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Cover Me

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 23Position: 3

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[Intro]
EmUh, GhuDh, Chuh
EmUh, GooDh, Cuh ah...
[Verse 1]
 EmCover Gme, yeah   Dwhen I walk aClone
     Em                   G                    D      C[Riff 1]
 Cover me, yeah, when my stance it stumbles home
 EmCover Gme, yeah, we'll Dtrip on through the Csands of time
 EmAnd cover Gme,    Dcause I've been Cbranded
[Chorus 1]
I've lost my DmindC  
Lost my DmindC  
But you cover Dme, yeCah
Won't you give me Dshelter from the Cstorm?
[Riff 2]
[Verse 2]
 EmOver Gme, yeah, Dfade into the Cnight
    Em               G               D        C[Riff 1]
 Over me, yeah, you melt into the light
 EmOver Gme, yeah   Dyou will fear the Cthings I need
 EmOver Gme,   Dyou will feel the Chate I breed
 EmYou're under Gme, and Dyou will question my Cauthority
            Em         G                      D       C[Riff 1]                         
 You're under me, and you will lose almost everything, you know...
 EmYou're under Gme,  Dyou will feel the Cpain, I want to bring you
 EmYou're under Gme, you Dnever changeC, never change
[Chorus 2]
A fDucking tChing
Not a, Da fuckinCg thing
But you, you Dcover mCe, yeah
Give me Dshelter from the Cstorm
DCover me, CCover me
Won't you Dcover me? CCover me
Don't you, Dcover me, Ccover me
Give me Dshelter from the Cstorm
[Riff2]
[guitar solo - 12 bars total (4 intro)]
   2 bars:
   E5 G5 F#5 G5 A5 G5
   1 bar:
   E5 G5 F#5
   9 bars:
   E5 G5 F#5 G5 A5 G5
[Bridge]
  Oh E5yeaG5hhhF#5hF5  
  Oh E5yeaG5hh F#5yeah F5yeah
  No, E5noG5, nF#5oF5  
  ...E5...G5  F#5  F5  
[Verse 3]
E5People pG5ush and F#5shove on G5time I A5give it G5to you
E5What I hG5ave is wF#5hat is miG5ne I feA5el it foG5r you
E5You gG5ot to F#5cover G5meA5  G5  
E5You gG5ot to F#5cover G5meA5  G5  
E5People tG5ake and F#5people stG5eal I hA5ave it fG5or you
E5What I hG5ave is wF#5hat I feaG5r I feaA5r it for G5you
E5You'vG5e got F#5to coG5ver mA5eG5  
E5Cause IG5've been F#5branded a F5broken
[Chorus 3]
Dman   Ca broken DmanC  
But you coDver me, Cyeah
Won't you give me Dshelter from the Cstorm?
DCover me, Ccover me
Won't you Dcover me, Ccover me
Don't you Dcover me, Ccover me
Give me Dshelter from the Cstorm
[Fade out] -  D   C   D  C  
Riff 1:
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Piano: EDG EDGE
Guitar:
E|--0------0--------0--|
B|----3-------3--------|
G|------0--------0-----|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Riff 2
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Piano: Arpeggiate:   C    G/B    C    G/B    G  D/F#  
Guitar:
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|------0--------0--------0------0---0--|
D|----2---0----0---0----2---0-----------|
A|--3--------2--------3-----------------|
E|-----------------------------3---2----|

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Cover Me

by Candlebox

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#5

G/B

D/F#

[Intro]

Em G D C

Uh, huh, huh

Em G D C

Uh, ooh, uh ah...

[Verse 1]

Em G D C

Cover me, yeah when I walk alone

Em G D C

[Riff 1]

Cover me, yeah, when my stance it stumbles home

Em G D C

Cover me, yeah, we'll trip on through the sands of time

Em G D C

And cover me, cause I've been branded

[Chorus 1]

D C

I've lost my mind

D C

Lost my mind

D C

But you cover me, yeah

D C

Won't you give me shelter from the storm?

[Riff 2]

[Verse 2]

Em G D C

Over me, yeah, fade into the night

Em G D C

[Riff 1]

Over me, yeah, you melt into the light

Em G D C

Over me, yeah you will fear the things I need

Em G D C

Over me, you will feel the hate I breed

Em G D C

You're under me, and you will question my authority

Em G D C

[Riff 1]

You're under me, and you will lose almost everything, you know...

Em G D C

You're under me, you will feel the pain, I want to bring you

Em G D C

You're under me, you never change, never change

[Chorus 2]

D C

A fucking thing

D C

Not a, a fucking thing

D C

But you, you cover me, yeah

D C

Give me shelter from the storm

D C

Cover me, Cover me

D C

Won't you cover me? Cover me

D C

Don't you, cover me, cover me

D C

Give me shelter from the storm

[Riff2]

[guitar solo - 12 bars total (4 intro)]

2 bars:

E5 G5 F#5 G5 A5 G5

1 bar:

E5 G5 F#5

9 bars:

E5 G5 F#5 G5 A5 G5

[Bridge]

E5 G5 F#5 F5

Oh yeahhhh

E5 G5 F#5 F5

Oh yeahh yeah yeah

E5 G5 F#5 F5

No, no, no

E5 G5 F#5 F5

......

[Verse 3]

E5 G5 F#5 G5 A5 G5

People push and shove on time I give it to you

E5 G5 F#5 G5 A5 G5

What I have is what is mine I feel it for you

E5 G5 F#5 G5 A5 G5

You got to cover me

E5 G5 F#5 G5 A5 G5

You got to cover me

E5 G5 F#5 G5 A5 G5

People take and people steal I have it for you

E5 G5 F#5 G5 A5 G5

What I have is what I fear I fear it for you

E5 G5 F#5 G5 A5 G5

You've got to cover me

E5 G5 F#5 F5

Cause I've been branded a broken

[Chorus 3]

D C D C

man a broken man

D C

But you cover me, yeah

D C

Won't you give me shelter from the storm?

D C

Cover me, cover me

D C

Won't you cover me, cover me

D C

Don't you cover me, cover me

D C

Give me shelter from the storm

D C D C

[Fade out] -

Riff 1:

------

Piano: EDG EDGE

Guitar:

E|--0------0--------0--|

B|----3-------3--------|

G|------0--------0-----|

D|---------------------|

A|---------------------|

E|---------------------|

Riff 2

------

C G/B C G/B G D/F#

Piano: Arpeggiate:

Guitar:

E|--------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------|

G|------0--------0--------0------0---0--|

D|----2---0----0---0----2---0-----------|

A|--3--------2--------3-----------------|

E|-----------------------------3---2----|

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