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
