Tracy Chapman - For my lover
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From: ihateuw@u.washington.edu (David Wong)
For My Lover:
I use "^" for hammer-on, and the "d" and "u" to indicate downaward and
upward strums. Here's the intro:
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:
EmTwo weeks in a VirGginia jail
DFor my lover, fAor my lover.
EmTwenty thousand Gdollar bail
DFor my lover, Afor my lover.---
CAnd everybody thinks
A(add9) (x02420)
I'm the fool.
DThey don't get---any
Clove from you.
EmThings we won't do for love---
A(add9)
EmI'd climb a mountain if I had to,
Grisk my life so I could have you---
Dyou- you- you- you...
Cmaj7 (x32000)
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
Cmaj7man 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:
BmWhy do the babies starve, there's enough food to feed the world'
GWhy, when there's so many of us are there Apeople still alone'
BmWhy are the missiles called peacekeepers, when they're aimed to kill'
GWhy is a woman still not safe Awhen she's in her home'
D(add9) Love is hate
A(add9) war is peace,
Bm no is yes,-
G we're all free.---- But, some-
Bmbody's gonna have to answer, the time is coming soon. Amidst
Gall these questions and contradictions there're
Asome 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:
Basic fingerpicking pattern embellished with hammers-on, changing
between A, E, D, and D(add9) (xx0230). I think that she might play this capoed
at the fifth fret, but am not sure. The version I do is without a capo.
Hammer-on A "D" on the A chord pattern, A "C" on the E, A "G" on the D, and A
"D" on the D(add9).
Coming next: April Come She Will by Simon & Garfunkel.
# LEWIS CARROLL 1832-1898
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