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
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
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
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
Am
C
F
C
F
C
G
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
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
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