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 - BPM 124 - Capo 2nd G* - 30XXXX] (Strum - M = muted hit on low strings) M-^- -v^v - repeat x 3 then for C to G ^vC- ^vG- (beat turns round during this bit) [Note - chords in verse and chorus track when they are emphasised for the first time - not the start of the beat - i.e. initial muted hit]
[Am][F][C][(C-G)] [Am][F][C][(C-G)] - passing G bass note from Am to F if you want
[Verse 1 - No drums - Second Am to F you can play passing bass G if you want] [Am] Feeling my way [F] through the dark [C] ness [C] [Am] Guided by [F] a beating har [C] art [C] [Am] I can't tell [F] where the jour [C] ney will end [C] [Am] But I know [F] where to sta [C] a rt [C]
[Am] They tell me I'm [F] ....too young [C] to under stand [C] [Am] They say I'm caught [F] up in a dre..[C]...eam [C] (chords right on lyrics is no gap) [Am] Well, life will pass [F]me by if I [C]don't open up [C]my(downstrum) eyes [Am] Well, that's fine [F] by me [C][C]
[Chorus - Bass drum - o'ver' and ol'der' sung right on C chord] So wake me Up [Am] when it's [F] all o [C]ver [C-G] When I'm Wi [Am] ser [F] when I'm ol [C]der [C-G] All this Time [Am] I was fin [F] ding myself [C] and I [C-G] [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost
So wake me Up [Am] when it's [F] all o [C]ver [C-G] When I'm Wi [Am] ser [F] when I'm ol [C]der [C-G] All this Time [Am] I was fin [F] ding myself [C] and I [C-G] [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost
[Keyboard riff - Full strum version - (12x) - 4 times just bass drum - 8 with full drums] (lick lips at start and again on each F and whistle in middle of range - louder and easier to control pitch) Am F C Gsus4(on snare) e|-0---0--0-0--0-1-----0--0--0-0-0--0--0---X----| B|-1---1--0-0--1-1-----1--1--1-1-1h31--1---1----| G|-2---2--0-0-2--2-----0--0--0-0-0--0--0---0----| D|-2---2--0-0-2--3-----2--2--2-2-2--2--2---0----| A|-0---0--0-0----3-----3--3--3-3-3--3--3---x----| E|---------------1-------------------------3----|
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum - Second Am to F you can play passing bass G if you want] [Am] I tried car [F]rying the weight [C] of the world [C] [Am] But I only [F] have two haa [C] ands [C] [Am] Hope I get [F]the chance to tra [C] vel the world [C] [Am] But I don't have [F] any plans [C] ..... [C]
[Am] Wish that I [F] could stay for ev [C] ver this young [C] [Am] Not afraid [F]to close my [C]eyes [C] [Am] Life's a game [F] made for ev [C] ryone [C] [Am] And love [F] is the prize [C] (Stop)
[Chorus - Slap snare] So wake me (drum in) Up [Am] when it's [F] all o [C]ver [C-G] When I'm Wi [Am] ser [F] when I'm ol [C]der [C-G] All this Time [Am] I was fin [F] ding myself [C] and I [C-G] [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost (Stop)
So wake me (full drums) Up [Am] when it's [F] all o [C]ver [C-G] When I'm Wi [Am] ser [F] when I'm ol [C]der [C-G] All this Time [Am] I was fin [F] ding myself [C] and I [C-G] [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost
[Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost
[Keyboard Riff Out - 4 times just bass drum - 8 with full drums] Am F C C-G [End on Am]
[Additional Notes] (12x) Am F C - C Gsus4 e|-------------------------------------------------0------| B|--------------1--------------1--1--1--3---1---3-----1---| G|-2--2--0--2------2---0--2--0----------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------|