Lover You Shouldve Come Over Chords & Tabs
by Jeff Buckley
[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Main Pattern:
BPM: 120
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101]
Variation:
BPM: 120
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 101, 202, 202, 101]
[Intro]
| D* D* | D* D C | Em9 Em | Em7 Em |
[Verse 1]
D D D D C Em9 EmEm7
Looking out the door, I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
D D D D C Em9 Em
Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water
C#m7 F#7 Bm D Dsus4 D/A G6
Maybe I'm too young to keep good love from going wrong
D D D D C Em9 Em Em7 Em
But tonight, you're on my mind so you'll never know
D D D D C Em9 Em Em7
I'm broken down and hungry for your love with no way to feed it
D D D D C Em9 Em Em7
Whe–ere are you tonight? Child you know how much I need it
C#m7 F#7 Bm D Dsus4 D/A G6 F#
Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run
[Bridge]
Bm Em Em9 Bm Em
Sometimes a man gets carried away when he feels like he should be having his fun
Bm Em C C
And much too blind to see the damage he's done. Sometimes a man must awake
Em Em9 Em7
To find that, really, he has no one
[Chorus 1]
D/F# Gm6 Aadd9 G6/B
So I'll wait for you and I'll burn. Will I ever see your sweet return?
Aadd9/C# Cmaj7 Bm Aadd9/C# G6/B Aadd9 F#5
Oh, will I ever learn? Oh, oh, oh, lover, you should've come
Em Em9 Em7 Em D/A Dsus4/A D/A C C Em9Em
over, 'cause it's not too late Mmm...
[Verse 2]
D D D D C Em9 Em
Lonely is the room, the bed is made, the open window lets the rain in
D D D D C Em9 EmEm7
Bu-urning in the corner is the only one who dreams he had you with him
C#m7 F#7 Bm D Dsus4 D/A G6 Ddim/Ab
My body turns and yearns for a, a sleep that won't ever come
D/A D/A D/A D C Em9 EmEm7
It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
D/A D/A D/A D C Em9 Em
It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her
D/A D/A D/A D C Em9 Em
It's never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter
D/A D/A D/A D C Em9 Em
It's never over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul forever
C#m7 F#7 Bm D Dsus4 D/A G Gm6
Oh, but maybe I'm just too young to keep good love from going wrong
[Chorus 2]
D/F#Gm6 Aadd9 G6/B Aadd9/C# Cmaj7 Bm
Oh, oh, oh, oh, lover. Oh, oh, oh,
Aadd9/C# G6/B Aadd9 F#5 Em9 Em Em7
Lover you should've come over. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Chorus 3]
D/F# Gm6 Aadd9 G6/B
Yes, I, I feel too young to hold on. I'm much too old to break free and run;
Aadd9/C# Cmaj7 Bm
Too deaf, dumb and blind to see the damage I've done
Aadd9/C# G6/B Aadd9 F#5 Em Em9 Em7 Em
Sweet lover, you, you should've come over. Oh love, well I've waited for you
[Chorus 4] (ad lib)
D/F# Gm6 Aadd9 G6/B
Lover; lover, lover; lover, love, love; love, love, love, love!
Aadd9/C# Cmaj7 Bm Aadd9/C# G6/B Aadd9 F#5
Lo–over, lo–––––––o–o–ve! Lover you should've come
Em Em9 Em7 Em D/A D/A
over, it's not too late
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TIME SIGNATURE: 6/8 with swung 16ths
VERSE STRUMMING PATTERN
- In [Verses], Jeff uses an embellished 3-beat pattern based around D or D/A,
and the Em variations.
- The D* or D/A* symbols are placed precisely at each repeat of this pattern.
- See the tab below or listen to it with the UG Strumming Pattern feature.
- Sometimes Jeff hammers-on the e-string (0h2) at beat 1.
- It is based on
D* or D/A* or Em9, etc
e|-2----2--2----0-| |-2----2--2----0-| |-2----2--2-2--2-|
B|-3----3--3----3-| |-3----3--3----3-| |-0----0--0-0--0-|
G|-2----2--2----2-| |-2----2--2----2-| |-0----0--0-0--0-|
D|-0----0--0----0-| |-0----0--0----0-| |-0----0--0-0--0-|
A|----------------| |-0----0--0----0-| |-2----2--2-2--2-|
E|----------------| |----------------| |-0----0--0-0--0-|
╘══╛ ╘══╛ ╘══╛ ╘══╛ ╘══╛ ╘══╛ ╘══╛ ╘══╛ ╘══╛
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
(sometimes add a strum on beat 3 on D* and D/A*)
For everything else, you can use standard chords or the variations below;
see live performances for an idea of how Jeff likes to improvise.
INTRO/VERSE CHORDS
C x 3 2 0 1 3 or x 3 5 5 5 3 or x 3 2 0 3 3
Em9 0 2 0 0 0 2 or 0 7 5 0 7 0
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0 or 0 7 5 0 0 0
Em7 0 2 0 0 0 0 or 0 7 5 7 0 0
C#m7b5 0 4 2 0 0 0
F#7+5 2 x 2 3 3 0
Bm x 2 4 4 3 2
G6 3 2 0 0 0 0
Ddim/Ab 4 x 3 4 3 x
BRIDGE CHORDS
C x 3 5 5 5 3 or 8 10 10 9 8 8
Ddim/F (1) x 3 1 3 1
CHORUS CHORDS
D/F# 2 0 0 2 3 2
Gm6 3 x 0 3 3 0
Aadd9 5 x 7 6 0 0
G6/B 7 x 5 7 0 0
Aadd9/C# 9 x 7 9 0 0
Cmaj7 8 x 9 9 0 0
Bmadd11 7 x 9 7 0 0
F#5 2 4 4 x x x
ADDITIONAL NOTES
- Most chord lines in the tab are exactly 4 measures long — see [Intro].
This can help you with the musical phrasing.
- Most chords last one or half a measure.
- Listen for the faster chord changes in [Chorus] and Dsus4 bits.
