Hold Back The River

[Intro]
Bm D G D G D A


[Verse]
Bm        D        G       D
Tried to keep you close to me,
     G        D         A
but life got in between
Bm          D        G       D
Tried to square not being there
     G         D              A
but think that I should have been


[Chorus]
G  
Hold back the river,

let me look in your eyes
D
Hold back the river, so I
G  
Can stop for a minute

and see where you hide
D
Hold back the river, hold back


[Interlude]
Bm D


[Verse]
Bm       D     G       D
Once upon a different life
     G       D               A
We rode our bikes into the sky
Bm        D        G       D
But now we call against the tide
       G       D                A
Those distant days are flashing by


[Chorus]
G  
Hold back the river,

let me look in your eyes
G
Hold back the river, so I
D  
Can stop for a minute

and see where you hide
D                             A
Hold back the river, hold back


[Chorus]
G  
Hold back the river,

let me look in your eyes
G
Hold back the river, so I
D  
Can stop for a minute

and see where you hide
D                             A
Hold back the river, hold back


[Interlude]
Bm D G D G D A


[Bridge]
D                           
  Lonely water, lonely water,
            G
won't you let us wander
Em
Let us hold each other
D                           
  Lonely water, lonely water,
            G
won't you let us wander
Em
Let us hold each other


[Chorus]
G  
Hold back the river,

let me look in your eyes
G
Hold back the river, so I
D  
Can stop for a minute

and see where you hide
D                             A
Hold back the river, hold back


[Chorus]
G  
Hold back the river,

let me look in your eyes
G
Hold back the river, so I
D  
Can stop for a minute

and see where you hide
D                             A
Hold back the river, hold back


[Outro]
D                           
  Lonely water, lonely water,
            G
won't you let us wander
Em
Let us hold each other
D                           
  Lonely water, lonely water,
            G
won't you let us wander
Em
Let us hold each other

Bm D G D G D A