CAPO on 5th Fret
Verse I:
Am7B/CCFC
Tried to keep you close to me,
FCGsus4G
But life got in between
Am7B/CCFC
Tried to square not being there
FCGsus4G
But think that I should have been
Chorus:
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
C
Hold back the river, hold back
Verse II:
Am7B/CCFC
Once u----pon a different life
FCGsus4G
We rode our bikes into the sky
Am7B/CCFC
But now we crawl against the tide
FCGsus4G
Those distant days are flashing by
Chorus:
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
G
Hold back the river, hold back
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
G
Hold back the river, hold back
Am7B/CCFC
Ooh
FCGsus4G
Bridge:
CCF
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
CCF
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Dm *single strum
Let us hold each other
Chorus:
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
G
Hold back the river, hold back
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
G
Hold back the river, hold back
Outro:
CCF
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
CCF
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Dm *single strum
Let us hold each other
Verse I:
AmEmF
Saw you today after so much time
FAmEmF
Felt just like it used to be
F
Talking for hours bout a different life
AmEmF
Surrounding us in memories
AmEmF
We were close never close enough
AmEmF
Baby are we now
AmEmF
'Cause if it's torn we can stitch it up
G
Don't rule it out
Oh no no!
Chorus:
AmB/CC
I'll come around
F
If you ever want to be in love
GAmB/CC
I'm not waiting,
F
but I'm willing if you call me up
Dm * single strum*
If you ever want to be in love
I'll come around
Instrumental: AmB/CC | EmF
Verse II:
AmEmF
Wanted to ask if we could have been
FAmEmF
But my tongue wouldn't break the seal
F
You always had something effortless
AmEmF
At school you were the biggest deal
AmEmF
Little quirks close and open up
AmEmF
Time is slipping by
AmEmF
Always thinking 'bout the two of us
G
Replay on my mind
GG
Always playing on my mind
Chorus:
AmB/CC
I'll come around
F
If you ever want to be in love
GAmB/CC
I'm not waiting,
F
but I'm willing if you call me up
Dm * single strum*
If you ever want to be in love
I'll come around
Instrumental: AmB/CC | EmF
Bridge:
G
We were young we were side by side
FC
Don't know when we started losing touch
G
If you want we could walk around
DmC
Maybe that would be enough
G
Used to talk drinking to the night
FC
I would wake up on the front room floor
G
All along you'd be in my bed
F
Make me crazy make me want you more
Chorus:
AmB/CC
I'll come around
F
If you ever want to be in love
GAmB/CC
I'm not waiting,
F
but I'm willing if you call me up
AmB/CC
I'll come around
F
If you ever want to be in love
GAmB/CC
I'm not waiting,
F
but I'm willing if you call me up
Dm
If you ever want to be in love
AmB/CCEmF
I'll come around
James Bay - If You Ever Want To Be In Love (Acoustic)
Verse I:
D
I breathe in slow to compose myself
Dmaj7
But the bleeding heart I left on the shelf
G
Started speeding now beating half to death
BmA
Cause I hear in you all mine
D
So I press my lips down into your neck
Dmaj7
And I stay there and I reconnect
G
Baby we have been trying to be perfect
BmA
It can wait for a-awhile
Pre-Chorus:
GDA
Scared of the hump in my head it's been making me sweat
BmA
but it turns out
GD
You here with your head on my chest
A
I should guess
Chorus:
DDmaj7G
The world will turn and we'll both will learn how to be
BmAD
To be incomplete
Verse II:
D
I breathe out now and we fall back in
Dmaj7
Just like before we can re-begin
G
Let your hands push slow up against my skin
BmA
They Do all feel just right
Pre-Chorus:
GD
Gone is the emptiness
ABmA
We just take what's best and move on
GD
All that the heart gets left
A
I should guess
Chorus:
DDmaj7G
The world will turn and we'll both will learn how to be
BmA
To be incomplete
DDmaj7
This here now it's where we touch down
GBmA
You and me let's be incomplete
Bridge:
GD
How did we ever Go without
ABmA
I don't know but it looks like we've made it again
GDA
Tell me you'll never look down, down
DDmaj7G
The world will turn and we'll both will learn how to be
BmA
To be incomplete
D
I don't wanna look down
Dmaj7
I don't want us to break up in the clouds
CBmA
All I want is to stay us to stay with you now
D
I don't wanna look down
Dmaj7
I don't want us to break up in the clouds
CBmA
All I want is to stay us to stay with you now
Chorus:
DDmaj7G
The world will turn and we'll both will learn how to be
BmA
To be incomplete
DDmaj7
This here now it's where we touch down
GBmAG
You and me let's be incomplete
Capo 1
Verse I:
CFAmG
From walking home and talking loads
CFAmG
To seeing shows in evening clothes with you
CFAmG
From nervous touch and getting drunk
CFAmG
To staying up and waking up with you
Pre-Chorus:
AmAm/G
But now we're sleeping at the edge
D7/F#F
Holding something we don't need
AmAm/G
All this delusion in our heads
D7/F#
Is gonna bring us to our knees
Chorus:
FC
So come on let it Go
AmG
Just let it be
DmC
Why don't you be you
G
And I'll be me
FC
Everything that's broke
AmG
Leave it to the breeze
DmC
Why don't you be you
G
And I'll be me
CFAmG
And I'll be me...
CFAmG
Verse II:
CFAmG
From throwing clothes across the floor
CFAmG
To teeth and claws and slamming doors at you
CFAmG
If this is all we're living for
CFAmG
Why are we doing it, doing it, doing it anymore
Pre-Chorus:
AmAm/G#
I used to recognize myself
D7/F#F
It's funny how reflections change
AmAm/G#
When we're becoming something else
D7/F#
I think it's time to walk away
Chorus:
FC
So come on let it Go
AmG
Just let it be
DmC
Why don't you be you
G
And I'll be me
FC
Everything that's broke
AmG
Leave it to the breeze
DmC
Why don't you be you
G
And I'll be me
CFAmG
And I'll be me...
CFAmG
Bridge:
DmC
Trying to fit your hand inside of mine
C
When we know it just don't belong
G
There's no force on earth
Am
Could make me feel right, no Whoa
DmC
Trying to push this problem up the hill
C
When it's just too heavy to hold
GAm
Think now is the time to let it slide
Chorus:
FC
So come on let it Go
AmG
Just let it be
DmC
Why don't you be you
G
And I'll be me
FC
Everything that's broke
AmG
Leave it to the breeze
DmC
Let the ashes fall
G
Forget about me
FC
Come on let it Go
AmG
Just let it be
DmC
Why don't you be you
G
And I'll be me
CFAmG
And I'll be me...
Outro: CFAmG
Intro: DbGbmaj | BbmAb } 2 times
DbGbmajBbmAb
From walking home and talking loads,
DbGbmajBbmAb
To seeing shows in evening clothes with you,
DbGbmajBbmAb
From nervous touch and getting drunk,
DbGbmajBbmAb
To staying up and waking up with you.
BbmDb/Ab
And now we’re sleeping near the edge,
Gm7-5Gbmaj
Holding something we don’t need,
BbmDb/Ab
All this delusion in our heads
Gm7-5
Is gonna bring us to our knees.
Chorus:
GbmajDb
So come on let it go,
Bbm7Ab6
Just let it be,
Ebmadd9Db
Why don’t you be you
Ab6
And I’ll be me?
GbmajDb
Everything that’s broke,
Bbm7Ab6
Leave it to the breeze,
Ebmadd9Db
Why don’t you be you
Ab6
And I’ll be me?
Db
And I’ll be me.
Instrumental: DbGbmaj | BbmAb } 2 times
DbGbmajBbmAb
From throwing clothes across the floor,
DbGbmajBbmAb
To teeth and claws and slamming doors at you.
DbGbmajBbmAb
If this is all we’re living for,
DbGbmajBbmAb
Why are we doing it, doing it, doing it anymore?
BbmDb/Ab
I used to recognise myself,
Gm7-5Gbmaj
It’s funny how reflections change,
BbmDb/Ab
And we’re becoming something else,
Gm7-5
I think it’s time to walk away.
Chorus:
GbmajDb
So come on let it go,
Bbm7Ab6
Just let it be,
Ebmadd9Db
Why don’t you be you
Ab6
And I’ll be me?
GbmajDb
Everything that’s broke,
Bbm7Ab6
Leave it to the breeze,
Ebmadd9Db
Why don’t you be you
Ab6
And I’ll be me?
Db
And I’ll be me.
Instrumental: DbGbmaj | BbmAb } 2 times
Bridge:
Ebmadd9Db
Tryna fit your hand inside of mine,
When we know it just don’t belong,
Fm/Ab
There’s no force on earth
Bbm
Can make it feel right, no, oh, oh.
Ebmadd9Db
Tryna push this problem up the hill,
When it’s just too heavy to hold,
Fm/AbBbm
Think now’s the time to let it slide.
Chorus:
GbmajDb
So come on let it go,
Bbm7Ab6
Just let it be,
Ebmadd9Db
Why don’t you be you
Ab6
And I’ll be me?
GbmajDb
Everything that’s broke,
Bbm7Ab6
Leave it to the breeze,
Ebmadd9Db
Let the ashes fall,
Ab6
Forget about me.
GbmajDb
Come on let it go,
Bbm7Ab6
Just let it be,
Ebmadd9Db
Why don’t you be you
Ab6
And I’ll be me?
Db
And I’ll be me.
Instrumental: DbGbmaj | BbmAbadd9DbGbmaj | BbmAbDb
CAPO on 5th Fret
Verse I:
FCDmCFCDmC
Home now, end of the night
FCDmCFCDmC
It's colder to turn on your side
FCDmCFCDmC
And I know you're up in two hours
FCDm
what We didn't get tonight, we don't have tomorrow
CFBbBb
So don't ruin now.
Chorus:
FDmCBb
How we gonna move together? Just come closer
FDmCBb
If we don't move together, just come closer
AmBbAmGmA7
How we gonna breathe? How we gonna be together?
BbAmGm *pause FCDmC
Just keeping the peace between the sheets
Verse II:
FCDmCFCDmC
And I creep in, everything's loud
FCDmCFCDmC
I'm sorry I've woken you now
FCDmCFCDmC
And we argue the tiniest thing
FCDm
what We didn't get tonight, we don't have tomorrow
CFCBbBb
So I'm done whispering, done whispering.
[Chorus]
FDmCBb
How we gonna move together? Just come closer
FDmCBb
If we don't move together, just come closer
AmBbAmGmA7
How we gonna breathe? How we gonna be together?
BbAmGmFCDmC
Just keeping the peace between the sheets
Bridge:
FFGmDm
So maybe don't give me cold, cold shoulder
DmBb
Before you Go turn around, let me hold you
FGmBb
Let me sit in the dark of the morning
Bb
just one more thing now
Chorus:
FDmCBb
How we gonna move together? Just come closer
FDmCBb
If we don't move together, just come closer
AmBbAmGmA7
How we gonna breathe? How we gonna be together?
BbF
Just keeping the peace
BbF
Just keeping the peace
BbAmGm *pause F
Just keeping the peace between the sheets
CGAmFCGAmF
I'm halfway gone, sleepless I'm battle-worn
FCGFCG
You're all I want, bring me the dawn
FCGAm
I need the sun to break, you've woken up my heart
FCG
I'm shaking, all my luck could change
FCGAm
Been in the dark for weeks and I've realized you're all I need
FCGFCG
I hope that I'm not too late, I hope I'm not too late
CGAmFCGAmF
Back of the room, how come my friends already know you?
CGAmFCGAmF
Feel like a kid, too shy to speak up so I keep it hid
FCGFCG
Oh butterflies, you steal my sleep each night
FCGAm
I need the sun to break, you've woken up my heart
FCG
I'm shaking, all my luck could change
FCGAm
Been in the dark for weeks and I've realized you're all I need
FCGFCG
I hope that I'm not too late, I hope I'm not too late
DmCG
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
DmCG
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
FCGAm
I need the sun to break, you've woken up my heart
FCG
I'm shaking, all my luck could change
FCGAm
Been in the dark for weeks and I've realized you're all I need
FCGFCG
I hope that I'm not too late, I hope I'm not too late
FCG
And I hope I'm not too late
DmCG
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
DmCG
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
DmCG
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
DmCG
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
CAPO on 2nd Fret
Verse I:
CB/CAmB/CCB/CAm
I'm halfway gone, sleepless I'm battle-worn
Pre-Chorus:
FG
You're all I want,
FG *single strum
so bring me the dawn
Chorus:
FCGAm
I need the sun to break, you've woken up my heart
F
I'm shaking oh
CG
my luck could change
FCGAm
Been in the dark for weeks and I've realized you're all I need
FCG
I hope that I'm not too late,
FCG
I hope I'm not too late
Verse II:
CB/CAmB/CCB/CAmB/CC
Back of the room, how come my friends already know you?
B/CAmB/CCB/CAm
I Feel like a kid, too shy to speak up so I keep it hid
Pre-Chorus:
FG
Oh butterflies,
FG
you steal my sleep each night
Chorus:
FCGAm
I need the sun to break, you've woken up my heart
F
I'm shaking oh
CG
my luck could change
FCGAm
Been in the dark for weeks and I've realized you're all I need
FCG
I hope that I'm not too late,
FCG
I hope I'm not too late
Instrumental: FAmG }x2
DmCEmEm
Chorus:
FCGAm
I need the sun to break, you've woken up my heart
F
I'm shaking oh
CG
my luck could change
FCGAm
Been in the dark for weeks and I've realized you're all I need
FCG
I hope that I'm not too late,
FCG
I hope I'm not too late
Verse I:
F
You're setting off, it's time to go, the engine's running
Bb
My mind's lost, we always knew this day was coming
DmBb
And now it's more frightening than it's ever gonna be
F
We grow apart, I watch you on a red horizon
Bb
Your lion's heart, will protect you on the stormy skies
DmBb
And I will always be listening for your laughter and your tears
Pre-Chorus:
C
And as soon as I can hold you once again
Bb
I won't let Go of you, I swear
Chorus:
F
We live through scars this time
Bb
But I've made up my mind
CBb
We can't leave us behind
F
Anymore
Verse II:
F
Your hands are cold, your lips are turning blue, you're shaking
Bb
This fragile heart, so heavy in my chest, is breaking
DmBb
And in the dark, you try to make a pay phone call to me
F
But you're miles away, your breaking up, you're on your own
Bb
It's hard to take, I need an hour just to say hello
DmBb
But I can't make the truth of this work out for you or me
Pre-Chorus:
C
And for all the pennies in your pocket
Bb
We barely get a second just to speak
Chorus:
F
We live through scars this time
Bb
But I've made up my mind
CBb
We can't leave us behind
F
Anymore
F
We'll have to hurt for now
Bb
But next time, there's no doubt
CBb
Cause I can't Go without you
FF
Anymore
Instrumental: FBbDmBbC | DmBbFBbC
Chorus:
F
We live through scars this time
Bb
But I've made up my mind
CBb
We can't leave us behind
F
Anymore
F
We'll have to hurt for now
Bb
But next time, there's no doubt
CBb
Cause I can't Go without you
FF
Anymore
CAPO on 3rd Fret
Verse I:
EmEm
Drifting apart, getting harder to hold you
EmEm
Days getting dark and the nights are growing cold
CD
Are we burning out?
EmEm
Swept out of sight, rolling up on an ocean
EmEm
Let's cut all the ropes and get lost in the moment
CDEm
If our hearts are alive, maybe then they might
Em
Send us back to the sun
Chorus:
CG
And I know, I know
B7Em
That we're losing light, our love is dying
CG
Out cold on the floor
B7Em
Like a fallen star that shines no more
CG
Take, take-a-me
AmEm
back to where it was before
CGAmEm
When we were on fire, fi--re
Verse I:
EmEm
Head down, heading underground feeling wasted
EmEm
Cold to the bone, so alone I can taste it
CD
Let's light it up
EmEm
Streets are alive now, and everything's bracing
EmEmCD
You're on my mind, running in my veins fueling the flame
Em
Let's start it again
Chorus:
CG
now I know, I know
B7Em
That we're losing light, our love is dying
CG
Out cold on the floor
B7Em
Like a fallen star that shines no more
CG
Take, take-a-me
AmEm
back to where it was before
CGAmEm
When we were on fire, fi--re
CGAmEm
We were on fire, fi--re
EmEm
Oh, oh, whoa, oh, whoa-oh-oh, now don't tell me no
That we're burning down
EmEm
Oh, oh, whoa, oh, whoa-oh-oh, and don't tell me no
That we're burning now
Chorus:
CG
now I know, I know
B7Em
That we're losing light, and our love is dying
CG
Take, take me home
B7
back to where it was before
CGAmEm
When we were on fire, fi--re
CG
now I know, I know
B7Em
That we're losing light, and our love is dying
CG
Out cold on the floor
B7Em
Like a fallen star that shines no more
CG
Take, take-a-me
AmEm
back to where it was before
CGAmEm
When we were on fire, fi--re
CGAmEm
We were on fire, fi--re