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
C
Hold back the river, so I
F
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
C                             
Hold back the river, hold back


[Verse]

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 be by your side
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 back


[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