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LOVER YOU SHOULD'VE COME OVER - Jeff Buckley
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Tabbed by: Joe Hoblyn
Email: hoblyn.01@hotmail.co.uk
Tuning: Standard
This song is in triple metre 6/8 time, so has a triplet feel. This is just
what I heard from listening to the song, so I'm not certain all the chords
are completely perfect, but it plays fine along with the recording. I named a few
of the chords wrong in the tab, for example 9th chords like D9 and Em9 are
actually added 9th chords.
The tab is written with just block chords, so listen to the song yourself
to get the rhythm of the chords and phrase them how you feel is right. Any
chord mentioned should be tabbed out fully earlier in the song.
Enjoy!
Intro
D9 D D9 D D9 D C9 Em9 Em Em7 Em
e|-0h2--2--0-0h2--2--0-|-0h2--2--0-2--0--0--|-2----0---0----0---|
B|-3----3----3----3----|-3----3----3-----3--|-0----0---0----0---|
G|-2----2----2----2----|-2----2----2-----0--|-0----0---0----0---|
D|-0----0----0----0----|-0----0----0-----0--|-2----2---0----2---|
A|---------------------|-----------------3--|-2----2---2----2---|
E|---------------------|--------------------|-0----0---0----0---|
Verse 1
D9 D D9 D D9 D C9
e|-0h--2-----2----0---0h2----2---0-|-0h2--2---0--2----0----0------|
B|-3---------3--------3------3-----|-3----3------3---------3------|
G|-2---------2--------2------2-----|-2----2------2---------0------|
D|-0---------0--------0------0-----|-0----0------0---------0------|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------3------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
Look-ing out the door I see the rain fall u-pon the fun-eral
Em9 Em Em7 Em
e|-2----0---0----0---|
B|-0----0---0----0---|
G|-0----0---0----0---|
D|-2----2---0----2---|
A|-2----2---2----2---|
E|-0----0---0----0---|
mourners.
D9 D D9 D D9 D C9 Em9 Em Em7 Em
Parading in the wake of sad relations, as the shoes fill up with water.
Cdim F#7 #5 Bm
e -------|--------------------------|---------------|--2-------------|
B -------|--------0-----------------|----------4----|--3-------------|
G -------|------0-------------------|-------4-------|--4-------------|
D -------|----2---------------------|----2----------|--4-------------|
A -2--3--|-4------------------------|---------------|--2-------------|
E -------|--------------------------|-2-------------|----------------|
Maybe I'm just too young to keep good love
D G
e|--5-------------|--3------------|
B|--7-------------|--3------------|
G|--7-------------|--4------------|
D|--7-------------|--5------------|
A|--5-------------|--5------------|
E|----------------|--3------------|
from going wrong, but
D9 D D9 D D9 D C9 Em9 Em Em7 Em
Tonight, You're on my mind so you'll never know
Verse 2
D9 D D9 D D9 D C9 Em9 Em Em7 Em
Broken down and hungry for your love, and no way to feed it
D9 D D9 D D9 D C9 Em9 Em Em7 Em
Where are you tonight, child you know how much I need it
Cdim F#7 #5 Bm
e -------|--------------------------|---------------|--2-------------|
B -------|--------0-----------------|----------4----|--3-------------|
G -------|------0-------------------|-------4-------|--4-------------|
D -------|----2---------------------|----2----------|--4-------------|
A -2--3--|-4------------------------|---------------|--2-------------|
E -------|--------------------------|-2-------------|----------------|
Too young to hold on to old to just
D G F#7
e|--5-------------|--3-------3---2----|
B|--7-------------|--3-------3---2----|
G|--7-------------|--4-------4---3----|
D|--7-------------|--5-------5---2----|
A|--5-------------|--5-------5---4----|
E|----------------|--3-------3---2----|
break free and run
Chorus
Bm Bm7 Em Em7 Bm Bm7
Sometimes a man gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his
Em Em7 Bm Bm7 Em Em7
fun. Much to blind to see the damage he's done, but
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
e|--0-----------0---------|-0----------------0--------------|
B|--1-----------0---------|-1----------------0--------------|
G|--0-----------0---------|-0----------------0--------------|
D|--2-----------2---------|-2----------------2--------------|
A|--3-----------3---------|-3----------------3--------------|
E|------------------------|---------------------------------|
Some times a man must a-wake to find that really, he has
Em7 Em Em7 Ddim
e|--2----0---0----1--|
B|--0----0---0----3--|
G|--0----0---0----1--|
D|--2----2---0----3--|
A|--2----2---2-------|
E|--0----0---0-------|
no - one
Bridge 1
D/F# Gm6 A6add9
e|--2--------------------|--0--------------|--0-------------------|
B|--3--------------------|--3--------------|--0-------------------|
G|--2--------------------|--3--------------|--6-------------------|
D|--0--------------------|--0--------------|--4-------------------|
A|--0--------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
E|--2--------------------|--3--------------|--5-------------------|
So I'll wait for you and I'll burn Will I ever see your
Bm11 A9/C# E6 D9add6
e|--0-------------|--0-------------------|--0----0---------|
B|--0-------------|--0-------------------|--0----0---------|
G|--7-------------|--9-------------------|--12---11--------|
D|--5-------------|--7-------------------|--10---9---------|
A|----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
E|--7-------------|--9-------------------|--12---10--------|
Sweet return Oh will I ever learn Oh hh
A9/C# Bm11 A6add9 F#m11
e|--0------0-----0---------0-----|
B|--0------0-----0---------0-----|
G|--9------7-----6---------2-----|
D|--7------5-----4---------2-----|
A|-------------------------------|
E|--9------7-----5---------2-----| Em9 Em Em7 Em
lover you should've come over 'cause it's not too
|D9 D D9 D | D9 D C9 | Em9 Em Em7 Em |
late
Verse 3
|D9 D D9 D |D9 D C9 |Em9 Em Em7 Em|
Lonely is the room the bed is made, the open window lets the rain in.
|D9 D D9 D |D9 D C9 |
But burning in the corner is the only one who dreams he has you
|Em9 Em Em7 Em |
with him.
Cdim F#7 #5
e -------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B -------|--------0-----------------|----------4--------------|
G -------|------0-------------------|-------4-----------------|
D -------|----2---------------------|----2--------------------|
A -2--3--|-4------------------------|-------------------------|
E -------|--------------------------|-2-----------------------|
My body turns and yearns for a
Bm D G Gm6
e|--2------------------5-----|--3----------0----------|
B|--3------------------7-----|--3----------3----------|
G|--4------------------7-----|--4----------3----------|
D|--4------------------7-----|--5----------0----------|
A|--2------------------5-----|--5---------------------|
E|---------------------------|--3----------3----------|
sleep that won't ever come, it's never
Verse 4
|D9 D D9 D |D9 D C9 |Em9 Em Em7 Em |
Over a kingdom for a kiss u-pon her shoulder it's never
|D9 D D9 D |D9 D C9 |
Over all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft a-
|Em9 Em Em7 Em |
-gainst her. It's never
|D9 D D9 D |D9 D C9 |Em9 Em Em7 Em |
over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter. It's never
|D9 D D9 D |D9 D C9 |
over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul for-
|Em9 Em Em7 Em
-ever
|Cdim |F#7 #5 |Bm D |G |
Well maybe I'm just too young, to keep good love from going wrong
Gm6
e|--0------------|
B|--3------------|
G|--3------------|
D|--0------------|
A|---------------|
E|--3------------|
Bridge 2
|D/F# |Gm6 |A6add9 |Bm11 |
A9/C# |E6 D9add6 |A9/C# Bm11
A6add9 F#m11 |Em9 Em |Em7 Em |
Bridge 3
|Gm6 | D/F# |Gm6 |
Well I feel too young to hold on. And I'm
|A6add9 |Bm11 |
much too old to break free and run. Too
|A9/C# |E6 D9add6 |
deaf, dumb, and blind to see the damage i've done. Sweet
|A9/C# Bm11 A6add9 F#m11 |Em9 Em | Em7 |
lover, you should've come over
Bridge 4
|D/F# |Gm6 |A6add9 |Bm11 |A9/C# |E6 D9add6 |
Oh
|A9/C# Bm11 A6add9 F#m11 |Em9 Em |Em7 Em |
lover you should've come over 'cause it's not too
|D9 D D9 D |D9 D C9 | Em |
late.
