Hold Back the River

	 
[Intro]
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[Verse]
Dm7      F          Bb     F 
Tried to keep you close to me, 
    Bb       F        C 
But life got in between 
Dm7       F         Bb      F 
Tried to square not being there 
     Bb        F                C 
But think that I should have been
[Chorus]
Bb 
Hold back the river, let me look in
 your eyes 
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes 
Bb 
Hold back the river so I 
F 
Can stop for a minute and see where
 you hide 
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide 
F 
Hold back the river, hold back
[Verse]
Dm7    F     Bb        F 
Once upon a different life 
    Bb       F                C 
We rode our bikes into the sky 
    Dm7      F      Bb        F 
But now we crawl against the tide 
      Bb       F                C 
Those distant days are flashing by
[Chorus]
Bb 
Hold back the river, let me look in
 your eyes 
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes 
Bb 
Hold back the river so I 
F 
Can stop for a minute and be by your
 side 
Can stop for a minute and be by your side 
                      C 
Hold back the river, hold back 
Bb 
Hold back the river, let me look in
 your eyes 
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes 
  
Hold back the river so I 
F 
Can stop for a minute and see where
 you hide 
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide 
                      C 
Hold back the river, hold back
[Interlude]
Dm7  F    Bb   F 
Ooh oho, oho, oho, 
 Bb   F    C 
Oho, oho, ohooh
[Bridge]
F                                   
Lonely water, lonely water won't you
  Bb 
 let us wander 
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander 
Gm 
Let us hold each other 
F                                   
Lonely water, lonely water won't you
  Bb 
 let us wander 
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander 
Gm 
Let us hold each other
[Chorus]
Bb 
Hold back the river, let me look in
 your eyes 
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes 
Bb 
Hold back the river so I 
F 
Can stop for a minute and be by your
 side 
Can stop for a minute and be by your side 
                      C 
Hold back the river, hold back 
Bb 
Hold back the river, let me look in
 your eyes 
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes 
Bb 
Hold back the river so I 
F 
Can stop for a minute and be by your
 side 
Can stop for a minute and be by your side 
                      C 
Hold back the river, ooh
[Bridge]
F                                   
Lonely water, lonely water won't you
  Bb 
 let us wander 
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander 
Gm 
Let us hold each other 
F                                   
Lonely water, lonely water won't you
  Bb 
 let us wander 
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander 
Gm 
Let us hold each other 
F                                   
Lonely water, lonely water won't you
  Bb 
 let us wander 
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander 
Gm 
Let us hold each other 
F                                   
Lonely water, lonely water won't you
  Bb 
 let us wander 
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander 
Gm 
Let us hold each other
[Tab]
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