Hold Back The River

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
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
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
F
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
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
C
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
G
Hold back the river, hold back
Am7
C
F
C
Ooh o    ho, oho, oho,
F
C
G
Oho, oho, ohooh
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
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
C
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
G
Hold back the river, ooh
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

G

C

F

Dm

Am7