Lover You Shouldve Chords & Tabs
Lover You Should've Come Over
-by Jeff Buckley
Just a few notes...This is one of my all time favorite songs, and I wanted to provide
a clear transcription for it. But if you've tried to learn any Buckley before,
you know that he is the king of improvisation. Tablature depends on repition
and riffs, and I don't think Jeff plays the same line twice. So just keep in
mind that this is kind of a skeleton of the song. I recommend listening to
a couple versions of it, and playing around with each variation. Feel free to
put in some of your own ideas, be free, be fluid, and keep the love flowing.
Intro:
D C9 Em
E:x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A:x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D:0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
G:2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B:3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-|
E:0p2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
repeat
Em6 F#7Aug6 Bm7 Em
E:----------------0-1-2---------2-----------------0-0-0-0-|
A:2-3-4-------------------------x---2-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D:------2---------------2-------2-----------0-0-0-2-2-0-0-|
G:--------0---------------3-----3-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B:----------0---------------3---3-----3-----3-3-3-0-0-0-0-|
e:------------0---------------0-0-----2p3h2-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-|
D D7 C9 Em
E:x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A:0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D:0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|
G:7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B:7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|
E:5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Verse:
D C9 Em
Looking out the door, I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners.
D C9 Em
Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water.
Em6 F#7Aug6 Bm7 Em
Well, maybe I'm just too young to keep good love from going wrong.
D C9 Em
But tonight you're on my mind-it's over. You'll never know
D C9 Em
I'm broken down and hungry for your love with no way to feed it.
D C9 Em
Where are you tonight? Child, you know how much I need it (you).
Em6 F#7Aug6 Bm7 Em
Too young to hold on, and too old to just break free and run.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jeff_buckley/lover_you_shouldve_tab.html ]
Bridge 1:
Bm Em
Sometimes a man will get carried away!
Bm Em
When he feels like he should be having his fun.
Bm Em
And much too blind to see the damage he's done!
C9 Em
Well, sometimes a man must awake to find that really he has no one.
Chorus #1?
D/F# Gm6
So I wait for you, and I'll burn.
A6 BmAug6
Will I ever see your sweet return?
Cm7Aug5 EmAug5
Oh, will I ever learn?
D6 C#m7Aug5 BmAug5 A6 D/F# Em
Sweet lover, well you should've come over!
Em7 D C9 Em
'Cause it's not too la-----te.
*-This is how the chords spell out-*
D/F# Gm6 A6 BmAug5 C#m7Aug5 EmAug5 D6...
E:2-----3-----5-----7-------9-------12------10--9---7---5---2---0-0-0-|
A:0-----x-----x-----x-------x-------x-------x---x---x---x---0---2-2-2-|
D:0-----2-----4-----5-------7-------10------9---7---5---4---0---2-2-2-|
G:2-----3-----6-----7-------9-------12------11--9---7---6---2---0-0-0-|
B:3-----3-----0-----0-------0-------0-------0---0---0---0---3---0-0-3-|
e:x-----0-----0-----0-------0-------0-------0---0---0---0---x---0-2-2-|
Verse interlude:
D Dma7 (enharmonic) Em
E:x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x------0-0-0-0-|
A:0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------2-2-2-2-|
D:0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------2-2-0-0-|
G:7-7-7-6-7-6-7-7-(5)--0-0-0-0-|
B:7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(5)--0-0-0-0-|
e:x-x-x-x-x-x-x-5------0-0-0-0-|
D C9 Em
Lonely is the road that is laid, open window lets the rain in.
D C9 Em
Burning in the corner is the only one who dreams he had you with him.
Em6 F#7Aug6 Bm7 Em
My body turns, it yearns for a sleep that will never come-it's never over!
D (suggest on 7th) C9 Em
My kingdom for a kiss upon the shoulder! It's never over!
D C9 Em
All my riches for her smiles as I slept so soft against her! It's never over!
D C9 Em G
All my blood for the sweetness of her laughter! It's never over!
D C9 Em
She is the tear that hang inside of my soul forever.
Chorus #2
D/F# Gm6
Well you know I feel too young to hold on.
A6
And I'm much too old to break free and run.
BmAug5 C#m7Aug5
I'm too deaf, dumb, and blind to see the damage I've done.
EmAug5 D6 C#m7Aug5 BmAug5 A6 D/F# Em
Ooh lover, you should've come over! Over!!
Repeat chord progression
Em D C9 Em
'Cause it's not too la-------te...
*So that's the best I can do on it. If you have any comments, I'd
appreciate it. Just e-mail to "nathanlesser@huntington.edu"
