[Intro - Capo 2nd Fret - Just drums to start - BPM 82] [Go to Runaround Sue at some point in the song - chords same - C Am F G - Bridge F C F G] Bass on C only Ladies and Gentlemen we've got a special treat for tonight, I'm gonna call my friend Olly up here to sing to you ladies, Olly! Let's go man
[Verse 1 - Chords just at start of each phrase] [C] My name is Olly, nice to meet you, can I tell you baby. [Am] Look around there's a whole lot of pretty ladies. [F] But none like y [G] ou, you shine so [C] bright, yeah. (Oh, Oh, Oh, Yeah!) [C] I was wondering if you and me could spend a minute. [Am] On the floor up and close getting lost in it. [F] I won't give [G] up without a [C] fight. I just wanna,
[Chorus - Chords rings out] [C] ooh, oh [Am] baby, I [F] just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night, So come on [C] ooh, oh [Am] baby, I [F] just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night
[Verse 2] [C] We're getting sweaty, hot and heavy in the crowd now, [Am] Loosen up and let your hands go down, down, [F] Go with it girl, [G] yeah just close your [C] eyes, yeah. [C] I feel the music moving through your body, [Am] Looking at you I can tell you want me, [F] Don't stop, keep [G] going till the morning [C] light, yeah.
[Middle Eight] When I [F] saw you there, [Am] Sitting all alone in the dark acting like you didn't [F] have a care, I [G] knew right then, [G] you'd be mine, and [G] we'd be [G] dancing the [G] whole [G] damn [G] night [G] right,
[Chorus] [C] Ooh, oh [Am] baby, [F] I just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night, So come on, [C] ooh, oh [Am] baby, [F] I just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night,
[Verse 3 - Just drums really - chords very faint] Break it down now, [C] Yeah Yeah Yeah YEAH yeah (shake it like that) [Am] Yeah Yeah Yeah YEAH yeah (now bring it all back), [F] To [G] dance with me to [C] night,
One more time, one more time, come on now. [C] Yeah Yeah Yeah YEAH Yeah (Do your thing) [Am] Yeah Yeah Yeah YEAH Yeah (everybody sing), I [F] just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night, yeah
[Chorus x forever] [C] Ooh, oh [Am] baby, [F] I just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night, So come on, [C] ooh, oh [Am] baby, [F] I just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night
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