Hold Back The River - James Bay

James Bay, classe 1990, è un cantautore chitarrista inglese vincitore a dicembre del Critics' Choice Award, premio assegnato annualmente dai critici inglesi alla più grande promessa per l’anno a venire. Precedenti vincitori dell'ambito premio sono: Adele, Florence and The Machine, Ellie Goulding, Jessie J, Emeli Sandé, Tom Odell e Sam Smith, tutti artisti diventati famosi in europa e nel mondo.
Tra pochi giorni, il 23 marzo 2015 uscirà il suo primo LP dal titolo "Chaos and the Clam".

Testo e Accordi

Re- Fa Sib Fa Sib Fa Do
(Intro)
Re-         Fa          Sib        Fa
Tried to keep you close to me,
        Sib       Fa        Do
But life got in between
Re-         Fa             Sib    Fa
Tried to square not being there
        Sib          Fa                    Do
But think that I should have been
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
Re- Fa
(Stacco)
Re-     Fa      Sib        Fa
Once upon a different life
       Sib         Fa                  Do
We rode our bikes into the sky
        Re-       Fa     Sib          Fa
But now we call against the tide
           Sib       Fa                       Do
Those distant days are flashing by
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 see where you hide
                                 Do
Hold back the river, hold back
Re- Fa Sib Fa Sib Fa Do
Hold oho, oho, oho, oho, oho, oho
Oho, oho, oho, oho, ohohohoh
Fa
Lonely water
Lonely water won't you
Sib
Let us wander
Sol-
Let us hold each other
Fa
Lonely water
Lonely water won't you
Sib
Let us wander
Sol-
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, hold back
Fa
Lonely water
Lonely water won't you
Sib
Let us wander
Sol-
Let us hold each other
Fa
Lonely water
Lonely water won't you
Sib
Let us wander
Sol-
Let us hold each other
Re- Fa Sib Fa Sib Fa Do
(Fine)