James Bay - Hold back the river


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Tried to keep you close to me  but life got in between
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Tried to square not being there
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But think that I should have been

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Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes hold back the river so I
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Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
                       Do      Rem Fa
Hold back the river, hold back

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Once upon a different life we rode our bikes into the sky
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But now we crawl against the tide
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Those distant days are flashing by

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Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river so I
Fa                         
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
                      Do
Hold back the river, hold back
 Sib
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river so I
 Fa
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
                      Do
Hold back the river, hold back

Rem7    Fa      Sib    Fa     Sib     Fa      Do   
Oh oh ooh  Oh oooh ooh ohh Oh ohh oh oh uoohh uhoo 

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Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Solm
Let us hold each other
Fa                                   Sib
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Solm
Let us hold each other

Sib
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river so I
Fa                         
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
                      Do
Hold back the river, hold back
Sib
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes hold back the river so I
Fa
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
                      Do
Hold back the river, ooh


Fa                                  Sib
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Solm
Let us hold each other
Fa                                   Sib
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Solm
Let us hold each other

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