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
Pattern 1(C) 2 3 4 1 2 3 &4(F) 1 [Intro - No drums - C is on the one but start on F pickup phrase on 4] x x x [F] ([C] Ho!) -- [F] ([C] Hey!) - [F] ([C] Ho!) -- [F] ([C] Hey!) - [F]
[Verse 1] ([C] Ho!) I've been trying to do it right [F] ([C] Hey!) I've been living a lonely life [F] ([C] Ho!) I've been sleeping here instead [F] ([C] Hey!) I've been sleeping in my bed, ([Am] Ho!) sleeping in [G] my bed ....... [F] ([C] Hey!) --- [F] ([C] Ho!)--- [F]
[Verse 2] ([C] Ho!) So show me family [F] ([C] Hey!) Or the blood that I would bleed [F] ([C] Ho!) I don't know where I belong [F] ([C] Hey!) I don't know where I went wrong ([Am] Ho!) But I can write [G] a song [F][C] Hey! (Drums in)
[Chorus - Slap snare 2/4] I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my [F - play just before next C] sweet (just bass drum)
[Verse 3 - Bass drum] ([C] Ho!) I don't think you're right for him [F] ([C] Hey!) Think of what it might've been if [F] w ([C] Ho!) Took a bus to Chinatown [F] ([C] Hey!) I'd be standing on Canal ([Am] ho!) and [G] Bowery ([F][C] Hey!) ([Am] Ho!) She'd be standing [G] next to me ( [C] hey!) (Drums in)
[Chorus - Slap snare 2/4] I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart - I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart (full drums) Cause [F] love ........................ we [G] need it now [C] Let's [F] hope for some [G] ........... 'Cause [F] oh...................... , we're b [G] leeding ou [C] t
[Chorus] I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet
