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For My Lover

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Song: For my lover
Artist: Tracy Chapman
Composer: Tracy Chapman
Album: Tracy Chapman
Tabbed by DJ  21st Sept 2017
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
Em    = 022000   A     = x02220   Asus4   = x02230
G     = 320003   C     = x32010   Cadd9   = x32030
D     = xx0232   Asus2 = x02200   Cadd9 * = x32033
Cmaj7 = x32000   A7    = x02223
See bottom of page for tablature of Intro and Coda
Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
=====================================================
[Intro]
  Em    G      D     Cmaj7  Em    G      D     Cmaj7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
[Verse 1]
Em                        G
     Two weeks in a Vir - ginia jail,
D             A
For my lover, for my lover,
Em                   G
     Twenty thousand dollar bail,
D             A              C
For my lover, for my lover------
[Chorus]
                    C Asus2               Asus2 D
And everybody thinks     ...I'm the fool,
                 D  Cadd9    Cadd9Cadd9
                              *  
They don't get...any love from you,
Em                         Em  Asus2   A7 A Asus4 A
    The things we won't do for love,
Em
    I'd climb a mountain if I had to,
G                                     D
    Risk my life so I could have you-----,
D                        Cmaj7
    You, you, you, you!  You, you, you, you, you!
[Verse 2]
Em                         G
     Everyday I'm psycho - analysed,
D             A
For my lover, for my lover,
Em                         G
    They dope me up, and I tell 'em lies,
D             A              C
For my lover, for my lover-------
[Chorus]
                    C Asus2               Asus2 D
And everybody thinks     ...I'm the fool,
                 D  Cadd9    Cadd9Cadd9
                              *  
They don't get...any love from you,
Em                         Em  Asus2   A7 A Asus4 A
    The things we won't do for love,
Em
    I'd climb a mountain if I had to,
G                                     D
    Risk my life so I could have you-----,
D                        Cmaj7
    You, you, you, you!  You, you, you, you, you!
[Bridge]
Cadd9
       I follow my heart,
Em
     And leave my head to ponder,
D                            Cmaj7
     Deep in this love ...no man can shake,
Cadd9
       I follow my heart,
Em
     And leave my mind to wonder...
D                                    Cmaj7
 ...Is this love worth...the sacri - fices I make?
[Verse 3]
Em                       G
    Two weeks in a Vir - ginia jail,
D             A
For my lover, for my lover,
Em                   G
     Twenty thousand dollar bail,
D             A
For my lover, for my Lover,
Em                         G
     Everyday I'm psycho - analysed,
D             A
For my lover, for my lover, 
Em                          G
     They dope me up, and I tell them lies,
D             A              C
For my lover, for my lover--------
[Chorus]
                    C Asus2               Asus2 D
And everybody thinks     ...I'm the fool,
                 D  Cadd9    Cadd9Cadd9
                              *  
They don't get...any love from you,
Em                         Em  Asus2   A7 A Asus4 A
    The things we won't do for love,
Em
    I'd climb a mountain if I had to,
G                                     D
    Risk my life so I could have you-----,
D                        Cmaj7
    You, you, you, you!  You, you, you, you, you!
[Coda]
  Em    G      D     Cmaj7  Em    G      D     Cmaj7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  /||
=====================================================
  [Intro and Coda riff]   h = Hammer-on note
    Em            G                D        Cmaj7
e|--0--0----------3--3----------|--2--2--2--0--|
B|--0--0----------0--0----------|--3--3--3--0--|
G|--0--0----------0--0----------|--2--2--2--0--| [x2]
D|--2--2-------0--0--0-------0--|--0--0--0--2--|
A|--2--2--0-h2----2--2--0-h2----|-----------3--|
E|--0--0----------3--3----------|--------------|

For My Lover chords and lyrics

Free chords for For My Lover by Tracy Chapman. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Song: For my lover
Artist: Tracy Chapman
Composer: Tracy Chapman
Album: Tracy Chapman
Tabbed by DJ  21st Sept 2017
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
Em    = 022000   A     = x02220   Asus4   = x02230
G     = 320003   C     = x32010   Cadd9   = x32030
D     = xx0232   Asus2 = x02200   Cadd9 * = x32033
Cmaj7 = x32000   A7    = x02223
See bottom of page for tablature of Intro and Coda
Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
=====================================================
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Coda]
=====================================================

For My Lover Chords by Tracy Chapman

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