Verse :
Am7 C F C
Tried to keep you close to me,
F C G
But life got in between
Am7 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
F
Hold back the river so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
C
Hold back the river, hold back
Verse :
Am7 C F C
Once upon a different life
F C G
We rode our bikes into the sky
Am7 C F C
But now we crawl against the tide
F C G
Those distant days are flashing by
Chorus :
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
G
Hold back the river, hold back
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
G
Hold back the river, hold back
Am7 C F C
Ooh oho, oho, oho,
F C G
Oho, oho, ohooh
Bridge :
C F
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
C F
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
Chorus :
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
G
Hold back the river, hold back
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
G
Hold back the river, ooh
Bridge :
C F
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other
C F
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Dm
Let us hold each other