Hold back the river

Rem Fa Sib Fa Sib Fa Do

Rem      Fa         Sib    Fa   Sib       Fa         Do
Tried to keep you close to me  but life got in between
Rem7       Fa         Sib      Fa
Tried to square not being there
     Sib        Fa               Do
But think that I should have been

 Sib
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes hold back the river so I
 Fa
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
                       Do      Rem Fa
Hold back the river, hold back

Rem     Fa       Sib    Fa  Sib         Fa              Do
Once upon a different life we rode our bikes into the sky
Rem7       Fa         Sib      Fa
But now we crawl against the tide
     Sib        Fa               Do
Those distant days are flashing by

 Sib
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river so I
Fa
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
                      Do
Hold back the river, hold back
 Sib
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river so I
 Fa
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
                      Do
Hold back the river, hold back

Rem7    Fa      Sib    Fa     Sib     Fa      Do
Oh oh ooh  Oh oooh ooh ohh Oh ohh oh oh uoohh uhoo

Fa                                  Sib
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Solm
Let us hold each other
Fa                                   Sib
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Solm
Let us hold each other

Sib
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river so I
Fa
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
                      Do
Hold back the river, hold back
Sib
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes hold back the river so I
Fa
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
                      Do
Hold back the river, ooh


Fa                                  Sib
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Solm
Let us hold each other
Fa                                   Sib
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Solm
Let us hold each other

Rem7 Fa Sib Fa Sib Fa Do