Hold Back The Water — Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Chords and lyrics for Hold Back The Water by Bachman-Turner Overdrive (key of Am).
Verse 1
(From the 1973 Album BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE)
Intro
[A]
Verse 1
[A]Headed 'cross the border
[A]Looking for a place to play
[A]I left the sun behind
[A]I don't mind
[A]But I think that it looked like rain
Chorus
[A]Hold back the [C]water
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn
Hold back the [C]water
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn
Verse 2
[A]Headed west to Georgia
[A]Looking for the road to L.A.
[A]They say the weather's fine
[A]But the sun don't shine
[A]'Cause the smog's always in the way
Chorus
[A]Hold back the [C]water
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn
Hold back the [C]water (Yo!)
I gotta find time to [A]burn
Guitar Solo
[A] [C] [D]
[A]
Verse 3
[A]I've never played no trumpet
[A]You know I've never played no harp, no
[A]The preacher say
[A]I was born this way
[A]With storm cloud in my heart
Chorus
[A]Hold back the [C]water
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn
Hold back the [C]water
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn (Whooo)
Guitar Solo
[A]
Verse 4
[A]Headed 'cross the border
[A]Looking for a place to play
[A]I left the sun behind
[A]I don't mind
[A]But I think that it looked like rain
Out-Chorus
[A]Hold back the [C]water
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn
Hold back the [C]water (Yo!)
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn
Hold back the [C]water (Hey!)
I [D]gotta find time to [A]burn
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