Hold Back The River

[Intro]
Gm A# D# A# D# A# F


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


[Chorus]
D#  
Hold back the river,

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

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


[Interlude]
Gm A#


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


[Chorus]
D#  
Hold back the river,

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

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


[Chorus]
D#  
Hold back the river,

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

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


[Interlude]
Gm A# D# A# D# A# F


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


[Chorus]
D#  
Hold back the river,

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

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


[Chorus]
D#  
Hold back the river,

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

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


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

Gm A# D# A# D# A# F