Am C F C
Tried to keep you close to me,
F C G
but life got in between
Am C F C
Tried to square not being there
F C G
but think that I should have been
[Chorus]
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
C
Hold back the river, so I
F
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
C
Hold back the river, hold back
[Verse]
Am C F C
Once upon a different life
F C G
We rode our bikes into the sky
Am C F C
But now we call against the tide
F C 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
C 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 be by your side
C G
Hold back the river, hold back
[Instrumental]
Am C F C F C G
[Bridge]
C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
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
C 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 be by your side
C G
Hold back the river, hold back
[Outro]
C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
C F
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
