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Intro (& verses): Dm7 F A# F A# F C C e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------8~~--| B|-6----8--10----13--15-----13--10----13--15-----13--10----10--8---6h5-5------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-5----7--8-----12--13-----12--8-----12--13-----12--8-----8------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------8---8----------| 1st verse: Dm7 F A# F Tried to keep you close to me A# F C C But life got in between Dm7 F A# F Tried to square not being there A# F C C But think that I should have been Chorus: A#5>let ring (A#5) Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes A#5>let ring (A#5) Hold back the river so I F5>let ring (F5) Can stop for a minute and see where you hide F5>let ring (F5) Hold back the river, hold back Dm7 F e|--------------| B|-6----8--10---| G|--------------| D|--------------| A|-5----7--8----| E|--------------| 2nd verse: Dm7 F A# F Once upon a different life A# F C C We rode our bikes into the sky Dm7 F A# F But now we crawl against the tide A# F C C Those distant days are flashing by Chorus: A#5 A#5 Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes A#5 A#5 Hold back the river so I__ F5 F5 Can stop for a minute and be by your side F5 C5 Hold back the river, hold back A#5 A#5 Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes A#5 A#5 Hold back the river so I__ F5 F5 Can stop for a minute and see where you hide F5 C5 Hold back the river, hold back Interlude: Dm7 F A# F Oh ohoh, ohoh, ohoh, A# F C C ohoh, ohoh, oohoh oohoh Bridge: F5 (F5) F5 (F5) A#5 (A#5) | Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander | Let G5 (G5) | Ring Let us hold each other | F5 F5 F5 F5 A#5 A#5 Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander G5>let ring (G5) Let us hold each other Chorus: A#5 A#5 Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes A#5 A#5 Hold back the river so I__ F5 F5 Can stop for a minute and be by your side F5 C5 Hold back the river, hold back A#5 A#5 Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes A#5 A#5 Hold back the river so I__ F5 F5 Can stop for a minute and see where you hide F5 C5 Hold back the river, ooh Bridge: F5 F5 F5 F5 A#5 A#5 Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander G5 G5 Let us hold each other F5 F5 F5 F5 A#5 A#5 Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander G5>let ring (G5) Let us hold each other Outro: e|--------------------------------------------------------------------8~~--| B|-6----8--10----13--15-----13--10----13--15-----13--10----10-10----8------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-5----7--8-----12--13-----12--8-----12--13-----12--8-----8---8-----------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|