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For My Lover

Tracy Chapman
Version1TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high) Download chord source (.txt)
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Cmaj7
u u u u
e-----0---0-----------3---3-----------|2---2---2---0---------|
B--T--0---0-----------0---0-----------|3---3---3---0---------|
G--A--0---0-----------0---0-----------|2---2---2---0---------|
D--B--2---2-------0---0---0-------0---|0---0---0---2---------|
A-----2---2---0^2-----2---2---0^2-----|------------3---------|
E-----0---0-----------3---3-----------|----------------------|
  The intro is repeated, and then:
Two  weeks in a Virginia  jail
For  my lover, for  my lover.
Twenty  thousand dollar  bail
For  my lover, for  my lover.---
And  everybody thinks
I'm  the fool.
They  don't get---any
love  from you.
Things  we won't do for love---
I'd  climb  a mountain if I had to,
risk  my life so I could have you---
you-  you- you- you...
you-  you -you -you -you.
  Repeat this progression with these lyrics:
 Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed
 for my lover, for my lover.
 Dope me up and I tell them lies
 for my lover, for my lover.---
 And everybody thinks... etc.
  Stay on the Cmaj7 the second time through an extra measure, for:
 I follow my heart
 and leave my head to ponder
 deep in this love--- no
man  can shake.
  Keep with these chord changes for the rmaining lyrics:
 I follow my heart
 and leave my mind to wonder,
 is this love worth- the sacri-
 fices I make?
  Now repeat the from the "Two weeks in a Virginia jail" verse.
  Why?:
  The chords used in this are Bm (x24432), G (320003), A (x02220),
 D(add9) (xx0230), and A(add9) (x02420). The intro is merely alternating
 between Bm and G, and adding hammers-on. In the case of the Bm hammer-on the
 three fingers other than the one barring at the second fret. With the G hammer
 on the pointer finger. After that:
Why  do the babies starve, there's enough food to feed the world?
Why,  when there's so many of us are there people  still alone?
Why  are the missiles called peacekeepers, when they're aimed to kill?
Why  is a woman still not safe when  she's in her home?
 Love is hate
 war is peace,
 no is yes,-
 we're all free.---- But, some-
body's  gonna have to answer, the time is coming soon. Amidst
all  these questions and contradictions there're
some  who seek the truth. Tell me...
 Then repeat.
  She's Got Her Ticket:
  Chords are ,  and .
  Mountains O' Things
  Chords in this one are Am, Dm, F and G.
  All That You Have Is Your Soul:
  Coming next: April Come She Will by Simon & Garfunkel.

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Readable chord sheet for For My Lover by Tracy Chapman

Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)

[Em]              [G]                [D]           [Cmaj7]
      [D]   u           [D]   u            [D]   u   [D]   u
e-----0---0-----------3---3-----------|2---2---2---0---------|
B--T--0---0-----------0---0-----------|3---3---3---0---------|
G--A--0---0-----------0---0-----------|2---2---2---0---------|
D--B--2---2-------0---0---0-------0---|0---0---0---2---------|
A-----2---2---0^2-----2---2---0^2-----|------------3---------|
E-----0---0-----------3---3-----------|----------------------|
        The intro is repeated, and then:

[Em]Two weeks in a Vir[G]ginia jail
[D]For my lover, f[A]or my lover.
[Em]Twenty thousand [G]dollar bail
[D]For my lover, [A]for my lover.---
[C]And everybody thinks
[Aadd9]I'm the fool.
[D]They don't get---any
[C]love from you.
[Em]Things we won't do for love---
[Aadd9]I'd cl[Em]imb a mountain if I had to,
[G]risk my life so I could have you---
[D]you- you- you- you...
[Cmaj7]you- you -you -you -you.

        Repeat this progression with these lyrics:

Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed
for my lover, for my lover.
Dope me up and I tell them lies
for my lover, for my lover.---
And everybody thinks... etc.

        Stay on the Cmaj7 the second time through an extra measure, for:
[Cmaj7]    I follow my heart
[Em]    and leave my head to ponder
[D]    deep in this love--- no
[Cmaj7]man can shake.
        Keep with these chord changes for the rmaining lyrics:
I follow my heart
and leave my mind to wonder,
is this love worth- the sacri-
fices I make?

        Now repeat the from the "Two weeks in a Virginia jail" verse.

        Why?:

        The chords used in this are Bm (x24432), G (320003), A (x02220),
D(add9) (xx0230), and A(add9) (x02420).  The intro is merely alternating
between Bm and G, and adding hammers-on.  In the case of the Bm hammer-on the
three fingers other than the one barring at the second fret.  With the G hammer
on the pointer finger.  After that:
[Bm]Why do the babies starve, there's enough food to feed the world?
[G]Why, when there's so many of us are there [A]people still alone?
[Bm]Why are the missiles called peacekeepers, when they're aimed to kill?
[G]Why is a woman still not safe [A]when she's in her home?
[Dadd9]   Love is hate
[Aadd9]   war is peace,
[Bm]   no is yes,-
[G]   we're all free.---- But, some-
[Bm]body's gonna have to answer, the time is coming soon. Amidst
[G]all these questions and contradictions there're
[A]some who seek the truth.  Tell me...
Then repeat.

        She's Got Her Ticket:
        Chords are [C], [G] and [Am].

        Mountains O' Things
        Chords in this one are Am, Dm, F and G.

        All That You Have Is Your Soul:

        Coming next: April Come She Will by Simon & Garfunkel.

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