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            HOLD BACK THE RIVER (capo on 3th fret!)
[Intro]  
G - D – G – D – Em7 – D – A
[Verse]
G         D        G       D
Tried to keep you close to me,
    G        D      A
But life got in between
G          D        G      D
Tried to square not being there
     G         D               A
But think that I should have been.
[Chorus]
           G                     
           Hold back the river let me look in your eyes
           G                     Em7
           Hold back the river so I …
                 D                       
           … can stop for a minute and see where you hide
           D                        A    -  G  D
           Hold back the river, hold back
[Verse]
G      D     G         D
Once upon a different life
   G         D              A
We rode our bikes into the sky
G      D      G          D
Now we call against the tide
       G       D                A
Those distant days are flashing by
[Chorus]
           G                     
           Hold back the river let me look in your eyes
           G                     Em7
           Hold back the river so I …
                  D                       
           … can stop for a minute and be by your side (see where you hide)
           D                        A  
           Hold back the river, hold back
           G                     
           Hold back the river let me look in your eyes
           G                     Em7
           Hold back the river so I …
                  D                       
           … can stop for a minute and be by your side (see where you hide)
           D                        A  
           Hold back the river, hold back
[Bridge]
G    D    G    D    Em7  D      A
Ho hoho, oho, oho, oho, oho, owoho
D                                    G              Em
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander, let us hold each other
D                                    G              Em
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander, let us hold each other …
[Chorus]
           G                     
           Hold back the river let me look in your eyes
           G                     Em7
           Hold back the river so I …
                  D                       
           … can stop for a minute and be by your side (see where you hide)
           D                        A  
           Hold back the river, hold back
           G                     
           Hold back the river let me look in your eyes
           G                     Em7
           Hold back the river so I …
                  D                       
           … can stop for a minute and be by your side (see where you hide)
           D                        A  
           Hold back the river, hold back
[Bridge]
D                                    G              Em
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander, let us hold each other
D                                    G              Em
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander, let us hold each other …
[Fade out]
G - D – G – D – Em7 – D – A 
Sorry, my second tab ever, hope you like it. 
Produced by Zubi for Roy & Zubi entertainement. 
        
                