James Bay-Hold Back The River
BPM 135 - VOX - BIG REVERB SOUND - PERHAPS TRYVARIATION ON DOUBLING - NOT MANY HARMONIES
when playing C in verse 3555 3556 then normal open C
[Intro]
octaves 1...3.5.....8.10.....8.5.......
8.10.....8.5.........555-3--change to B 6-5 E 8
[Verse- very staccato - no drums muted chords - rhythm XxxX xXxx]
[Dm] Tried to [F] Keep you [Bb] close to [F] me,
but [Bb] Life got [F] in between [C] [Csus4] [C]
(Add bass drum on 1)
[Dm] Tried to [F] square not [Bb] being [F] there
but [Bb] think that [F] I should have b [C] been [Csus4] [C]
[Chorus - light snare - straight beat with snare - offbeats with bass at end]
(Drum pattern BxSx BxSx BxSx BxSB)
[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, [C] hold back
[Verse - full beat - straight beat with snare - offbeats with bass]
(Drum pattern BxSx BBSB xBSx BBSx)
[Dm] Once upon [F] a dif [Bb] different [F] life
We [Bb] rode our [F] bikes into the [C] sky [Csus4] [C]
[Dm] But now we [F] fall [Bb] against the [F] tide
Those [Bb] distant [F] days are flashing [C] by [Csus4] [C]
[Chorus - straighter beat - offbeats towards end of each 2nd bar]
[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 be by your side
[F] Hold back the river, [C] hold back
[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, [C] hold back
[Instrumental - 'Ho' - same chords as verse]
Dm F Bb F Bb F C (3555 3556 then normal open C)
[Bridge - Finger pick first - then more fuller
strumming for second section]
[F] Lonely water, lonely water, won't you [Bb] let us wander
[Gm] Let us hold each other
[F] Lonely water, lonely water, won't you [Bb] let us wander
[Gm] Let us hold each other
[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 be by your side
[F] Hold back the river, [C] hold back
[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 be by your side
[F] Hold back the river, [C] hold back
[Outro] "Lonely Water"
[F] Lonely water, lonely water, won't you [Bb] let us wander
[Gm] Let us hold each other
[F] Lonely water, lonely water, won't you [Bb] let us wander
[Gm] Let us hold each other