[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]
[Intro BPM 89- - Sort of simulate arpeggio with right hand first finger - slight mute] Aadd6 (x02222) Aadd6 (x02222) (passing A to E - x0225x) Esus2 (x7997x) E (x7999x) E (x7999x) E (x7999x) Aadd6 (x02222) Aadd6 (x02222) (passing A to E - x0225x) Esus2 (x7997x) E (x7999x) E (x7999x) E (x7999x)
(can play octave up as well A - x-0-14-14-14 -- x-0-14-14-17x E - 0-14-x-13-x-14 -- 0-14-x-13-x-16
[Verse 1] [E] Hey little girl, is your daddy home Did he go and leave you all alone [A] I've got a bad de [C#m] sire, [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire
[Verse 2] [E] Tell me now baby, is he good to you And can he do to you the things that I do [A] I can take you hig [C#m] her [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire
[Intro again] A(add6) E(sus2) x 2
[Verse 3 - Guido play on own] Sometimes it's like [A] someone took a knife baby, edgy and dull And cut a [C#m] six inch valley through the [A] middle of my skull [Short vamp on A - 3 times]
[Verse 4] At [E] night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet And a freight train running through the middle of my head, and [A] you You cool my de [C#m] sire [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire
[Outro like intro with woo hoos] [C#m][E] - repeat to fade