[Intro]
Em G C G C G D
[Verse]
Em G C G
Tried to keep you close to me,
C G D
but life got in between
Em G C G
Tried to square not being there
C G D
but think that I should have been
[Chorus]
C
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
G
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
G
Hold back the river, hold back
[Interlude]
Em G
[Verse]
Em G C G
Once upon a different life
C G D
We rode our bikes into the sky
Em G C G
But now we call against the tide
C G D
Those distant days are flashing by
[Chorus]
C
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
C
Hold back the river, so I
G
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
G D
Hold back the river, hold back
[Chorus]
C
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
C
Hold back the river, so I
G
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
G D
Hold back the river, hold back
[Interlude]
Em G C G C G D
[Bridge]
G C
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Am
Let us hold each other
G C
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Am
Let us hold each other
[Chorus]
C
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
C
Hold back the river, so I
G
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
G D
Hold back the river, hold back
[Chorus]
C
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
C
Hold back the river, so I
G
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
G D
Hold back the river, hold back
[Outro]
G C
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Am
Let us hold each other
G C
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Am
Let us hold each other
Em G C G C G D
[Intro]
Em G C G C G D
[Verse]
Em G C G
Tried to keep you close to me,
C G D
but life got in between
Em G C G
Tried to square not being there
C G D
but think that I should have been
[Chorus]
C
Hold back the river,
let me look in your eyes
G
Hold back the river, so I
C
Can stop for a minute
and see where you hide
G
Hold back the river, hold back
[Interlude]
Em G
[Verse]
Em G C G
Once upon a different life
C G D
We rode our bikes into the sky
Em G C G
But now we call against the tide
C G D
Those distant days are flashing by
[Chorus]
C
Hold back the river,
let me look in your eyes
C
Hold back the river, so I
G
Can stop for a minute
and see where you hide
G D
Hold back the river, hold back
[Chorus]
C
Hold back the river,
let me look in your eyes
C
Hold back the river, so I
G
Can stop for a minute
and see where you hide
G D
Hold back the river, hold back
[Interlude]
Em G C G C G D
[Bridge]
G Lonely water, lonely water,
C
won't you let us wander
Am
Let us hold each other
G Lonely water, lonely water,
C
won't you let us wander
Am
Let us hold each other
[Chorus]
C
Hold back the river,
let me look in your eyes
C
Hold back the river, so I
G
Can stop for a minute
and see where you hide
G D
Hold back the river, hold back
[Chorus]
C
Hold back the river,
let me look in your eyes
C
Hold back the river, so I
G
Can stop for a minute
and see where you hide
G D
Hold back the river, hold back
[Outro]
G Lonely water, lonely water,
C
won't you let us wander
Am
Let us hold each other
G Lonely water, lonely water,
C
won't you let us wander
Am
Let us hold each other
Em G C G C G D