute ♪
♪ And be by your side ♪
♪ Hold back the [C] river, hold back ♪
[F]
♪ Lonely _ water, _ _ _ lonely _ water, [Bbm] won't you [Gm] keep us _ wounded? _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ ♪
♪ Let _ [Bb] _ _
us warn them, _ [Gm] _
let us hold each other [F]
[Bb] ♪
♪ Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes ♪
♪ Hold back the river so I can [F] 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 can [F]
stop for a minute ♪
♪ And be by your side, hold back the [C] river, hold back ♪
[F]
♪ Lonely water, _ _ _ lonely _ _ water, [Bb] won't you let us warn them?
♪
[Gm] ♪ Let us [C] warn them, let _ _
_ [F] us _ _ _ _ _ _ hold _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] each other ♪
♪ _ Let us warn _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ them, _ let us hold each other ♪
♪ Lonely _ [Bb] water, [Dm] lonely water, won't you [Bb] let us warn them?
♪
[G] ♪ Let us hold each [F] other, lonely _ water, _ _ _ lonely _ water ♪
[Bb]
♪ Let us warn them, _ _ [Gm] _
_ won't you let [C] us hold each other?
[F]
♪
♪ Lonely _ water, _ _ lonely _ _ water, won't [Bb] you let us warn them?
_ [Gm] ♪
♪ Let us hold each [A] other. _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ ♪
Hey!
_ That's how you do it!
That's how you do it, buddy!
James Bay!
_ _ Chaos