[Intro - Just drums B S (SS)BB - Capo at 6 for original key] [2 bars - later in song you can start sextuplet strums on downstroke to support busier vocal phrases]
[Verse 1 - Capo 3 for Guido - Second 'Oh Oh' suggests Cmaj7] [Em] First things first, I'ma say all the words inside my [C] head...I'm fired up and [B7] tired of the way that things have [Em] been oh-ooh ... The way that things have [C] been, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Em] Second thing second, don't you tell me what you think that I can [C] be I'm the one at the [B7] sail, I'm the master of my [Em] sea, oh-ooh The master of my [C] sea, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Pre-Chorus - strumming in 6s?] I was [Em] broken from a young age, taking my [Em] sulking to the masses Writing my [C] po....ems for the few, that looked at me, t [B7] ook to me, shook to me, feeling me Singing from [Em] heartache, from the pain, take up my [Em] message from the veins Speaking my [C] lesson from the brain, seeing the [B7] beauty through the...
[Chorus - Pain on snare] [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! You break me down, you build me up, be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! Oh, [Em] let the bullets fly, oh, let them [C] rain My [B7] life, my love, my drive, they came from... [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever
[Verse 2] [Em] Third things third, send a [Em] prayer to the ones up a [C] bove All the hate that you've [B7] heard has turned your spirit to a [Em] dove, oh-ooh Your spirit up a [C] bove, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Pre-Chorus - strumming in 6s?] I was [Em] choking in the crowd, building my [Em] rain up in the cloud Falling like [C] ashes to the ground, hoping my [B7] feelings, they would drown But they [Em] never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing, in [Em] hibited, limited Till it broke open and [C] rained down..... it rained [B7] down, like...
[Chorus - Pain on snare] [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! You break me down, you build me up, be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! Oh, [Em] let the bullets fly, oh, let them [C] rain My [B7] life, my love, my drive, they came from... [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever
[Verse 3 - No drums] [Em] Last things last, by the [Em] grace of the fire and the [C] flames .. You're the face of the [B7] future, the blood in my [Em] veins, oh-ooh The [Em] blood in my [C] veins, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Alternative chords?] But they [C] never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing, inhibited, limited Till it broke open and [D] rained down, it rained [B/D#] down, [N.C.] like...
[Chorus - Full drums] [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! You break me down, you build me up, be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! Oh, [Em] let the bullets fly, oh, let them [C] rain My [B7] life, my love, my drive, they came from... [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be (stop) [B7] liever
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
