HOLD BACK THE RIVER

LEVEL 4Bb · 70 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 to keep

you close

to me,

but life

got in be tween.

(Dm)Tried to square

not be

ing there,

but think

that I 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.

(Dm)Once up (F)on

a (Bb)diff

’rent (F)life

we (Bb)rode

our (F)bikes in to the sky.

But (Dm)now we (F)crawl

a (Bb)gainst

the (F)tide.

Those (Bb)dis

tant (F)days are flash ing by.

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.

Hold back the riv er, hold (C)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 (C)back.

(Dm)Oh, oh, (F)oh,

oh, (Bb)oh,

oh, (F)oh,

oh, (Bb)oh,

oh, (F)oh, oh, oh.

(F6)Lone ly wa ter,

lone ly wa ter won’t you (Bbmaj9)let us wan der.

(Gm11)Let us hold each oth er.

SONG INFO

Level
4 of 5
Key
Bb
Tempo
70 BPM
Plays
13
Chords
Bb Bbmaj9 C Csus4 Dm F F6 Gmin
Category
Pop
Artist
James Bay

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