[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 
Bb 
Hold back the river so I 
F 
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 
Bb 
Hold back the river so I 
F 
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 so I 
F 
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                                     Bb 
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander 
Gm 
Let us hold each other 
F                                     Bb 
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 
Bb 
Hold back the river so I 
F 
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 
Bb 
Hold back the river so I 
F 
Can stop for a minute and be by your side 
                      C 
Hold back the river, ooh
[Bridge]
F                                     Bb 
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander 
Gm 
Let us hold each other 
F                                     Bb 
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander 
Gm 
Let us hold each other 
F                                     Bb 
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander 
Gm 
Let us hold each other 
F                                     Bb 
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander 
Gm 
Let us hold each other
[Tab]
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