Hold Back The River

[Intro]
A#m C# F# C# F# C# G#


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


[Chorus]
F#  
Hold back the river,

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

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


[Interlude]
A#m C#


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


[Chorus]
F#  
Hold back the river,

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

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


[Chorus]
F#  
Hold back the river,

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

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


[Interlude]
A#m C# F# C# F# C# G#


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


[Chorus]
F#  
Hold back the river,

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

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


[Chorus]
F#  
Hold back the river,

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

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


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

A#m C# F# C# F# C# G#