Hold Back The River

[Intro]
C#m E A E A E B


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


[Chorus]
A  
Hold back the river,

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

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


[Interlude]
C#m E


[Verse]
C#m       E     A       E
Once upon a different life
     A       E               B
We rode our bikes into the sky
C#m        E        A       E
But now we call against the tide
       A       E                B
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
E  
Can stop for a minute

and see where you hide
E                             B
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
E  
Can stop for a minute

and see where you hide
E                             B
Hold back the river, hold back


[Interlude]
C#m E A E A E B


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


[Chorus]
A  
Hold back the river,

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

and see where you hide
E                             B
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
E  
Can stop for a minute

and see where you hide
E                             B
Hold back the river, hold back


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

C#m E A E A E B