[Intro] Am C F C F C G Am C Tried to keep F C you close to me, F C G But life.. got in between Am C Tried to square F C not being there F C But think that I G should have been [Chorus] F Hold back the river, F let me look in your eyes F Hold back the river, so I.. C Can stop for a minute and C see where you hide C Hold back the river, hold back [Intro] Am C Am C Once upon F C a different life F C We rode our bikes G into the sky Am C But now we crawl F C against the tide F Those distant C G days are flashing by [Chorus] F Hold back the river, F let me look in your eyes F Hold back the river, so I.. C Can stop for a minute and C be by your side C G Hold back the river, hold back F Hold back the river, F let me look in your eyes F Hold back the river, so I.. C Can stop for a minute and C see where you hide C G Hold back the river, hold back Am C F C Wo.. oo.. oo.. oo.. F C G Oo.. oo.. woo oo.. C Lonely water, C lonely water won't you F let us wander Dm Let us hold each other C Lonely water, C lonely water won't you F let us wander Dm Let us hold each other [Chorus] F Hold back the river, F let me look in your eyes F Hold back the river, so I.. C Can stop for a minute and C be by your side C G Hold back the river, hold back F Hold back the river, F let me look in your eyes F Hold back the river, so I.. C Can stop for a minute and C see where you hide C G Hold back the river, oh.. C Lonely water, C lonely water won't you F let us wander Dm Let us hold each other C Lonely water, C lonely water won't you F let us wander Dm Let us hold each other [Outro] Am C F C F C G