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 135 - Intro D/A = 557775 D/C# = 9x777x OR x00232 AND x40232 FOR FULLER SOUND IN CHORUSES] [Riff x 4 - No drums for 1st then backward beat] Emaj then play low E muted with 6th then 7th on A D 2-2--------- A 2-2--2-4-5-- E 0-0--X-X-X--
[Chorus - Normal drums - D/A - x00232, D/C# - x40232] [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction, Cause I [E] try, and I [B7] try, and I [E] try, and I [A] try. I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] I can't [D/C#] [E] get no - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] When I'm [D/C#]
[Verse] [E] drivin' in my car [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] And that [E] man comes on the radio [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] And he's [E] tellin' me more and [D/A] more [D/A] - [D/A] about [D/C#] some [E] useless informa [D/A] tion [D/A] - [D/A] Supposed [D/C#] to [E] fire my imaginat [D/A] ion [D/A] - [D/A] I can't [D/C#] [E] get no. [D/A][D/A][D/A] Oh, no, [D/C#] no, no
[Chord stop - just backward drums for 2 bars then chords back in] Hey, hey, hey [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - that's what I [D/C#] say. [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Chorus - Normal drums] [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction, Cause I [E] try, and I [B7] try, and I [E] try, and I [A] try. I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] When [D/C#] I'm
[Verse] [E] watchin' my [D/A] TV [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] And that [E] man comes on to [D/A] tell me - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] How [E] white my shirts can be [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] Well, he [E] can't be a man 'cause he [D/A] does [D/A] n't [D/A] smoke [D/C#] the [E] same cigarettes [D/A] as me [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no. [D/A][D/A][D/A] Oh, no, [D/C#] no, no
[Chord stop - just backward drums for 2 bars then chords back in] Hey, hey, hey [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - that's what I [D/C#] say. [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Chorus - Normal drums] [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction, Cause I [E] try, and I [B7] try, and I [E] try, and I [A] try. I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Verse] When I'm [E] ridin' 'round the [D/A] world [D/A][D/A] And [D/C#] I'm [E] doin' this and I'm [D/A] sign [D/A] in' [D/A] that [D/C#] And I'm [E] tryin' to make some girl [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] Who tells me, [E] baby, better come back [D/A] later [D/A] next week, [D/A][D/C#] 'cos you [E] see I'm on a [D/A] losing [D/A][D/A] streak [D/C#] I can't [E] get no. [D/A][D/A][D/A] Oh, no, [D/C#] no, no
[Chord stop - just backward drums for 2 bars then chords back in] Hey, hey, hey [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - that's what I [D/C#] say. [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Chorus] I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no. [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - satis [D/C#] [E] faction [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - no satis [D/C#] [E] faction [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - no satis [D/C#] [E] faction [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - no satis [D/C#]
