Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Verse 1:
G / CG
Tried to keep you close to me
CGD /
But life got in between
G / CG
Tried to square not being there
CGD /
But think that I should have been
Chorus:
GG
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
GG
Hold back the river so I
CC
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
CG
Hold back the river, hold back
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Verse 2:
G / CG
Once upon a different life
CGD /
We rode our bikes into the sky
G / CG
But now we crawl against the tide
CGD /
Those distant days are flashing by
Chorus:
GG
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
GG
Hold back the river so I
CC
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
CG
Hold back the river, hold back
Chorus:
GG
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
GG
Hold back the river so I
CC
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
CG
Hold back the river, hold back
Interlude:
G / CG
Hold oho, oho, oho
CGD
Oho, oho, oho, oho
Bridge:
GGC
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
C
Let us hold each other
GGC
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
C
Let us hold each other
Chorus:
GG
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
GG
Hold back the river so I
CC
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
CG
Hold back the river, hold back
Chorus:
GG
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
GG
Hold back the river so I
CC
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
CG
Hold back the river, hold back
Bridge:
GGC
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
C
Let us hold each other
GGC
Lonely water, lonely water won’t you let us wander
C
Let us hold each other
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