BPM 135 - VOX - BIG REVERB SOUND - PERHAPS TRY VARIATION ON DOUBLING - NOT MANY HARMONIES when playing C in verse 3555 3556 then normal open C
[Intro] octaves 1...3.5.....8.10.....8.5....... 8.10.....8.5.........555-3--change to B 6-5 E 8
[Verse- very staccato - no drums muted chords - rhythm XxxX xXxx] [Dm] Tried to [F] Keep you [Bb] close to [F] me, but [Bb] Life got [F] in between [C][Csus4][C] (Add bass drum on 1) [Dm] Tried to [F] square not [Bb] being [F] there but [Bb] think that [F] I should have b [C] been [Csus4][C]
[Chorus - light snare - straight beat with snare - offbeats with bass at end] (Drum pattern BxSx BxSx BxSx BxSB) [Bb] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes [Bb] Hold back the river, so I [F] Can stop for a minute and see where you hide [F] Hold back the river, [C] hold back
[Verse - full beat - straight beat with snare - offbeats with bass] (Drum pattern BxSx BBSB xBSx BBSx) [Dm] Once upon [F] a dif [Bb] different [F] life We [Bb] rode our [F] bikes into the [C] sky [Csus4][C] [Dm] But now we [F] fall [Bb] against the [F] tide Those [Bb] distant [F] days are flashing [C] by [Csus4][C]
[Chorus - straighter beat - offbeats towards end of each 2nd bar] [Bb] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes [Bb] Hold back the river, so I [F] Can stop for a minute and be by your side [F] Hold back the river, [C] hold back [Bb] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes [Bb] Hold back the river, so I [F] Can stop for a minute and see where you hide [F] Hold back the river, [C] hold back
[Instrumental - 'Ho' - same chords as verse]
Dm F Bb F Bb F C (3555 3556 then normal open C)
[Bridge - Finger pick first - then more fuller strumming for second section] [F] Lonely water, lonely water, won't you [Bb] let us wander [Gm] Let us hold each other [F] Lonely water, lonely water, won't you [Bb] let us wander [Gm] Let us hold each other
[Chorus] [Bb] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes [Bb] Hold back the river, so I [F] Can stop for a minute and be by your side [F] Hold back the river, [C] hold back [Bb] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes [Bb] Hold back the river, so I [F] Can stop for a minute and be by your side [F] Hold back the river, [C] hold back
[Outro] "Lonely Water" [F] Lonely water, lonely water, won't you [Bb] let us wander [Gm] Let us hold each other [F] Lonely water, lonely water, won't you [Bb] let us wander [Gm] Let us hold each other
Em Cadd9 D Asus4 Am E 2-3---2-3----2p3---3-2---0h2--0-2---------------- B ----0--------3---3--------------------3------1--- G -------------0-----------2--2---------2------2--- D 2------------x------------------------2------2--- A 2------------3-----------0------------0------0--- E 0------------------------------------------------ Finger Cadd9 x 3(2f) x x 3(3f) 2(1f)
[Verse] The [Em] snow glows white on the [C] mountain tonight Not a [D] footprint to be [Asus4] seen [Am] A [Em] kingdom of iso [C] lation And it [D] looks like I'm the [Asus4] queen [A] [Em] The wind is [C] howling like this [D] swirling storm inside [Asus4][Am] [Em] Couldn't keep it [D] in, heaven knows I've [A] tried
[Pre-Chorus] [D] Don't let them in, don't let them see [C] Be the good girl you always have to be [D] Conceal, don't feel, don't let them [C] know Well, now they [Cadd9] know
[Chorus] Let it [G] go, let it [D/F#] go Can't [Em7] hold it back any [Cadd9] more Let it [G] go, let it [D/F#] go Turn a [Em7] way and slam the [Cadd9] door [G] I don't [D/F#] care what they're [Em7] going to say [Cadd9] Let the [Bm7] storm rage on [Bb] The [C] cold never bothered me anyway
[Instrumental] [G][D/F#]
[Verse] [Em] It's funny how some [C] distance makes [D] everything seem [Am] small And the [Em] fears that once con [D] trolled me can't [Asus4] get to me at [A] all
[Pre-Chorus] [D] It's time to see what I can [Cadd9] do To test the limits and break [D] through No right, no wrong, no rules for [Cadd9] me
I'm free
[Chorus] Let it [G] go, let it [D/F#] go Can't [Em7] hold it back any [Cadd9] more Let it [G] go, let it [D/F#] go Turn a [Em7] way and slam the [Cadd9] door [G] I don't [D/F#] care what they're [Em7] going to say [Cadd9] Let the [Bm7] storm rage on [Bb]
[Bridge] [C] My power flurries through the air into the ground [C] My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around [D] And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast [Em] I'm never [C] going back, the [D] past is in the [Am] past [C]
[Chorus] Let it [G] go, let it [D/F#] go And I'll [Em7] rise like the break of [Cadd9] dawn Let it [G] go, let it [D/F#] go That [Em7] perfect girl is [Cadd9] gone [G] Here I [D/F#] stand in the [Em7] light of [Cadd9] day [Cm] Let the [Bm7] storm rage on [Bb] The [C] cold never bothered me anyway