Real basic version of the song to sing along to:
Initial riff:
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D|-------------10-12----10-7----10-12----10-7---7-7/5-------10-|
A|-8---10-12--------------------------------------------8-7----|
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[Verse 1:]
Mainly just played with the riff in the background
Tried to keep you close to me,
But life got in between
Tried to square not being there
But think that I should have been.
[Chorus:]
Single strokes
F
Hold back the river let me look in your eyes
F
Hold back the river so I
Bb
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
F
Hold back the river, hold back
[Verse 2:]
F Bb
Once upon a different life
F C
We rode our bikes into the sky
F Bb
Now we call against the tide
F C
Those distant days are flashing by
[Chorus:]
Bb
Hold back the river let me look in your eyes
Bb F
Hold back the river so I
Bb
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Bb C
Hold back the river, hold back
[Refrain:]
F F Bb F Bb F C
Hold oho, oho, oho, oho, oho, oho
F F Bb Gm
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander, let us hold each other
F F Bb Gm
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander, let us hold each other
