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 - No drums - Don't do the odd time sig - this is a motif from later in the song] [Bm][Bm7/A][D][D] [Bm][Bm7/A][G][G]
[Verse - Play G 3x0003 so really rings - BASS IN] And I'd (drums in - play 12/4 strumming) [D] give up [Em] forever to [G] touch you 'Cause I [Bm] know that you [A] feel me some [G] how You're the [D] closest to [Em] heaven that [G] I'll ever be And I [Bm] don't want to [A] go home right [G] now
[Verse] And [D] all I can [Em] taste is this [G] moment And [Bm] all I can [A] breathe is your [G] life And [D] sooner or [Em] later it's [G] over I just [Bm] don't want to [A] miss you [G] tonight
[Chorus] And I [Bm] don't want the [A] world to [G] see me 'Cause I [Bm] don't think that [A] they'd [G] understand When [Bm] everything's [A] made to be [G] broken I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] am
[Verse - DRUMS BACK IN] And you [D] can't fight the [Em] tears that ain't [G] coming Or the [Bm] moment of [A] truth in your [G] lies When [D] everything [Em] feels like the [G] movies Yeah, you [Bm] bleed just to [A] know you're [G] alive
[Chorus] And I [Bm] don't want the [A] world to [G] see me 'Cause I [Bm] don't think that [A] they'd [G] understand When [Bm] everything's [A] made to be [G] broken I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] a
[Instrumental - Hum line with harmoniser - Go to distortion] [Bm][Bm/A][D][D] - [Bm][Bm/A][G][G] [Bm][Bm/A][D][D] - [Bm][Bm/A][G][G]
[G5]** [F#m][Bm][Bm] [G5][F#m][Bm][Bm] (slide up to 7) [G5][F#m-24x225][Bm] (799779 10 9 B-7) [Bm] *** *** Figure at end with Bm 1234 1234 1x3x (drums stop)
[Quiet bit back to 6/4 - No drums] [Bm][Bm7/A][D][D] - [Bm][Bm7/A][G][G] [Bm][Bm7/A][D][D] - [Bm][Bm7/A][G][G] -------- And I (Double G with snare to then Bm for chorus)
[Chorus x 2 - DRUMS BACK IN] And I [Bm] don't want the [A] world to [G] see me 'Cause I [Bm] don't think that [A] they'd [G] understand When [Bm] everything's [A] made to be [G] broken I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] a I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] am I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] am I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] am
