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“LOVER, YOU SHOULD’VE COME OVER” by Jeff Buckley

[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---|
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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------|
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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
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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-----------------|----------3----|--3-------------|
G|-------|------0-------------------|-------3-------|--4-------------|
D|-------|----2---------------------|----2----------|--4-------------|
A|-2--3--|-4------------------------|---------------|--2-------------|
E|-------|--------------------------|-2-------------|----------------|
               Maybe I'm just too    young      to   keep good love

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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-----------------|----------3----|--3-------------|
G|-------|------0-------------------|-------3-------|--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
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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-----------------|----------3--------------|
G|-------|------0-------------------|-------3-----------------|
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.

source: Joe Hoblyn