[Verse I]
Am7 B/C C F C
Tried to...keep you close to me,
F C Gsus4 G
But life got in between........
Am7 B/C C F C
Tried to...square not being there
F C Gsus4 G
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]
Am7 B/C C F C
Once u....pon a different life
F C Gsus4 G
We rode our bikes into the sky........
Am7 B/C C F C
But now..we...crawl against the tide
F C Gsus4 G
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
Am7 B/C C F C
Ooh.................
F C Gsus4 G
................
[Bridge]
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Dm*
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]
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
C C F
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Dm*
Let us hold each other
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