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
Capo 2 - BPM 121 [Intro] G/B (1 and 4 hold chord - B 3 0 and G 2 0 played by other strings) Cadd9 (2 and 4 hold chord) G/B Cadd9 [Verse] I feel your [G] head resting heavy on your [C] single bed I want to [G] hear all about it Get it [C] all off your chest, oh [G] I feel the tears and you're [C] not alone, oh [G] When I hold you, well I [C] won't let go, oh
[Chorus] [G] Why should [C] we care for what they're [D] selling us [C] anyway [G] We're so [C] younger than you [D] know, whoa [G] You don't have to be [C] there, b [G] abe [G] You don't have to be [C] scared, [G] babe You don't ne [C] ed a p [G] lan of wh [C] at you wan [G] na do Won't you l [C] isten to the [G] man that's [D] loving y [G] o
[Verse] [G] Your world keeps spinning and you [C] can't jump off But I will [G] catch you if you fall I can't [C] tell you enough [G] I hate to hear that you're [C] feeling low [G] I hate to hear that you [C] won't come home
[Chorus] [G] Why should [C] we care for what they're [D] selling us [C] anyway [G] We're so [C] younger than you [D] know, whoa [G] You don't have to be [C] there, b [G] abe [G] You don't have to be [C] scared, [G] babe You don't ne [C] ed a p [G] lan of wh [C] at you wan [G] na do Won't you l [C] isten to the [G] man that's [D] loving you, [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa
[Bridge] [Em] Easy, easy and a [C] one, two, three, oh [Em] Easy, breezy if you [C] come with me, oh [Em] Easy, easy and a [C] one, two, three, four, [Bm] five, six, seven eight, [C] nine, nine, nine, nine.
[Outro] [G] You don't have to be [C] there, [G] babe [G] You don't have to be [C] scared, [G] babe You don't [C] need a p [G] lan of wh [C] at you wa [G] nna do Won't you l [C] isten to the [G] man that's [D] loving y [G] o [G] You don't have to be [C] there, b [G] abe [G] You don't have to be [C] scared, [G] babe You don't [C] need a p [G] lan of w [C] hat you wa [G] nna do Won't you l [C] isten to the [G] man that's [D] loving you, [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa
