Biography:
James Bay (born James Michael Bay on 4 September 1990) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. In February 2015, Bay received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award. At the 2016 Brit Awards he received the award for Best British Male Solo Artist. Bay also received three nominations at the 2016 Grammy Awards, for Best New Artist, Best Rock Album, and Best Rock Song.
Hailing from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Bay gained a reputation thanks to stints
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Other songs:
- Best Fake Smile
- Clocks Go Forward
- Craving
- Hold Back The River
- Hold Back The River - Fingerpicking
- If You Ever Want To Be In Love
- Incomplete
- Let It Go
- Move Together
- Need The Sun To Break
- Peer Pressure
- Pink Lemonade
- Scars
- Us
- Waking Up In Vegas
- When We Were On Fire
- Wild Love
- Collide
- Four Five Seconds
- Get Out While You Can
- Glow
- Hear Your Heart
- Heavy Handed
- I Found You
- In My Head
- Just For Tonight
- Proud Mary
- Running
- Slide
- Sparks
- Stand Up
- Stealing Cars
- Sugar Drunk High
- Wait In Line
- Wanderlust
- Wasted On Each Other
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James Bay - Hold Back The River
STANDARD TUNING
CAPO 5 fret
[Intro tag]
Am Bno5 Cno5 Emno5 Fno5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---1--------3------5-----8-----10-----8-----5------8-----10-----8----5-----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--(2)----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0--------2------3-----7------8-----7-----3------7------8-----7----3-----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cno5 Bno5 Am Gno5
e|----------------------------3----------------------------------------------|
B|-----5---5----3-----1-----0------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------(2)-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---3---3------2-----0------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
(Played as intro)
Am C F C
Tried to keep you close to me,
F C G
but life got in between
Am C F C
Tried to square not being there
F C G
But think that I should have been
[Chorus]
(Strummed)
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
C
Hold back the river, hold back
[Intro tag - Am Bno5 Cno5]
[Verse]
Am C F C
Once upon a different life
F C G
We rode our bikes into the sky
Am C F C
But now we call against the tide
F C G
Those distant days are flashing by
[Chorus]
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C G
Hold back the river, hold back
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
C G
Hold back the river, hold back
Oh oh oh…[Intro tag Am C F C F C G]
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
[Hold for count of 2]
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C G
Hold back the river, hold back
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C G
Hold back the river, hold
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm (G)
Let us hold each other
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
[Intro tag Am C F C F C G]
STANDARD TUNING
CAPO 5 fret
[Intro tag]
Am Bno5 Cno5 Emno5 Fno5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---1--------3------5-----8-----10-----8-----5------8-----10-----8----5-----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--(2)----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0--------2------3-----7------8-----7-----3------7------8-----7----3-----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cno5 Bno5 Am Gno5
e|----------------------------3----------------------------------------------|
B|-----5---5----3-----1-----0------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------(2)-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---3---3------2-----0------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
(Played as intro)
Am C F C
Tried to keep you close to me,
F C G
but life got in between
Am C F C
Tried to square not being there
F C G
But think that I should have been
[Chorus]
(Strummed)
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
C
Hold back the river, hold back
[Intro tag - Am Bno5 Cno5]
[Verse]
Am C F C
Once upon a different life
F C G
We rode our bikes into the sky
Am C F C
But now we call against the tide
F C G
Those distant days are flashing by
[Chorus]
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C G
Hold back the river, hold back
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
C G
Hold back the river, hold back
Oh oh oh…[Intro tag Am C F C F C G]
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
[Hold for count of 2]
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C G
Hold back the river, hold back
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C G
Hold back the river, hold
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm (G)
Let us hold each other
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
[Intro tag Am C F C F C G]
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