[Intro - no drums - finger pick - free time Start note is D] [Secondary vocal effect - octave up]
[Amadd4-x02230] Late [Am] ly, I've been, [Cadd9-x32030] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said no more counting dollars [F] We'll be counting stars, yeah [F] we'll be counting stars
[Interlude - Full drums - Hum along with] [Am][Cadd9][G][F] E -0-----3-0--0------3-0-----x-----0-x-1- B -1-----1-1--3------1-1-----3-----0-1-1- G -2-----2-2--0------0-0-----0-----0-0-2- repeat D -2-----2-2--2------2-3-----0-----0-0-3- A -0-----0-0--3------3-5-----x-----x-x-3- E ---------------------------3-----3-3-1-
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum] I see this [Am] life like a swinging vine [C] Swing my heart across the line And [G] in my face is flashing signs [F] Seek it out and ye shall find (full drums but light) [Am] Old, but I'm not that old [C] Young, but I'm not that bold [G] I don't think the world is sold [F] On just doing what we're told
[Pre-Chorus - HEAD VOICE - THIS IS HIGH] [Am] I .. I I I I [C] Feel something so [G] right Doing the [F] wrong thing [Am] I .. I I I I [C] Feel something so [G] wrong Doing the [F] right thing [F] I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie [F] Everything that [N.C.] kills me makes me feel alive
[Chorus - Lower octave to begin with then up - vocal effect to be one octave up?] [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be [Am] But baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said no more counting dollars [F] We'll be counting stars (up an octave) [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be [Am] But baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be, we'll be counting stars
[Interlude] [Am][C][G][F] x 2
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum] I feel your [Am] love and I feel it burn [C] Down this river, every turn [G] Hope is our four-letter word [F] Make that money, watch (drums in) it burn [Am] Old, but I'm not that old [C] Young, but I'm not that bold [G] And I don't think the world is sold [F] On just doing what we're told
[Pre-Chorus - HEAD VOICE - THIS IS HIGH] [Am] I .. I I I I [C] feel something so wr [G] ong Doing the [F] right thing [F] I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie [F] Everything that [N.C.] drowns me makes me wanna fly
[Chorus - At higher octave all way] [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said no more counting dollars [F] We'll be counting stars [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said no more counting dollars [F] We'll be, we'll be counting [Am]stars (drums go to just bass drum)
[Just drums - 2 bars] - wo oh oh oh ooh
[Bridge - Chord just as start staccato - Just bass drum] [Am] Oh, take that money, watch it burn [C] Sink in the river the lessons I learned [G] Take that money, watch it burn [F] Sink in the river the lessons I learned [Am] Oh, take that money, watch it burn [C] Sink in the river the lessons I learned [G] Take that money, watch it burn [F] Sink in the river the lessons I learned (Drums stop) [F] Everything that [Dm] kills me ...… makes feel alive
[Chorus] [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be .. But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be counting stars [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be .. But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be, we'll be counting stars
[Outro] [Am] Take that money, watch it burn [C] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned [G] Take that money, watch it burn [F] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned [Am] Take that money, watch it burn [C] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned [G] Take that money, watch it burn (drums stop) [F] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
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
