For My Lover Tracy Chapman
I use "^" for hammer-on, and the "d" and "u" to indicate downaward and
upward strums. Here's the intro:
[Em] [G] [D] [Cmaj7]
[D] [u] [D] [u] [D] [u] [D] [u]
e-----0---0-----------3---3-----------|2---2---2---0---------| B--T--0---0-----------0---0-----------|3---3---3---0---------| G--A--0---0-----------0---0-----------|2---2---2---0---------| D--B--2---2-------0---0---0-------0---|0---0---0---2---------| A-----2---2---0^2-----2---2---0^2-----|------------3---------| E-----0---0-----------3---3-----------|----------------------|
The intro is repeated, and then:
[Em]Two weeks in a Vir[G]ginia jail
[D]For my lover, f[A]or my lover.
[Em]Twenty thousand [G]dollar bail
[D]For my lover, [A]for my lover.---
[C]And everybody thinks
Aadd9 (x02420)
I'm the fool.
[D]They don't get---any
[C]love from you.
[Em]Things we won't do for love---
[Aadd9]
[Em]I'd climb a mountain if I had to,
[G]risk my life so I could have you---
[D]you- you- you- you...
Cmaj7 (x32000)
you- you -you -you -you.
Repeat this progression with these lyrics:
Everyday I'm psychoan*lyzed
for my lover, for my lover.
Dope me up and I tell them lies
for my lover, for my lover.---
And everybody thinks... etc.
Stay on the Cmaj7 the second time through an extra measure, for:
[Cmaj7] I follow my heart
[Em] and leave my head to ponder
[D] deep in this love--- no
[Cmaj7]man can shake.
Keep with these chord changes for the rmaining lyrics:
I follow my heart
and leave my mind to wonder,
is this love worth- the sacri-
fices I make?
Now repeat the from the "Two weeks in a Virginia jail" verse.
Why?:
The chords used in this are Bm (x24432), G (320003), A (x02220),
D(add9) (xx0230), and A(add9) (x02420). The intro is merely alternating
between Bm and G, and adding hammers-on. In the case of the Bm hammer-on the
three fingers other than the one barring at the second fret. With the G hammer
on the pointer finger. After that:
[Bm]Why do the babies starve, there's enough food to feed the world?
[G]Why, when there's so many of us are there [A]people still alone?
[Bm]Why are the missiles called peacekeepers, when they're aimed to kill?
[G]Why is a woman still not safe [A]when she's in her home?
[Dadd9] Love is hate
[Aadd9] war is peace,
[Bm] no is yes,-
[G] we're all free.---- But, some-
[Bm]body's gonna have to answer, the time is coming soon. Amidst
[G]all these questions and contradictions there're
[A]some who seek the truth. Tell me...
Then repeat.
She's Got Her Ticket:
Chords are C, G and Am.
Mountains O' Things
Chords in this one are Am, Dm, F and G.
All That You Have Is Your Soul:
Basic fingerpicking pattern embellished with hammers-on, changing
between A, E, D, and D(add9) (xx0230). I think that she might play this capoed
at the fifth fret, but am not sure. The version I do is without a capo.
Hammer-on A "D" on the A chord pattern, A "C" on the E, A "G" on the D, and A
"D" on the Dadd9.
Coming next: April Come She Will by Simon & Garfunkel.
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