James BayHold Back The River
Chaos And The Calm • 2014
Dm7 F Bb F
Tried to keep you close to me,
Bb F C
But life got in between
Dm7 F Bb F
Tried to square not being there
Bb F C
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
C
Hold back the river, hold back
Dm7 F Bb F
Once upon a different life
Bb F C
We rode our bikes into the sky
Dm7 F Bb F
But now we call against the tide
Bb F C
Those distant days are flashing by
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
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
C
Hold back the river, hold back
Dm7 F Bb F
Oho, oho, oho, oho
Bb F C
Oho, oho, ohooh
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
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
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
C
Hold back the river, ooh
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
