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Lover, You Should've Come Over

Jeff Buckley
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
You'll never know
{section: Chorus}
My body turns and yearns for a sleep
My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
When I slept so soft against her...
All my blood for the sweetness of her laughter
That hangs inside my soul forever
(SOLO)
Oh.......Oh..Oh........Lover you should've come over...
Sweeeeet looover, you should've come over
Oh, love I'm waiting for you
Lover, you should've come over
CHORDS
Em7* xx2433 (for the chorus only)
Note : the progression, at the end of the chorus (Aadd9/C#, Aadd9/B, Aadd9,
Aadd9/F#) isn't very closed to the original. Send me your corrections.

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Arrangement source for Lover, You Should've Come Over by Jeff Buckley

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
 [D]            [Csus2]   [Em]

L[D]ooking out the door

I[Csus2] see the [Em]rain fall upon the funeral mourners

P[D]arading in a wake of sad relations

A[Csus2]s their s[Em]hoes fill up with water

[C#m7dim5]                      [F#aug]
 [F#aug]
 [E]          And maybe I'm too young

 [Bm]          (
 [Dsus4]
 [D])
T[D/A]o keep good l[G6]ove from going wrong

B[D]ut tonight, you're o[Csus2]n my min[Em]d so

You'll never know

I[D]'m broken down and angry for your love

W[Csus2]ith no way[Em] to feed it

W[D]here are you tonight?

C[Csus2]hild you [Em]know how much I need it.

[C#m7dim5]                      [F#aug]
 [F#aug]
 [E]          Too young to hold on

 [Bm]   (
 [Dsus4]
 [D])
A[D/A]nd too hold to j[G6]ust break[F#] free and run

{section: Chorus}
 [Bm]
 [Em7]  Sometimes a man gets carried away,

 [Bm]
W[Em7]hen he feels like he should be having his fun

 [Bm]
A[Em7]nd much too blind to see the damage he's done

S[C9]ometimes a man must awake to find that, really,

H[Em]e has    no[Fdim]-one...

 [D/F#]     So I'll wait for you..[Gm6].And I'll burn

 [A6]     Oh will I ever see your sweet[G6] return?

 [Aadd9]
 [C#]     Oh, will I ever learn?

 [Cmaj7]
 [E]     [D6]
 [Aadd9]
 [C#]
 [Aadd9]
 [B]  [Aadd9]
 [Aadd9]
 [F#]
 [Em]  [Emadd9]
 [Em7]     Oh,     oh,     oh, lover, you should've come over

'[D]Cause it's no[Csus2]t too lat[Em]e.

L[D]onely is the room, the bed is made

T[Csus2]he open wi[Em]ndow lets the rain in

B[D]urning in the corner is the only one

w[Csus2]ho dreams [Em]he had you with him

[C#m7dim5]             [F#aug]
 [F#aug]
 [E]
 [Bm]   (
 [Dsus4]
 [D])
          My body turns and yearns for a sleep

T[D/A]hat won't ev[G6]er come

I[Abdim]t's never ov[D/A]er,

 [D]      [Csus2]
 [Em]     [Emadd9
 [Em7]
 [Em]]
My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder

I[D/A]t's never over, all my riches for her smiles

 [D]         [Csus2]
 [Em]        [Emadd9
 [Em7]]
When I slept so soft against her...

I[Em]t's never ov[D/A]er,

 [D]          [Csus2]
 [Em]      [Emadd9
 [Em7]]
All my blood for the sweetness of her laughter

I[Em]t's never ov[D/A]er, she's the tear

 [D]        [Csus2]
 [Em]   [Emadd9
 [Em7]]
That hangs inside my soul forever

[C#m7dim5]                        [F#aug]
 [F#aug]
 [E]          Maybe I'm just too young

 [Bm]     (
 [Dsus4]
 [D])
T[D/A]o keep good [G]love fro[Em/G]m going wrong

(SOLO)

 [D/F#]   [Gm6]   [A6]   [G6]
 [Aadd9]
 [C#]

 [Cmaj7]
 [E]   [D6]
 [Aadd9]
 [C#]
 [Aadd9]
 [B]  [Aadd9]
 [Aadd9]
 [F#]
 [Em]   [Emadd9
 [Em7]]
Oh.......Oh..Oh........Lover you should've come over...

([D/F#]I feel too young to hold [Gm6]on          <====(unofficially added by CaRol)

I[A6]'m much too hold to break free and [G6]run

 [Aadd9]
T[C#]oo deef, dumb and blind

 [Cmaj7]
T[E]o see [D6]the damage I've done

 [Aadd9]
 [C#]
 [Aadd9]
 [B]  [Aadd9]
 [Aadd9]
 [F#]
 [Em]  [Emadd9
 [Em7]
 [Em]]
Sweeeeet looover, you should've come over

Oh, love I'm waiting for you

Lover, you should've come over

 [D]
C[Csus2]ause it[Emadd9]'s not too late.)

CHORDS





 [F#aug]





        Em7*            xx2433  (for the chorus only)






 [Aadd9]

 [Cmaj7]


 [Aadd9]


 [Aadd9]



Note : the progression, at the end of the chorus (Aadd9/C#, Aadd9/B, Aadd9,
       Aadd9/F#) isn't very closed to the original. Send me your corrections.

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