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I switch back and forth between a few different ways to make the A.
"Lover"
     Em7     Aor    Aor  A  
3       9       0      5
3       10      2      5
4       9       2      6
x       x       2      7
x       x       0      7
x       x       x      5
    D  Em7*    A  
Well DI-I,     Em7    AI wanna be your DloveEm7rA  
I wanna be your man
I want you to understand
And I-I, I wanna open your door
And love you 'til you're sore
                 Em7*           A  
That works for - wait a minute, wait a minute! yeaaaahhh
    D  Em7*    A  
I wanna be your thing, your anything your everything oh yeahh
And I-I, I wanna fill your cup (cup cup cup)
Fill it up, fill it up to the brim with love
That works for - wait a minute, wait a minute!
GYou'll never have to ask
AmI'll give you my sweet grass
CI'm gonna mesmerize your Dass
GJust give me my first chance, 
Amit's gonna be the last
CI'm gonna make you wanna Dstay
I-I I wanna be your cow
Give you all the milk around town
Lemme see, lemme see you drink it down
I-I, I wanna be the pear tree
I want you to climb all over me
Try my fruit and taste my seed
Climb right on me, lay it on me
C-climb right on me, l-lay it on me!
Just let my do my thing
Until you start to sing
I'm going down ya all night long
I'm gonna build a bond
I'm pullin' out my wand
Feels so right it can't be wrong!
Yeah!
Well I-I, I wanna be your lover
I wanna be your man
I want you to understand
And I-I, I wanna be you lover baby
I wanna be your girl
Blow a kiss and change the world, yeah
We're gonna make it through
You got me and I got you
Your bleedin' heart's at my command
If you don't love me to
Then bein' friends will do
Long as you let me in your bed!

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Lover

by Devendra Banhart

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

I switch back and forth between a few different ways to make the A.

"Lover"

Em7 A A A

or or

3 9 0 5

3 10 2 5

4 9 2 6

x x 2 7

x x 0 7

x x x 5

D Em7 A

D Em7 A D Em7 A

Well I-I, I wanna be your lover

I wanna be your man

I want you to understand

And I-I, I wanna open your door

And love you 'til you're sore

Em7 A

That works for - wait a minute, wait a minute! yeaaaahhh

D Em7 A

I wanna be your thing, your anything your everything oh yeahh

And I-I, I wanna fill your cup (cup cup cup)

Fill it up, fill it up to the brim with love

That works for - wait a minute, wait a minute!

You'll never have to ask

I'll give you my sweet grass

C D

I'm gonna mesmerize your ass

Just give me my first chance,

it's gonna be the last

C D

I'm gonna make you wanna stay

I-I I wanna be your cow

Give you all the milk around town

Lemme see, lemme see you drink it down

I-I, I wanna be the pear tree

I want you to climb all over me

Try my fruit and taste my seed

Climb right on me, lay it on me

C-climb right on me, l-lay it on me!

Just let my do my thing

Until you start to sing

I'm going down ya all night long

I'm gonna build a bond

I'm pullin' out my wand

Feels so right it can't be wrong!

Yeah!

Well I-I, I wanna be your lover

I wanna be your man

I want you to understand

And I-I, I wanna be you lover baby

I wanna be your girl

Blow a kiss and change the world, yeah

We're gonna make it through

You got me and I got you

Your bleedin' heart's at my command

If you don't love me to

Then bein' friends will do

Long as you let me in your bed!

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