I Know Its Over

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Here's the chords for this great cover of I Know It's Over by The Smiths.
Sounds great with a Telecaster set on the neck pick-up with some tasty reverb.
Chords you need to know: G Em C D Bm (all open chords apart from Bm)
Capo on the 5th Fret
[Intro]
G Em
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
G Em
And as I climb into an empty bed - oh well, enough said
C D C D
I know it's over, still I cling, I don't know where else I can go
C D
Over and over.....
[Verse 1]
G Em C D
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
G Em
See the sea wants to take me, the knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me
C D G Em
Sad veiled bride please be happy - handsome groom give her room
C D G
Loud loutish lover treat her kindly though she needs you
Em C D C D
More than she loves you - and I know it's over - still I cling
C D C D
I don't know where else I can go - over and over.....
[Hook]
G C D C D Em
I know it's over and it never really began but in my heart it was so real
D C D
And she even spoke to me and said
[Verse 2]
G Em C D
"If you're so funny, then why are you on your own tonight?"
G Em C D
"And if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?"
G Em C D
"And if you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight?"
G Em
"And if you're so very good looking, then why do you sleep alone tonight?"
C D G
I know - 'cos tonight is just like any other night - that's why you're on
Em
your own tonight
[Verse 3]
G Em C
With your triumphs and your charms - while they're in each other's arms
D C D C
It's so easy to laugh it's so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle
D C D
and kind - over and over....
G C D
It's so easy to laugh it's so easy to hate, it takes guts to be gentle and
Em C D
kind - over and over....
[Outro]
G C D Bm C D
Love is natural and real - but not for you my love not tonight my love
G C D C D Em C D
Love is natural and real - but not for such as you and I my love
G C D Bm C D
Oh mother... etc.
G C D Em D C D
etc.

I Know Its Over chords and lyrics

Free chords for I Know Its Over by Jeff Buckley. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Here's the chords for this great cover of I Know It's Over by The Smiths.
Sounds great with a Telecaster set on the neck pick-up with some tasty reverb.
Chords you need to know: G Em C D Bm (all open chords apart from Bm)
Capo on the 5th Fret
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Do you think you can help me
[Hook]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Outro]
    G          C     D      Em   D    C    D etc.

I Know Its Over Chords by Jeff Buckley

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