James Bay - Hold Back The River Chords

Intro:  G - D – Em – D – G – D – A

G         D        G       D
Tried to keep you close to me,
    G        D      A
But life got in between
G          D        G      D
Tried to square not being there
     G         D               A
But think that I should have been.

          G                     
Chorus:   Hold back the river let me look in your eyes
          G                     Em7
          Hold back the river so I …
                D                       
          … can stop for a minute and see where you hide
          D                     A    -  G  D
          Hold back the river, hold back

G      D     G         D
Once upon a different life
   G         D              A
We rode our bikes into the sky
G      D      G          D
Now we call against the tide
       G       D                 A - D
Those distant days are flashing by

          G                     
Chorus:   Hold back the river let me look in your eyes
          G                     Em7
          Hold back the river so I …
                D                       
          … can stop for a minute and be by your side
          D                     A    -  G  D
          Hold back the river, hold back

G    D    Em   D    G    D    A
Ho hoho, oho, oho, oho, oho, owoho
D                                    G                     Em
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander, let us hold each other
D                                    G                     Em
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander, let us hold each other …

Chorus 2x 

D                                    G                     Em
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander, let us hold each other
D                                    G                     Em
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander, let us hold each other …

Fade out:  G - D – Em – D – G – D – A