0Intro: Dm70 F1 A#2 F3 A#4 F5 C6 1 Dm77 F8 A#9 F10 2Tried to keep you close to me A#11 F12 C13 3But life got in between Dm714 F15 A#16 F17 4Tried to square not being there A#18 F19 C20 5But think that I should have been 6 A#21 7Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes A#22 8Hold back the river so I F23 9Can stop for a minute and see where you hide ( and be by your side ) F24 ( C25 ) 10Hold back the river, hold back 11 12Once upon a different life 13We rode our bikes into the sky 14But now we crawl against the tide 15Those distant days are flashing by 16 Dm726 F27 A#28 F29 17Oh oho, oho, oho A#30 F31 C32 18Oho, oho, oho oh 19 F33 A#34 20Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander Gm35 ( C36 ) 21Let us hold each other 22 23Outro: Dm737 F38 A#39 F40 A#41 F42 C43 24