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/ Bernhoft / With Bernhoft, there are always two versions of
/ Don't Let Me Go / any song: An album version and a solo live version.
/ Islander / This is a transcription of the latter.
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INTRO:
6/8, shuffled
Bm7 F#m7 Em7 (Em9) Em7
|------------0--2--|---------------0--|---------2--------|0-----------------|
|3--------3--------|2--------2--3-----|0-----------0-----|---0--------------|
|---2----2-----2---|---2----2---------|---0-----------0--|------0-----------|
|------0-----------|------2-----------|------0-----------|--------0---------|
|2--------2--------|------------------|------------------|---------------0--|
|------------------|2--------2--------|0--------0--------|---------0--2-----|
VERSE:
-Play the intro 3x, simplify the picking pattern to more a calm strumming.
-He occasionally adds a funky Fm7 in the second bar:
F#m7 Fm7
|------------------|
|2----------1------|
|2----------1------|
|2----------1------|
|------------------|
|2----------1------|
-The last bar of Em7 is instead like this:
A11
|5--5-----5--------|
|3--3-----3--------|
|4--4-----4--------|
|5--5-----5--------|
|x--------x--------|
|5--------5--------|
"I feel like a worker bee
sitting all alone in here
in this long deserted hive
All relations gone to pieces
I drove the people close to me
miles away out of my sight
And now I’m like a naked man
standing in the desert trying
trying to sell a Messiah for silver
CHORUS:
Dmaj7 Gmaj7 (Gmaj9) Dmaj7 Gmaj7
|5--------5--------|---------5--------|5--------5--------|---------5--2-----|
|7--------7--------|3--------3--------|7--------7--------|3--------------3--|
|6--------6--------|4--------4--------|6--------6--------|4-------4---------|
|7--------7--------|4--------4--------|7--------7--------|4-----------------|
|5--------5--------|x-----------------|5--------5--------|x-----------------|
|------------------|3-----------------|------------------|3-----------------|
Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 Em7 F#m7 Gmaj7 A11
|------------------|---------5--2-----|------------------|------------------|
|0--------2--------|3--------------3--|0--------2--------|3--------3--------|
|0--------2--------|4-----------------|0--------2--------|4--------4--------|
|0--------2--------|4-----------------|0--------2--------|4--------5--------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|0--------2--------|3-----------------|0--------2--------|3--------5--------|
"Please hold me back
and don’t let me go
When I go crazy
don’t let me go
All of my bridges are crumbling to dust
and you might be the only one that I can trust
So please hold on
INTRO: 1x
VERSE:
"You were not the first I’ve seen
getting eaten from within
being what you do
It’s easy enough to lose a step or two
dodging bullets while building a truce
don’t beat yourself up about it
What you lost you can’t get back
a little perspective right here in this track
I’ve seen children get sold for silver
CHORUS:
"I could hold you back
nut I won’t treat you so
I don’t think you’re crazy
and I won’t let you go
I’ll be the someone you can hold onto
but I won’t be somebody holding onto you
weighing you down
GUITAR-SOLO:
Bm7 F#m7 Em7 Em7
:---------|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------:
:------3--|---------------3--|------------------|------------------|---------:
:---------|4-----------------|---------------4--|------------------|---------:
:2--4-----|------------------|4-----------------|2-----------------|---------:
:---------|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------:
:---------|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------:
(Em7) Bm7 F#m7 Em7 Em7 ...
:---------|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------:
:---------|------------2--3--|------------0--2--|------------------|---------:
:------7-\|4-----------------|2-----------------|0-----------------|---------:
:2--4-----|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------:
:---------|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------:
:---------|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------:
VERSE:
- // here means to tremolo-strum the chords.
Bm7 F#m7 Em7 Em7
|7-//--------------|5-//--------------|3-//--------------|3-//--------------|
|7-//--------------|7-//--------------|5-//--------------|5-//--------------|
|7-//--------------|6-//--------------|4-//--------------|4-//--------------|
|9-//--------------|7-//--------------|5-//--------------|5-//--------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Bm7 F#m7 Em7 A11
|7-//--------------|5-//--------------|3-//--------------|5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|7-//--------------|7-//--------------|5-//--------------|3--3--3--3--3--3--|
|7-//--------------|6-//--------------|4-//--------------|4--4--4--4--4--4--|
|9-//--------------|7-//--------------|5-//--------------|5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|5--5--5--5--5--5--|
"Don’t have the courage to
take another step or two
I’ll fall back into the big black sea
Sure you can. If I can, so can in you
lean on me I will be there
and it’s blue can’t you see
CHORUS:
-Play | Dmaj7 | Gmaj7 | once more.
"I won’t let you go
and I won’t hold you back
I’ll walk the whole mile with you
watching your back
Never ever let you go
and never hold you back
I’ll be forever someone you can trust"
INTRO:
-Guitar solo ad.lib.
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Jon Sebastian Frederiksen - 17th /May /14
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