Em7      G          C     G
Tried to keep you close to me,
    C       G        D
But life got in between
Em7       G         C      G
Tried to square not being there
     C        G                D
But think that I should have been

CHORUS:
C
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
C
Hold back the river so I
G
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
G
Hold back the river, hold back

VERSE:
Em7    G     C        G
Once upon a different life
    C       G                D
We rode our bikes into the sky
    Em7      G      C        G
But now we crawl against the tide
      C       G                D
Those distant days are flashing by

CHORUS:
C
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

Hold back the river so I
G
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
                      D
Hold back the river, hold back
C
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

Hold back the river so I
G
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
                      D
Hold back the river, hold back

Em7  G    C   G
Ooh oho, oho, oho,
 C   G    D
Oho, oho, ohooh

BRIDGE:
G                                     C
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Am
Let us hold each other
G                                     C
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Am
Let us hold each other

CHORUS:
C
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

Hold back the river so I
G
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
                      D
Hold back the river, hold back
C
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes

Hold back the river so I
G
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
                      D
Hold back the river, ooh

BRIDGE:
G                                     C
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Am
Let us hold each other
G                                     C
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Am
Let us hold each other