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
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
James Bay
Hold Back The River
INTRO/VERSE:
e|---------------8---10----8----------8--10--8------------------------------------8--|
B|-6----8--10-----------------10-------------------10------10----10--8-8-8-----------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------10--9----|
D|---------------7----8----7----------7--8---7---------------------------------------|
A|-5----7--8------------------8--------------------8-----8----8----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------8-------8--8----|
VERSE: use intro chords
Dm F Bb F
Tried to keep you close to me,
Bb F
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
Warm up chorus:
(one strum)
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
instrumental = First three notes of the intro agaiN
VERSE 2
Dm F Bb F
Once upon a different life
Bb F
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
Dm F Bb F
Ooh oho, oho, oho,
Bb F C
Oho, oho, ohooh
BRIDGE:
(First time one strum)
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:
e|---------------8---10----8----------8--10--8------------------------------------8--|
B|-6----8--10-----------------10-------------------10------10----10--8-8-8-----------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------10--9----|
D|---------------7----8----7----------7--8---7---------------------------------------|
A|-5----7--8------------------8--------------------8-----8----8----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------8-------8--8----|
Hold Back The River
INTRO/VERSE:
e|---------------8---10----8----------8--10--8------------------------------------8--|
B|-6----8--10-----------------10-------------------10------10----10--8-8-8-----------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------10--9----|
D|---------------7----8----7----------7--8---7---------------------------------------|
A|-5----7--8------------------8--------------------8-----8----8----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------8-------8--8----|
VERSE: use intro chords
Dm F Bb F
Tried to keep you close to me,
Bb F
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
Warm up chorus:
(one strum)
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
instrumental = First three notes of the intro agaiN
VERSE 2
Dm F Bb F
Once upon a different life
Bb F
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
Dm F Bb F
Ooh oho, oho, oho,
Bb F C
Oho, oho, ohooh
BRIDGE:
(First time one strum)
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:
e|---------------8---10----8----------8--10--8------------------------------------8--|
B|-6----8--10-----------------10-------------------10------10----10--8-8-8-----------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------10--9----|
D|---------------7----8----7----------7--8---7---------------------------------------|
A|-5----7--8------------------8--------------------8-----8----8----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------8-------8--8----|
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