CAPO on 5th Fret x02010 32001x x2x01x 320003 x32010 xx0231 133211 [Verse I] ***This is an easier way to play this song 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] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river so I Can stop for a minute and see where you hide Hold back the river, hold back [Verse II] We rode our bikes into the sky But now we crawl against the tide Those distant days are flashing by [Chorus] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river so I Can stop for a minute and be by your side Hold back the river, hold back Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river so I Can stop for a minute and see where you hide Hold back the river, hold back Ooh [Bridge] 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 *single strum Let us hold each other [Chorus] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river so I Can stop for a minute and be by your side Hold back the river, hold back Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river so I Can stop for a minute and see where you hide Hold back the river, hold back [Outro] 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 *single strum Let us hold each other