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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hold Back The River - James Bay ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: EADGBe [Intro] e|----------------------8--10-------8-----------8--10-------8------| B|--6------8--10-----------------------10----------------------10--| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------7--8--------7-----------7--8--------7------| A|--5------7--8------------------------8-----------------------8---| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------8--| B|----10---10--8-----------------| G|---------------------10--9-----| D|-------------------------------| A|--8----8-----------------------| E|-------------8-------8---8-----| [Verse] e|----------------------8--10-------8-----------8--10-------8------| B|--6------8--10-----------------------10----------------------10--| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------7--8--------7-----------7--8--------7------| A|--5------7--8------------------------8-----------------------8---| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------8--| B|----10---10--8-----------------| G|---------------------10--9-----| D|-------------------------------| A|--8----8-----------------------| x2 E|-------------8-------8---8-----| 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 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 Hold back the river, hold back [Verse] e|----------------------8--10-------8-----------8--10-------8------| B|--6------8--10-----------------------10----------------------10--| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------7--8--------7-----------7--8--------7------| A|--5------7--8------------------------8-----------------------8---| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------8--| B|----10---10--8-----------------| G|---------------------10--9-----| D|-------------------------------| A|--8----8-----------------------| E|-------------8-------8---8-----| x2 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] 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] e|----------------------8--10-------8-----------8--10-------8------| B|--6------8--10-----------------------10----------------------10--| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------7--8--------7-----------7--8--------7------| A|--5------7--8------------------------8-----------------------8---| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------8--| B|----10---10--8-----------------| G|---------------------10--9-----| D|-------------------------------| A|--8----8-----------------------| E|-------------8-------8---8-----| Hold oho, oho, oho, Oho, oho, oho, oho [Bridge] F F Bb Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander Gm Let us hold each other F F Bb Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander Gm Let us hold each other [Chorus] 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, oh [Bridge] 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 [Outro] e|----------------------8--10-------8-----------8--10-------8------| B|--6------8--10-----------------------10----------------------10--| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------7--8--------7-----------7--8--------7------| A|--5------7--8------------------------8-----------------------8---| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------8--| B|----10---10--8-----------------| G|---------------------10--9-----| D|-------------------------------| A|--8----8-----------------------| E|-------------8-------8---8-----|