Lover You Shouldve Come Over
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Intro
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Verse 1
Looking out the door, I see the
rain fall upon the funeral
mourners
Parading in a wake of sad
relations as their shoes fill up
with water
Maybe I'm too young to keep good
love from going wrong
But tonight, you're on my mind
so you'll never know
I'm broken down and hungry for
your love with no way to feed it
Whe–ere are you tonight? Child
you know how much I need it
Too young to hold on and too old
to just break free and run
Bridge
Sometimes a man gets carried
away when he feels like he
should be having his fun
And much too blind to see the
damage he's done. Sometimes a
man must awake
To find that, really, he has no
one
Chorus 1
So I'll wait for you and I'll
burn. Will I ever see your
sweet return?
Oh, will I ever learn? Oh,
oh, oh, lover, you
should've come
over, 'cause it's not too
late Mmm...
Verse 2
Lonely is the room, the bed is
made, the open window lets the
rain in
Bu-urning in the corner is the
only one who dreams he had you
with him
My body turns and yearns for a,
a sleep that won't ever come
It's never over, my kingdom
for a kiss upon her shoulder
It's never over, all my riches
for her smiles when I slept so
soft against her
It's never over, all my blood
for the sweetness of her
laughter
It's never over, she's the
tear that hangs inside my soul
forever
Oh, but maybe I'm just too young
to keep good love from going
wrong
Chorus 2
Oh, oh, oh, oh, lover.
Oh, oh, oh,
Lover you should've come
over. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Chorus 3
Yes, I, I feel too young to hold
on. I'm much too old to break
free and run;
Too deaf, dumb and blind to see
the damage I've done
Sweet lover, you, you
should've come over. Oh
love, well I've waited for you
[Chorus 4] (ad lib)
Lover; lover, lover; lover,
love, love; love, love, love,
love!
Lo–over, lo–––––––o–o–ve!
Lover you should've come
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.
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