Artist: Survivor
Song: I Can't Hold Back
Album: Vital Signs
Year: 1984
Guitarist: Frankie Sullivan
Rhythm Figure 1 (Clean and Chorused)
Guitar I
E|-------0-----0---|-------0---------|-------0-----0---|-------0--------|
B|---------4-----4-|-----------0-----|---------0-----0-|----------0-----|
G|-----4-----4-----|-----2-------2---|-----1-----1-----|-----2------2---|
D|---4-------------|---2-----2-------|---0-------------|---0----2-------|
A|-2---------------|-0---------------|-2---------------|-2--------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Guitar II (Piano arr. for guitar)
Bsus4 B A2 E7 A2
Bsus4 B A2 E7 A2
There's a story in my eyes...
(Listen to song for rhythm)
C#m7 A2 Bsus4 B
I can feel you tremble when we touch
B/Eb C#m7
And I feel the hand of fate
A2 B5 (rhythm figure 1 starts again)
Reaching out to both of us
B5 B5
I've been holding back the night
B5 B5
I've been searching for a clue from you
B5 B5
I'm gonna try with all my might
B5 B5/Eb
To make this story line come true
C#5 A5 B5
Can ya feel me tremble when we touch
C#5
Can ya feel the hand of fate
A5 B5
Reaching out to both of us
E5
This love affair can't wait
E5 A5 B5 E5
I can't hold back, I'm on the edge (I can't hold back)
A5 B5 (rhythm figure 2) E5
You voice explodes inside my head
A5 C#5
I can't hold back, I won't back down
A5 B5 E5
Girl it's too late to turn back now
Rhythm Figure 2
E------|-----------------|---|
B------|-----------------|---|
G------|-----------------|---|
D------|-1-----2-----4---|-2-|
A-2--4-|-----------------|-2-|
E------|-----------------|-0-|
4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1
Solo (Listen to CD for timing)
E-----------------------12-11------------------12--14b(16)-14-12---12-14-14---14-17-19-21-|
B-9-9-9-9-9-10----------------14-12-10-9-------------------------14-----------------------|
G--------------11-9-11/------------------11-9---------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C5 D/E5 E5
Another shooting star goes by
C5
And in the night the silence speaks to you and I
And now the time has come at last
D5 C#5
Don't let the moment run too fast
Repeat chorus
Key: xb(y) - bend from x to y
