Hold Back The River bass tab by James Bay
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Guitar intro (no bass) Verse 1: ¨Tried to keep...¨ (no bass, again) Verse 2: ¨Tried to square...¨ (still no bass) Chorus 1: ¨Hold back the river...¨ G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|1---------------|----------------|1---------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|1---------------|----------------|1---------------|----------------|
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Hold Back The River bass tab
What Is This?
Hold Back The River by James Bay guitar bass tabs playing instructions.James Bay got famous after releasing his debut album “Chaos and the Calm” and this single Hold Back the River in 2014. The song, which you can find guitar tabs to below, was promoted by a YouTube video and peaked at number two in the British charts. It also got some radio play and good chart positions in the rest of the world as well.
Calling himself a singer, songwriter and guitarist today, James Bay started to play classical guitar at the age of eleven after hearing Eric Clapton. He later studied guitar at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music and released this song before he turned 20.