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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Tabbed by Kwint and Troy.
Artist : James Bay
Song : Hold Back The River
Album : Chaos And The Calm [2015]
[Chorus]
F#
No you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, if you don't like it
[Verse 1]
F#
She's working late and making eyes at the dough,
She's sick of everybody up on her floor,
D#m C# F#
She wants the sun in her eyes, but all she gets is ignored
F#
She used to put it out and get it all back,
But now she's sipping tring to carry the act,
D#m C# F#
She's sweating under the lights, now she's beginning to pack
[Chorus]
F#
No you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, if you don't like it
F#
And you don't have to care, so don't pretend
Nobody needs a best fake friend
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, don't hide it
[Verse 2]
F#
No hesitation now, she gets up and walks
She thinks of all the pain and pride did it cost
D#m C# F#
She empties all the tip jars, and won't get back what she lost
F#
Outside the window we're two fingers to show
She lifts her head I'm like some blur out of smoke
D#m C# F#
She doesn't have to look back to know where she's gotta go
[Chorus]
F#
No you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, if you don't like it
F#
And you don't have to care, so don't pretend
Nobody needs a best fake friend
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, don't hide it
[Bridge]
B D#m C#
If you don't bleed it, you don't need it anymore
B D#m C#
If you don't need it, get up and leave it on the floor
B D#m C#
No more believing like it's a voice you can't ignore
B
If you don't need it, you don't need it no
[Chorus]
F#
And you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, no if you don't like it
F#
And you don't have to care, so don't pretend
Nobody needs a best fake friend
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, don't hide it
F#
No you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, if you don't like it
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, no if you don't like it
Artist : James Bay
Song : Hold Back The River
Album : Chaos And The Calm [2015]
[Chorus]
F#
No you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, if you don't like it
[Verse 1]
F#
She's working late and making eyes at the dough,
She's sick of everybody up on her floor,
D#m C# F#
She wants the sun in her eyes, but all she gets is ignored
F#
She used to put it out and get it all back,
But now she's sipping tring to carry the act,
D#m C# F#
She's sweating under the lights, now she's beginning to pack
[Chorus]
F#
No you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, if you don't like it
F#
And you don't have to care, so don't pretend
Nobody needs a best fake friend
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, don't hide it
[Verse 2]
F#
No hesitation now, she gets up and walks
She thinks of all the pain and pride did it cost
D#m C# F#
She empties all the tip jars, and won't get back what she lost
F#
Outside the window we're two fingers to show
She lifts her head I'm like some blur out of smoke
D#m C# F#
She doesn't have to look back to know where she's gotta go
[Chorus]
F#
No you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, if you don't like it
F#
And you don't have to care, so don't pretend
Nobody needs a best fake friend
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, don't hide it
[Bridge]
B D#m C#
If you don't bleed it, you don't need it anymore
B D#m C#
If you don't need it, get up and leave it on the floor
B D#m C#
No more believing like it's a voice you can't ignore
B
If you don't need it, you don't need it no
[Chorus]
F#
And you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, no if you don't like it
F#
And you don't have to care, so don't pretend
Nobody needs a best fake friend
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, don't hide it
F#
No you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, if you don't like it
D#m C# F#
Oh oh oh, no if you don't like it
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