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