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
[Intro - BPM 131 - Just bass drum] Chords --[F]------[Dm]------[Bb]---[C]----[F]- E -1--------5-----------------------1-- B -1----3-5-6-----5-4-3--3-4-5-5----1-- G -2----3-5-7-----5-4-3--3-4-5-5----2-- D -3----3-5-7-----5-4-3--3-4-5-5----3-- A -3----1-3-5-----3-2-1--1-2-3-3----3-- E -1---------------------------3-5--1--
[Pickup - drums in at end] Fxxx FxxBb xxxx Bbxxx x 2
[Verse - Full drums - Some fast strumming] [F] Don't go breaking my [Bb] heart [F] I couldn't if I [Bb] tried [F] Oh [A7] honey, if [Bb] I get [G/B] restless [F] Baby, you're not that [Bb] kind [F][Bb][F][Bb][C] (just bass drum) [F] Don't go breaking my [Bb] heart [F] You take the weight off of [Bb] me [F] Oh [A7] honey, when you [Bb] knock on my [G/B] door [F] Ooh, I gave you my [Bb] key [F][Bb] (A 013) [C]
[Chorus] [Am] Oooo-oooo... .... and nobody [Cm7] knows it But [Bb] when I was [F] down [C] I was your [G] clown [Am] Oooo-oooo... .... and nobody [Cm7] knows it (nobody knows) [Bb] Right from the [F] start I [C] gave you my [G] heart [Ab] Oooo- [C] oooh I gave you my [Bb] heart. (just bass drum) [F][Bb][F][Bb][C]
[F] So don't go breaking my [Dm] heart ...  [C][Bb] .. I won't go [C]breaking your [F] heart----- [C][Dm]------- [C][Bb] .... Don't go [C] breaking my [F] heart (drums stop - approx chord pattern) [F]xx[F][Bb]xx[Bb][F]xx[F][Bb]xxx
[Verse] [F] And nobody [Bb] told us [F] `Cause nobody [Bb] showed us [F] And [A7] now it's [Bb] up to [G/B] us babe [F] Oh I think we can [Bb] make it (just bass drum) [F][Bb][F][Bb][C] [F] So don't misunder [Bb] stand me [F] You put the light in my [Bb] life [F] Oh, you [A7] put the [Bb] spark to the [G/B] flame [F] I've got your heart in my [Bb] sights [F][Bb] (A 013) [C]
[Chorus] [Am] Oooo-oooo... .... and nobody [Cm7] knows it But [Bb] when I was [F] down [C] I was your [G] clown [Am] Oooo-oooo... .... and nobody [Cm7] knows it (nobody knows) [Bb] Right from the [F] start I [C] gave you my [G] heart [Ab] Oooo- [C] oooh I gave you my [Bb] heart. (just bass drum) [F][Bb][F][Bb][C]
[Bridge] [F] So don't go breaking my [Dm] heart [C][Bb] I won't go [C] breaking your [F] heart----- [C][Dm]------- [C][Bb] Don't go [C] breaking my [F] heart (just bass drum) [F]xx[F][Bb]xx[Bb][F]xx[F][Bb]xxx
[Instrumental] [F][Bb][F][Bb] [F][A7][Bb][G/B][F][Bb] [F][Bb] (A 013) [C]
[Chorus] [Am] Oooo-oooo... .... and nobody [Cm7] knows it But [Bb] when I was [F] down [C] I was your [G] clown [Bb] Right from the [F] start, I [C] gave you my [G] heart! [Ab] Oooo- [C] oooh I gave you my [Bb] heart.(just bass drum) [F][Bb][F][Bb][C]
[F] don't go breaking my [Dm] heart [C][Bb] I won't go [C] breaking your [Repeated til fade section] [F] heart-- [C][Dm] -------- [C][Bb] Don't go [C] breaking my [F] heart (BACK 3 LINES AND REPEAT TIL FADE)