HOLD BACK THE RIVER

LEVEL 4Bb · 120 BPM · James Bay
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TAKE IT OFF THE SCREEN

Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

  1. 1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
  2. 2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
  3. 3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

(Dm)Tried

(C)to (F)keep

(F)you (Bb)close

(F)to me

(F)but (Bb)life

(F)got in be tween.

the sky.

But (Dm)Tried

(C)to (F)square

(F)not (Bb)be

(F)ing there

(F)but (Bb)think

(F)that I are should have been.

Hold back the riv er, let me look in your eyes.

Hold back the riv er so I

can stop for a min ute and see where you hide.

Hold back the riv er, hold back.

Hold back the riv er, let me look in your eyes.

Hold back the riv er so I

can stop for a min ute and see where you hide.

Hold back the riv er, hold back.

Hold back the riv er, let me look in your eyes.

Hold back the riv er so I

can stop for a min ute and see where you hide.

Hold back the riv er, hold back.

Hold back.

(Dm)Oh,

(C)oh, (F)oh,

(F)oh, (Bb)oh.

(F)Oh, (Bb)oh,

oh.

(F)Lone ly wa ter,

lone ly wa ter, won’t you (Bb)let us wan der,

(Gm)let us hold each oth er?

(F)Lone ly wa ter,

lone ly wa ter, won’t you (Bb)let us wan der,

(Gm)let us hold each oth er?

Hold back the riv er, let me look in your eyes.

Hold back the riv er so I

can stop for a min ute and be by your side.

SONG INFO

Level
4 of 5
Key
Bb
Tempo
120 BPM
Plays
14
Chords
Bb C Cpow Csus4 Dm F Gm
Category
Pop
Artist
James Bay

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