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        Lovers Are Mortal - Be Bop Deluxe
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Tabbed by: axe victim

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A very popular track now available on the  'Air Age Anthology'  CD. It 
is played with a triplet feel - 1,2,3, 1,2,3, 1,2,3, 1,2,3, etc - but 
play it how you want, my tab is just a guide. 

Tuning: EADGbe

| D/C# chord/bass note ( slash chord )
| x mute note


Intro: ( strum freely... )


___Em______________D________________Cmaj7__________________________

e|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-0---------------3--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
D|-2---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-2------------------------------|-3---------------3--------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|



Repeat until...

Verse: " In the... "


___Em______________D________________Cmaj7__________________________
 " back  of  your  car    where the light  from the stars caught our... "
e|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-0---------------3--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
D|-2---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-2------------------------------|-3---------------3--------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___Em______________D________________Cmaj7__________________________
 " eyes   in   a   moment        of blue                   it was... " 
e|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-0---------------3--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
D|-2---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-2------------------------------|-3---------------3--------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___Em______________D________________Cmaj7__________________________
 " then  that  I   knew      all my feelings   were true  and what... "
e|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-0---------------3--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
D|-2---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-2------------------------------|-3---------------3--------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___D________________Dsus4__D__Dsus4_
 " lovers         like us have to... "
e|-2-------------------3---2---3--|
B|-3-------------------3---3---3--|
G|-2-------------------2---2---2--|
D|-0-------------------0---0---0--|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|



___Am______________Aadd9____________Am______________Aadd9__________
 " do... "
e|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-1---------------0--------------|-1---------------0--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
D|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|




Repeat verse section until - "...in this pleasure so..."

___Am______________Aadd9____________A______________________________
 " dark... "
e|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-1---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
D|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



Chorus:


___D_______________D/C#_____________Bm______________D/A____________
 " Lovers   are    mortal     their hearts are the size of night... "
e|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
B|-3---------------3--------------|-3---------------3--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-4---------------2--------------|
D|-0---------------x--------------|-4---------------4--------------|
A|-----------------4--------------|-2---------------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___A_______________________________________________________________
 " clouds... "
e|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
D|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0----2----4----|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___D_______________D/C#_____________Bm______________D/A____________
 " Lovers   are    mortal     their actions   are   jealous   and... "
e|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
B|-3---------------3--------------|-3---------------3--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-4---------------2--------------|
D|-0---------------x--------------|-4---------------4--------------|
A|-----------------4--------------|-2---------------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___A_______________________________________________________________
 " proud... "
e|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
D|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



___Bm______________G________________Bm______________G______________
 " Lovers    are   losers       and who   knows the bruises they... "
e|-2---------------3--------------|-2---------------3--------------|
B|-3---------------3--------------|-3---------------3--------------|
G|-4---------------0--------------|-4---------------0--------------|
D|-4---------------0--------------|-4---------------0--------------|
A|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
E|-----------------3--------------|-----------------3--------------|



___D________________________________E______________________________
 " bear... "
e|-2---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-3---------------3--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-1---------------1--------------|
D|-0---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|--------------------------------|-2---------------2--------------|
E|--------------------------------|-0---------------0----------2---|



___G________________________________A______________________________
"for lovers   are  mortal,       as frail    as the breath that they... "
e|-3---------------3--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-3---------------3--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
G|-0---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
D|-0---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-2---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
E|-3---------------3--------------|--------------------------------|



___G_______________________Cadd9____D______________________________
 " share... "
e|-3---------------3-------3------|-2------------------------------|
B|-3---------------3-------3------|-3------------------------------|
G|-0---------------0-------0------|-2------------------------------|
D|-0---------------0-------2------|-0------------------------------|
A|-2---------------2-------3------|--------------------------------|
E|-3---------------3--------------|--------------------------------|


Repeat verse and chorus parts.

Ending...


___Em______________D________________Cmaj7__________________________

e|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-0---------------3--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
D|-2---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-2------------------------------|-3---------------3--------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Repeat until...

___Em______________Em/D_____________Cmaj7__________________________
                                       ( fade out... )
e|-0---------------2--------------|-0------------------------------|
B|-0---------------3--------------|-0------------------------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0------------------------------|
D|-2---------------0--------------|-2------------------------------|
A|-2------------------------------|-3------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|




Lyrics:

In the back of your car
Where the light from the stars
Caught our eyes in a moment of blue
It was then that I knew
All my feelings were true
And what lovers like us have to do

I looked at the time
And the time ran so fast
Like an arrow that flies to the heart
And I thought that a lifetime
Would not be enough time
To delight in this pleasure so dark

Lovers are mortal
Their hearts are the size of night clouds
Lovers are mortal
Their actions are jealous and proud
Lovers are losers
And who knows the bruises they bear
For lovers are mortal
As frail as the breath that they share

In the shadows of doorways
Where lovers are always
The victims of torches and chance
I would hold you so near
'til the scent of your hair
Sent me reeling my mind in a trance

Oh I still can recall
The soft music of rain falling
Silver and cool in the night
And it washed through our love
Like a river in flood
Like an ocean of tears shining bright

And I like to believe
That the memories we weave
Are the bittersweet echoes of dreams
In the evening their call strays
From yesterdays hallways
Like the faraway chimes on the breeze

Lovers are mortal
Their hearts are the size of night clouds
Lovers are mortal
Their actions are jealous and proud
Lovers are losers
And who knows the bruises they bear
For lovers are mortal
As frail as the breath that they share


Words and music by Bill Nelson.