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When Doves Cry

Damien Rice
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
G
E-----------0------------------------------------------------------/
B---------1---1--------------------------2-------------------------/
G------2--------2----------------------------0--------------0------/
D----2------------2-----0h2p0---------------------0---------0------/
A--0----------------3-------------2---------------------3----------/
E--------------------------------------3-----------------1---------/
G
E---------3-----------------------------------------------------/
B—0h1--------(1)------1-------3-----3------3------3----3----3---/
G-----------------(0)-------------0-------------0---------0-----/
D----------------------------------------------------0----------/
A--------------------------3-------------2----------------------/
E----------------------------------------3----------------------/
Take  if you will a picture  of you and I  engaged in a kiss.
 The sweat  of your body covers  me. Can you my darling,
 Can  you picture this?
 Dream if you can a courtyard: Oceans and violets in bloom.
 Animals strike curious poses. They feel the heat,
 The heat between me and you.
 Touch if you will my stomach. Feel how it trembles inside.
 You’ve got the butterflies all tied up. Don’t make me chase you
 ‘Cause even doves have pride.
 How can you just leave me standing; alone in the world so cold.
 Maybe I’m just too demanding. Maybe I’m just like my father,
 Too cold. Maybe I’m just like my mother. She’s never satisfied.
 Never satisfied  with each other.
 G This is what
 sounds like when the doves cry.
 
 ……Don’t cry. Don’t cry.....Don’t cry. Don’t cry. Don’t cry.
 ………Don’t cry.  ‘Cause  baby,  baby, baby, baby, I’m gonna leave you.
 I ain’t your kin women. I’ve got you rambled.
I’ll  Leave you when the summer comes.
 Leave you when the summer comes along.
 Cause,  babe, babe, babe,  baby, babe,  I’m gonna  leave.
Take  if you will a picture  of you and I  engaged in a kiss.
 The sweat  of your body covers  me. Can you my darling,
 Can  you picture this?
 You’ll have to listen to the song for the picking patterns, and he may be using
 variations of the chords at times. I’m kind of new to tabbing out songs so don’t necessarily
 this at face value.
 Matthew Schliesser

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Readable chord sheet for When Doves Cry by Damien Rice

[Am]             [C9]            [G]
E-----------0------------------------------------------------------/
B---------1---1--------------------------2-------------------------/
G------2--------2----------------------------0--------------0------/
D----2------------2-----0h2p0---------------------0---------0------/
A--0----------------3-------------2---------------------3----------/
E--------------------------------------3-----------------1---------/

  [C]                  [C9]                  [G]
E---------3-----------------------------------------------------/
B—0h1--------(1)------1-------3-----3------3------3----3----3---/
G-----------------(0)-------------0-------------0---------0-----/
D----------------------------------------------------0----------/
A--------------------------3-------------2----------------------/
E----------------------------------------3----------------------/

[Am]Take if you will a p[C9]icture of you and [G]I engaged in a kiss.
The s[Am]weat of your body c[C9]overs me.  Can you my da[G]rling,
C[G]an you picture this?

Dream if you can a courtyard:  Oceans and violets in bloom.
Animals strike curious poses.  They feel the heat,
The heat between me and you.

Touch if you will my stomach.  Feel how it trembles inside.
You’ve got the butterflies all tied up.  Don’t make me chase you
‘Cause even doves have pride.

How can you just leave me standing; alone in the world so cold.
Maybe I’m just too demanding.  Maybe I’m just like my father,
Too cold.  Maybe I’m just like my mother.  She’s never satisfied.
Never satisf[Am]ied with each oth[C9]er.

G                                                                           This is what
sounds like when the doves cry.
[Am]  [C9]    [G]          [Am]  [C9]
                     [Am]

……Don’t cry.  Don’t cry.....Don’t cry.  Don’t cry.  Don’t cry.
[C9]      [G]             [Am]     [C9]    [G]
………Don’t cry[Am].  ‘Cause[C9] bab[G]y, baby, baby, baby, I’m gonna leave you.
I ain’t your kin women.  I’ve got you ra[Am]mbled. [C9]         [G]
[Am]I’ll Leave you when the summer co[C9]mes.   [G]
Leave you when the summer comes along.

[Am]  [Am]  [Am]  [C9]   [Dm]  [Dm]
[Dm]
[C9]  [C9]  [G]  [G]  [Am]  [Am]

C[Am]ause, babe, babe, babe[C9], baby, b[G]abe, I’m g[Am]onna leave.
[Am]Take if you will a p[C9]icture of you and [G]I engaged in a kiss.
The s[Am]weat of your body co[C9]vers me.  Can you my d[G]arling,
Ca[G]n you picture this?


You’ll have to listen to the song for the picking patterns, and he may be using
variations of the chords at times.  I’m kind of new to tabbing out songs so don’t necessarily
this at face value.

Matthew Schliesser

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