Tom: F
Intro: / Verso:
Verso:
Dm      F          Bb     F
Tried to keep you close to me,
    
Bb       F        C
But life got in between
Dm       F         Bb      F
Tried to square not being there
     
Bb        F                C
But think that I should have been
Refrão:
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
Verso:
Dm    F     Bb        F
Once upon a different life
    
Bb       F                C
We rode our bikes into the sky
    
Dm      F      Bb        F
But now we crawl against the tide
      
Bb       F                C
Those distant days are flashing by
Refrão:
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
                      
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
Dm  F    Bb   F
Ooh oho, oho, oho,
 
Bb   F    C
Oho, oho, ohooh
Ponte:
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
Refrão:
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
                      
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 be by your side
                      
C
Hold back the river, ooh
Ponte:
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
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