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
[Verse 1] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... where there's [Am7] music and there's [G] people who are [Am7] young and a [G] live [Fmaj7][C][G] [Am7] Driving [G] in your [Am7] car [G] I [Fmaj7] never never want to go [C] home be [G] cause I haven't [Am7] got one [G][Am7][G] any [Fmaj7] more.... [C] ... [G]
[Verse 2] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... because I [Am7] want to see [G] people and I [Am7] want to see [G] lights [Fmaj7][C][G] [Am7] Driving [G] in your [Am7] car [G] Oh, [Fmaj7] please don't drop me [C] home be [G] cause it's not [Am7] my home, it's [G] their home and I'm [Am7] welcome no [G] more [Fmaj7][C][G]
[Bridge] Dm Fmaj7 G
[Chorus] And if a [C] double-decker [Am7] bus [Fmaj7] crashes into us [G] to die by [C] your side is such a [Fmaj7] heavenly way to [Dm] die And if a [C] ten ton truc [Am7] k [Fmaj7] kills the both of us [G] to die by [C] your side the [Fmaj7] pleasure the privilege is [Dm] mine
[Verse 3] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... oh take me [Am7] anywhere, I don't [G] care I don't [Am7] care.. [G] .. [Fmaj7] ...... [C] .. [G] And in the [Am7] darkened [G] under [Am7] pass I [G] thought Oh [Fmaj7] God, my chance has come at last [C][G]
(but then a [Am7] strange fear g [G] ripped me and I [Am7] just couldn't a [G] sk) [Fmaj7][C][G]
[Verse 4] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... take me [Am7] anywhere, I don't [G] care I don't [Am7] care.. [G] .. [Fmaj7] ...... [C] .. [G] Just [Am7] driving [G] in your [Am7] car [G] I [Fmaj7] never never want to go [C] home be [G] cause I haven't [Am7] got one [G][Am7][G] I haven't [Fmaj7] got one..... [C] .. [G]
[Bridge] Dm Fmaj7 G
[Chorus] And if a [C] double-decker [Am7] bus [Fmaj7] crashes into us [G] to die by [C] your side is such a [Fmaj7] heavenly way to [Dm] die And if a [C] ten ton truc [Am7] k [Fmaj7] kills the both of us [G] to die by [C] your side the [Fmaj7] pleasure the privilege is [Dm] mine
[Outro] [Am7] There is a [G] light and it [Am7] never goes [G] out [Fmaj7] There is a light and it [C] never goes [G] out
