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Lover, You Should've Come Over

Jeff Buckley
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
  5+
 
  1st Verse:
 
 | ø  |  -/  | /  |  |
 
  2nd Verse:
 
 | ø  |  -/  | /  |  |
 
 
 
 
  1 2+ 4 5+
 
  1 1+
 
  4 5+
 |  |  |  |  |
  3rd Verse:
 
 | ø  |  -/  | /  |  Go |
  4th Verse:
 ||:  |  |  |  :|| 4x
 | ø  |  -/  | /  |  |  |
  Ending Chorus:
 ||:  |  | (add9)  | /  | A(add9)/c|
  1 2+ 4 5+
 
  1 1+
 |  |  :|| 3x
 
ø +5/ / Go [Gm6]
e:---2----3----0-- -------------------------2------2----3-- --2---------0----:
B:---3----3----0-- --0-----3-------3--------3------3----3-- --2----3----3----:
G:---2----0----0-- --0-----3-------3--------0------2----0-- --3----4----3----:
D:---0----x----2-- --2-----2-------2--------0------0----0-- --2----3----0----:
A:--------3----2-- --4-----x-------x--------2------0----2-- --4---------x----:
E:-------------0-- --------2-------0--------------------3-- --2----4----3----:
F
:---2-------2------0-----0-----0-----1------:
:---3-------0------1-----0-----3-----3------:
:---4-------0------0-----0-----0-----1------:
:---4-------2------2-----2-----2-----3------:
:---2-------2------3-----3-----2-----x------:
:-----------0------3-----3-----0-----1------:
Em
:---2------0-------0--------0--------0----------0----------0--------0----:
:---3------3-------0--------0--------0----------0----------0--------0----:
:---2------3-------6--------7--------9---------12---------11--------0----:
:---0------2-------4--------5--------7---------10----------9--------2----:
:---x------x-------x--------x--------x----------x----------x--------2----:
:---2------3-------5--------7--------9---------12---------10--------0----:
 The Ems:
  Almost every time an Em is played in this song, it's extended with a 7th, a 9th
  or both. There's no pattern, so instead of adding extensions to the chords in
  the schemes I'll show you some suggestion of playing around with an Em-chord.
Em9
:---0-----0-----0------2--------0-------2----:
:---0-----3-----3------0--------0-------3----:
:---0-----0-----0------0--------0-------0----:
:---2-----2-----0------2--------4-------2----:
:---2-----2-----2------2--------2-------2----:
:---0-----0-----0------0--------0-------0----:
  LYRICS
 Looking out the door I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
 Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water
 And maybe I'm too young to keep good love from going wrong
 But tonight you're on my mind so you never know
 Broken down and hungry for your love with no way to feed it
 Where are you tonight, child, you know how much I need it
 Too young to hold on
 And too old to just break free and run
 Sometimes a man gets carried away
 When he feels like should be having his fun
 And much too blind to see the damage he's done
 Sometimes a man must away to find that really, he has no-one
 So I'll wait for you and I'll burn
 Will I ever see your sweet return
 Oh, will I ever learn
 Oh lover, you should've come over
 'Cause it's not too late
 Lonely is the room, the bed is made, the open window lets the rain in
 Burning in the corner is the only one in dreams he had you with him
 My body turns and yearns for a sleep that won't ever come
 It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
 It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her
 It's never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter
 It's never over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul forever
 Well, maybe I'm just too young
 To keep good love from going wrong
 Oh lover, you should've come over
 Yes, I feel too young to hold on
 And I'm much too old to break free and run
 Too deaf, dumb, and blind to see the damage I've done
 Sweet lover, you should've come over
 Oh, love well I wait for you
 Lover, you should've come over
 'Cause its not too late

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Readable chord sheet for Lover, You Should've Come Over by Jeff Buckley

5+
  [D]   [D]  [Csus2]   [Em]   [Em]

 1st Verse:
    [D]   [D]  [Csus2]   [Em]   [Em]

| [C#]ø | [F#7+5]  -/[E] | [Gmaj7]/[B]  [D/A] | [G] |

  [D]   [D]  [Csus2]   [Em]   [Em]

 2nd Verse:
    [D]   [D]  [Csus2]   [Em]   [Em]

| [C#]ø | [F#7+5]  -/[E] | [Gmaj7]/[B]  [D/A] | [G]  [F#7] |

  [Bm]   [Em]         [Bm]   [Em]

  [Bm]   [Em]         [C]  [Cmaj7]   [C]

  [Em]   [Em7]  [Ddim] [F]

  [D/F#]   [Gm6]   [A6]         [G6] [B]   [A]       [C#]

                         1           2+    4         5+
  [Cmaj7] [E]  [Bm]        [D]   [A]       [C#]  [G6] [B]  [A6]        [D/F#]

  1    1+
  [D/F#] [Em]   [Em]

             4      5+
| [D/A] | [D/A] [break] [Csus2] | [Em] | [Em] |

 3rd Verse:
    [D]   [D]  [Csus2]   [Em]   [Em]

| [C#]ø | [F#7+5]  -/[E] | [Gmaj7]/[B]  [D/A] | [G]  G

 4th Verse:
||: [D/A] | [D/A]  [Csus2] | [Em] | [Em] :|| 4x

| [C#]ø | [F#7+5]  -/[E] | [Gmaj7]/[B]  [D/A] | [G] | [Gm6] |

 Ending Chorus:
||: [D/F#] | [Gm6] | [A6](add9) | [G6]/[B] | A(add9)/c

                         1           2+    4         5+
  [Cmaj7] [E]  [Bm]        [D]   [A]       [C#]  [G6] [B]  [A6]        [D/F#]

  1    1+
| [D/F#] [Em] | [Em] :|| 3x

  [D/A]   [D/A]  [Csus2]   [Em9]

     [D]  [Csus2]  [Em]   [C#]ø  [F#7+5]  [F#7]+5/[E]  [Gmaj7]/[B]  [D/A]   [G]    [F#7]  G
e:---2----3----0-- -------------------------2------2----3-- --2---------0----:
B:---3----3----0-- --0-----3-------3--------3------3----3-- --2----3----3----:
G:---2----0----0-- --0-----3-------3--------0------2----0-- --3----4----3----:
D:---0----x----2-- --2-----2-------2--------0------0----0-- --2----3----0----:
A:--------3----2-- --4-----x-------x--------2------0----2-- --4---------x----:
E:-------------0-- --------2-------0--------------------3-- --2----4----3----:

     [Bm]   [Em]        [C]   [Cmaj7]  [Em7]  [Ddim] [F]
 :---2-------2------0-----0-----0-----1------:
 :---3-------0------1-----0-----3-----3------:
 :---4-------0------0-----0-----0-----1------:
 :---4-------2------2-----2-----2-----3------:
 :---2-------2------3-----3-----2-----x------:
 :-----------0------3-----3-----0-----1------:

    [D/F#]   [Gm6]   [A6]         [G6] [B]  [A]       [C#]  [Cmaj7] [E]  [Bm]        [D]   [Em]
 :---2------0-------0--------0--------0----------0----------0--------0----:
 :---3------3-------0--------0--------0----------0----------0--------0----:
 :---2------3-------6--------7--------9---------12---------11--------0----:
 :---0------2-------4--------5--------7---------10----------9--------2----:
 :---x------x-------x--------x--------x----------x----------x--------2----:
 :---2------3-------5--------7--------9---------12---------10--------0----:

The Ems:
 Almost every time an Em is played in this song, it's extended with a 7th, a 9th
 or both. There's no pattern, so instead of adding extensions to the chords in
 the schemes I'll show you some suggestion of playing around with an Em-chord.

     [Em]   [Em7]   [Em7]   [Emadd9]   [Emadd9]   [Em9]
 :---0-----0-----0------2--------0-------2----:
 :---0-----3-----3------0--------0-------3----:
 :---0-----0-----0------0--------0-------0----:
 :---2-----2-----0------2--------4-------2----:
 :---2-----2-----2------2--------2-------2----:
 :---0-----0-----0------0--------0-------0----:

 LYRICS
Looking out the door I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water
And maybe I'm too young to keep good love from going wrong
But tonight you're on my mind so you never know

Broken down and hungry for your love with no way to feed it
Where are you tonight, child, you know how much I need it
Too young to hold on
And too old to just break free and run

Sometimes a man gets carried away
When he feels like should be having his fun
And much too blind to see the damage he's done
Sometimes a man must away to find that really, he has no-one

So I'll wait for you and I'll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return
Oh, will I ever learn
Oh lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late

Lonely is the room, the bed is made, the open window lets the rain in
Burning in the corner is the only one in dreams he had you with him
My body turns and yearns for a sleep that won't ever come

It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her
It's never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter
It's never over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul forever

Well, maybe I'm just too young
To keep good love from going wrong
Oh lover, you should've come over

Yes, I feel too young to hold on
And I'm much too old to break free and run
Too deaf, dumb, and blind to see the damage I've done
Sweet lover, you should've come over
Oh, love well I wait for you
Lover, you should've come over
'Cause its not too late

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