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] [Em] Tell me [D] somethin' [G] girl [C] Are you happy in this [G] modern [D] world? [Em] Or do [D] you need [G] more [C] Is there somethin' else you're [G] searchin' [D] for?
[Refrain] [Em] I'm [D] fal [G] lin' [C] In all the good times I [G] find my [D] self longin' [Em][D] for [G] change [C] And in the bad times I [G] fear my [D] self
|Em D G| | |Em D G| |
[Verse 2] [Em] Tell me some [D] thing boy [G] [C] Aren't you tired tryin' to [G] fill that [D] void? [Em] Or do [D] you need [G] more [C] Ain't it hard keepin' it [G] so hard [D] core?
[Refrain] [Em] I'm [D] fal [G] ling [C] In all the good times I [G] find my [D] self longing [Em][D] for [G] change [C] And in the bad times I [G] fear my [D] self
[Chorus] [Am] I'm off the deep end [D] Watch as I dive in [G] I'll never [D] meet the [Em] ground [Am] Crash through the surface [D] Where they can't hurt us We're [G] far from the [D] shallow n [Em] now
[Bridge] [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low [G] In the [D] sha-sha-l [Em] a-la-la-low [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low We're [G] far from the sh [D] allow n [Em] ow
(GAGA BUILD UP - 1 bar each chord) [Em][Bm] oooohhhhh [D] oahhhh [A] hhh, [Em] oahhhh [Bm] hhhhhhh [D] hhhhhhh [A] hhhhhhhhhh
[Chorus] (strum once and hold) [Am] I'm off the deep end [D] Watch as I dive in I [G] 'll never [D] meet the [Em] ground [Am] Crash through the surface [D] Where they can't hurt us We're [G] far from the [D] shallow [Em] now
[Outro] [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low [G] In the [D] sha-sha-l [Em] a-la-la-low [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low We're [G] far from the [D] shallow n [Em] now [Em]
