[Verse - Capo 2 - 2/4 - Syncopated bass drum - BPM 96] [follow guitar with bass drum bxxb xxbx xxbx xxxx] Well I guess it would be [A] nice if I could touch your body I know not every [D] body has got a body like [A] you But I've got to think [A] twice before I give my heart away And I know [D] all the games you play because I play them [A] to
[Chorus - still just bass drum but straight - play chords mainly at start of each section] Oh, but I [D] need some time off from [A] that emotion [D] Time to pick my heart up off the [A] floor Oh when that [D] love comes down with [A] out [F#m7] votion Well it [Bm] takes a strong man baby but I'm [E] showing you the door (stop - duration is 2 more bass beats before full drums back in) Cause I gotta have [A] faith, I gotta have faith Because I gotta have faith, faith, faith I gotta have faith, faith, a-faith ah
[Verse - Slap strings now for snare - 2/4 in] [A] BABY, I know you're asking me to stay Say please, please, [D] please don't go away You say I'm giving you the [A] blues [A] MAYBE, you mean every word you say Can't help but [D] think of yesterday And another who [A] tied, me, down, to, lover boy rules
[Chorus - play chords mainly at start of each section] Be [D] fore this river be [A] comes an ocean Be [D] fore you throw my heart back on the [A] floor Oh-baby-I [D] reconsider my [A] foolish [F#m7] notion Well I [Bm] need someone to hold me but I'll [E] wait for something more (stop) Cause I gotta have [A] faith, I gotta have faith Because I gotta have faith, faith, faith I gotta have faith, faith, a-faith ah
[Solo - Full drums - Snare is no longer a slap on strings] A A D A x 2 (Buddy holly riff) 6-7 on E whilst holding 799 (General riffs - capo on 2) A D A E -11-------------9-7-------------- B -12-------------7-7-------------- G -11-------------8-8-/---9-/------ x 2 D -X--------------9-9-----9----9--- A ----------------------6s7----9--- E ---------------------------6s7---
[Chorus - play chords mainly at start of each section] Be [D] fore this river be [A] comes an ocean Be [D] fore you throw my heart back on the [A] floor Oh-baby-I [D] reconsider my [A] foolish [F#m7] notion Well I [Bm] need someone to hold me but I'll [E] wait for something more (stop drums for 6 bass hits - vocals between 4 and 5) (Build - string snare to full snare) Cause I gotta have [A] faith, I gotta have faith Because I gotta have faith, faith, faith I gotta have faith, faith, a-faith ah [End]
bpm 72 Heavy mute - lot of strum with just first finger - fills are whole slaps on side of guitar with whole hand [C C9 C G Gsus4 G F] [Verse] [G]Don't wish it away Don't [Em] look at it like [F]it's forever [C F/C C F/C C F/C] [C] BEtween you and [G]me I could honestly [Bm] say that [F] things can only get better C F/C C F/C C F/C
And [C] while I'm [G] away [B7] Bust out the demons inside [Em] [Dm] And it [G7/D] won't be [C] long before you and me [G] run To the place in our [Am] hearts [F] where [G] we hide [Am7, G/B (quick fill - like Queen find me)]
[Chorus] And I [C] guess that's why they [G] call it the [F] blues Time on my [C] hands could be [G] time spent with [F] you [C] Laughing like [G] children, living like [Am] lovers [C] Rolling like [F] thunder under the [D] covers And I [F] guess that's why they [G] call it the [C] blues - [C C9 C G Gsus4 G F]
[Verse] Just [G] stare into space [Em] Picture my face [F] in your hands [C F/C C F/C C F/C] [C] Live for each [G]second Without hesi [Bm] tation and [F] never forget I'm your [C] man C F/C C F/C C F/C
[C] Wait on me [G] girl [B7] Cry in the night if it [Em] helps [Dm ] But [G7/D] more than [C] ever I simply love [G] you More than I [Am] love [F] life it[G] self [Am7, G/B]
[Chorus] And I [C] guess that's why they [G] call it the [F] blues Time on my [C] hands could be [G] time spent with [F] you [C] Laughing like [G] children, living like [Am] lovers [C] Rolling like [F] thunder under the [D] covers And I [F] guess that's why they [G] call it the [C] blues - C C9 C G Gsus4 G F
[Solo - Verse Chords] NOT SUNG - Just [G] stare into space NOT SUNG - [Em] Picture my face in your [F] hands [C F/C C F/C C F/C] NOT SUNG - [C] Live for each [G]second NOT SUNG - Without hesitation and [Bm] never [F] forget I'm your [C] man C F/C C F/C C F/C
[End of Verse] [C] Wait on me [G] girl [B7] Cry in the night if it [Em] helps [Dm ] But [G7/D] more than [C] ever I simply love [G] you More than I [Am] love [F] life it[G] self [Am7, G/B]
[Chorus] And I [C] guess that's why they [G] call it the [F] blues Time on my [C] hands could be [G] time spent with [F] you [C] Laughing like [G] children, living like [Am] lovers [C] Rolling like [F] thunder under the [D] covers And I [F] guess that's why they [G] call it the [C] blues