[Intro]

Am  C  F  C
F  C  G


[Verse 1]

Am        C        F       C
Tried to keep you close to me,
     F        C         G
but life got in between
Am          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 2]

Am     C     F         C
Once upon a different life
    F        C               G
We rode our bikes into the sky
    Am      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 be by your side
C                       G
Hold back the river, hold back
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


[Instrumental]

Am  C  F  C
F  C  G


[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
F
Hold back the river, so I
    C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
C                       G
Hold back the river, hold back

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 be by your side
C                       G
Hold back the river, hold


[Outro]

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