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 Riff x 2 - BPM 125] E ------------------0-- B ------------------0-- G -4----------------1-- D -4---2h4--44-4--2---- A -2---2h4--44-5--2---- E -----2----------0----
[Off beat drum part for verse - downstroke muted chug in between chords] Ch --B- -B-- Dr BBS- BS-- (sometimes BSS at end of line)
[Verse - Off beat drum part] [B] Run and tell all of the [F#m] angels [E] This could take all night [B] Think I need a devil to [F#m] help me get things [E] right [B] Hook me up a new revo [F#m] lution [E] Cause this one is a lie [B] We sat around laughing, [F#m] watch the last one [E] (start to play drums straighter) die
[Chorus - Straighter drums] [B] Looking for the sky to [F#m] save me [E] Looking for a sign of life [B] Looking for something to [F#m] help me burn out [E] bright [B] I'm looking for a compli [F#m] cation [E] Looking cause I'm tired of trying [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to [B] fly
[Intro Riff] x 2 [B][F#m][E] x 2 [##########Scroll - sustain chord and keep bass drum going #####]
[Verse 2 - Off beat drum part]] I [B] think I'm done nursing the [F#m] patience [E] It can wait one night .. I'd [B] give it all away if you [F#m] give me one last [E] try [B] We'll live happily [F#m] ever trapped if [E] you just save my life [B] Run and tell the angels that [F#m] everything's al.. [E] (start to play drums straighter) right
[Chorus - Straighter drums] [B] Looking for the sky to [F#m] save me [E] Looking for a sign of life [B] Looking for something to [F#m] help me burn out [E] bright [B] I'm looking for a compli [F#m] cation [E] Looking cause I'm tired of trying [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to [E] fly [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to...
[Bridge - Straight drums] [B] Fly a [G] long with me I [D] can't quite make it a [E] lone [G] Trying to make my [A] life my own
[B] Fly..... a [G] long with me I [D] can't quite make it a [E] lone [G] Trying to make my [A] life my own
[Chorus - Straight drums] [B] Looking for the sky to [F#m] save me [E] Looking for a sign of life [B] Looking for something to [F#m] help me burn out [E] bright [B] I'm looking for a compli [F#m] cation [E] Looking cause I'm tired of trying [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to... [B] Looking for the sky to [F#m] save me [E] Looking for a sign of life [B] Looking for something to [F#m] help me burn out [E] bright [B] I'm looking for a compli [F#m] cation [E] Looking cause I'm tired of trying [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to [E] fly [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to [E] fly [G] Make my way back home [A] And learn to.. [B] (offbeat drum part x 4) [B][E][F#]
