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
BPM 139 [Intro] B F# E F# E F# B F# E F# play at 7th on E to just for this
[Verse X 2] - chords lower down neck to simulate bass [B] I don't want to [F#] know the rea [E] sons why [F#] love keeps [B] right on [F#] walkin' on down [E] the line [F] [B] I don't want to [F#] stand 'tween you [E] and love [F#] Honey, I just [B] want you to [F#] feel fin [E] e [F#] (Repeat verse once) [Chorus] [B][F#] Finally baby [B] , th [F#] e truth has come down now [B][F#] Take a listen to your spirit [B] I [F#] t's cryin' out loud [B][F#] Tryin' to believe [B] Oh, [F#] you say you love me but you don't know [B] Y [F#] ou got me rockin' and a-reelin' [B][F#] Oh, oh, [B] yeah [F#] Uh huh [Verse X 2] [B] I don't want to [F#] know the rea [E] sons why [F#] love keeps [B] right on [F#] walkin' on down [E] the line [F] [B] I don't want to [F#] stand 'tween you [E] and love [F#] Honey, I just [B] want you to [F#] feel fin [E] e [F#] [Chorus] [B][F#] Finally baby [B] , th [F#] e truth has been told [B][F#] Now you tell me that I'm crazy [B] I [F#] t's nothing that i didn't know [B][F#] Tryin' to survive [B] Oh, you [F#] say you love me but you don't know [B] Y [F#] ou got me rockin' and a-reelin' [B][F#] Hangin' on to you [B][F#] Oh, oh, [B] yeah [F#] Uh huh [Verse X 1] [B] I don't want to [F#] know the rea [E] sons why [F#] love keeps [B] right on [F#] walkin' on down [E] the line [F] [B] I don't want to [F#] stand 'tween you [E] and love [F#] Honey, yeah [B] take a [F#] little time [E][F#]
[Solo - over verse chords - B F# E F#] Intro riff - with "I don't want to know " sung over Finish on B
