[Intro] e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------8~~--| B|-6----8--10----13--15-----13--10----13--15-----13--10----10--8---6--5-------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-5----7--8-----12--13-----12--8-----12--13-----12--8-----8------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------8---8----------| [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 [Outro] e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-6----8--10----13--15-----13--10----13--15-----13--10----10--8--8~~--| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-5----7--8-----12--13-----12--8-----12--13-----12--8-----8---7-------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| *********************************** | ~ Vibrato ***********************************