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
[DROP D - NO DRUMS - INTRO - Note - F/C is just F major with 3rd finger off - x13211] [Use one upstream to imply the offbeat keyboard riff d u d d - down up down down] [DROP D] [Dm7-xx0211] x x [Dm7sus4-xx0213]| [Bb-013331] | [F-3x3211] | [C/G - 3x333] [Dm7-xx0211] x x [Dm7sus4-xx0213]| [Bb] | [F] | [C/G]
[VERSE] [Dm7] Cause you're a [F/C] sky, cause you're a [F] sky full of stars [C/G] [Dm7] I'm going to [F/C] give you my heart [F][C/G] [Dm7] Cause you're a [F/C] sky, cause you're a [F] sky full of stars [C/G] [Dm7] And cause you [F/C] light up the path [F][C/G]
[CHORUS] [Dm7] I don't [Bb] care, go on and [F] tear me ap [C/G] art [Dm7] I don't [Bb] care if you do [F][C/G] [Dm7] Cause in a [F/C] sky, cause in a [F] sky full of stars [C/G] I think I saw [Dm7] you-o [Bb] ou-o [F] oou-o [C/G] u
[VERSE - LIGHT DRUMS] [Dm7] Cause you're a [F/C] sky, cause you're a [F] sky full of stars [C/G] [Dm7] I want to [F/C] die in your [F] arms, arms [C/G] [Dm7] Cause you get [F/C] lighter the [F] more it gets dark [C/G] [Dm7] I'm going to [F/C] give you my [F] heart [C/G]
[CHORUS] [Dm7] I don't [Bb] care, go on and [F] tear me ap [C/G] art [Dm7] I don't [Bb] care if you do [F][C/G] [Dm7] Cause in a [F/C] sky, cause in a [F] sky full of stars [C/G] I think I see [Dm7] you-o [Bb] ou-o [F] oou-o [C/G] u I think I see [Dm7] you-o [Bb] ou-o [F] oou-o [C/G] u
[INTERLUDE] [Dm7][Bb][F][C/G] - Add sus4 figure if possible B-1 E-1 B-1 E-0 1 [Dm7][Bb][F][C/G] [Dm7][Bb][F][C/G] [Dm7][Bb][F][C/G] [Bb][C][Dm][Dm] [Bb][C][Dm][Dm]
[OUTRO] [Bb] Because you're a [C] sky, you're a [Dm] sky full of stars [Dm] Such a Heavenly [Bb] view [C][Dm][Dm] Such a Heavenly [Bb] view [C][Dm]
