James Bay – Hold Back The River (Ukulele)

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Dm       F          Bb     F
Tried to keep you close to me,

    Bb       F        C
But life got in between

Dm        F         Bb      F
Tried to square not being there

     Bb        F                C
But think that I should have been
[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 see where you hide

F
Hold back the river, hold back
[Verse 2]
Dm     F     Bb        F
Once upon a different life

    Bb       F                C
We rode our bikes into the sky

    Dm       F      Bb        F
But now we crawl against the tide

      Bb       F                C
Those distant days are flashing by
[Chorus]
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

                      C
Hold back the river, 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 see where you hide

                      C
Hold back the river, hold back
[Verse 3]
Dm   F    Bb   F
Ooh oho, oho, oho,

 Bb   F    C   
Oho, oho, ohooh
[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
[Chorus]
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

                      C
Hold back the river, 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

                      C
Hold back the river, ooh
[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]
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