INTRO/VERSE:
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VERSE: (I added the chords, but he just plays the intro riff again)
Dm7 F A# F
Tried to keep you close to me,
A# F C
But life got in between
Dm7 F A# F
Tried to square not being there
A# F C
But think that I should have been
CHORUS:
A#
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
A#
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 A# F
Once upon a different life
A# F C
We rode our bikes into the sky
Dm7 F A# F
But now we crawl against the tide
A# F C
Those distant days are flashing by
CHORUS:
A#
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
C
Hold back the river, hold back
A#
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
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C
Hold back the river, hold back
Dm7 F A# F
Ooh oho, oho, oho,
A# F C
Oho, oho, ohooh
BRIDGE:
F A#
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other
F A#
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other
CHORUS:
A#
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
C
Hold back the river, hold back
A#
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
C
Hold back the river, ooh
BRIDGE:
F A#
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other
F A#
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Gm
Let us hold each other
OUTRO:
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