Hold Back The River

[Intro]
Dm F A# F A# F C


[Verse]
Dm        F        A#       F
Tried to keep you close to me,
     A#        F         C
but life got in between
Dm          F        A#       F
Tried to square not being there
     A#         F              C
but think that I should have been


[Chorus]
A#  
Hold back the river,

let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river, so I
A#  
Can stop for a minute

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


[Interlude]
Dm F


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


[Chorus]
A#  
Hold back the river,

let me look in your eyes
A#
Hold back the river, so I
F  
Can stop for a minute

and see where you hide
F                             C
Hold back the river, hold back


[Chorus]
A#  
Hold back the river,

let me look in your eyes
A#
Hold back the river, so I
F  
Can stop for a minute

and see where you hide
F                             C
Hold back the river, hold back


[Interlude]
Dm F A# F A# F C


[Bridge]
F                           
  Lonely water, lonely water,
            A#
won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other
F                           
  Lonely water, lonely water,
            A#
won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other


[Chorus]
A#  
Hold back the river,

let me look in your eyes
A#
Hold back the river, so I
F  
Can stop for a minute

and see where you hide
F                             C
Hold back the river, hold back


[Chorus]
A#  
Hold back the river,

let me look in your eyes
A#
Hold back the river, so I
F  
Can stop for a minute

and see where you hide
F                             C
Hold back the river, hold back


[Outro]
F                           
  Lonely water, lonely water,
            A#
won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other
F                           
  Lonely water, lonely water,
            A#
won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other

Dm F A# F A# F C