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