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Partitions (2)
I'll get a proper chord chart up here soon, but it's basically C major, A minor, alternating, then F major, G major and back to C and to G, and then C, F, G, Am, F, G, E (or E7), Am ... etc. etc.
This is about as simplified as it can or needs to be, and is in standard tuning. The tab is a lot more elaborate (see below).
D C Em
D
Looking out the door
C Em
I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
D
Parading in a wake of sad relations
C Em
as their shoes fill up with water
G F#
And maybe I'm too young
Bm D G
To keep good love from going wrong
D C Em
But tonight you're on my mind so (you'll never know)
D
I'm broken down and hungry for your love
C Em
With no way to feed it
D
Where are you tonight?
C Em
Child, you know how much I need it.
G F#
Too young to hold on
Bm D G
And too old to just break free and run
Bm Em
Sometimes a man gets 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
C D
Sometimes a man must awake to find that, really,
Em
He has no-one...
D Gm
So I'll wait for you... And I'll burn oh
A G
Will I ever see your sweet return,
A C Bm
oh/or, will I ever learn?
A Em
Lover, you should've come over
D
'Cause it's not too late.
D
Lonely is the room the bed is made
C Em
The open window lets the rain in
D
Burning in the corner is the only one
C Em
who dreams he had you with him
G F# Bm
My body turns and yearns for a sleep
D G
that will never come
F D
It's never over,
C Em
my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
D
It's never over, all my riches for her smiles
C Em
when I slept so soft against her...
D
It's never over,
C Em
all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter
D
It's never over, she is the tear
C Em
that hangs inside my soul forever
G F# Bm
Maybe I'm just too young to keep good love
D G Gm
from going wrong
D Gm A G A C Bm
Oh...
A F#
lover you should've come over...
D Gm
I feel too young to hold on
A G
I'm much too old to break free and run
A
Too deaf, dumb, and blind
C Bm
to see the damage I've done
A Em
Sweet lover, you should've come over
Oh, love I'm waiting [I waited] for you
D Gm A G A C Bm
Looooooover
A Em
Lover, you should've come over
D
Cause it's not too late
Notes:
E |-1-|---|---|---| E |---|---|---|-4-|
B |---|---|-3-|---| B |---|---|-2-|---|
G |-1-|---|---|---| G |---|---|---|-3-|
D O---|---|---|---| = Open D |---|---|-1-|---|
A X---|---|---|---| A X---|---|---|---|
E X---|---|---|---| E X---|---|---|---|
1 2 3 4 < "--"> 1 2 3 4
LOVER YOU SHOULD'VE COME OVER
Detailed Guitar Tab
(Standard tuning, 3/4 time.)
I call this " A tab in five parts", more or less -- or else "Variations on the Themes of 'Lover'". I've basically divided the song into five main sections, and done the best I could. Like "Last Goodbye", this is an easy song to play "approximately", and a hard one to tab with any precision. You are welcome, even more than usual, to use the following as a guide to developing your own preferred way of tackling the song.
Some of the chords below get a bit weird. Good luck with the fingering, and in many cases, the muting of unplayed strings!
Oh, and those airy chords right at the start before the guitar comes in?? Basically, they are C-D-A-G-D-Em-D. Now, on with the show.
PART A: "Looking out the door..."
E --0^2--2----------------3-----2---0---0----------------
B --3-3--3----etc.--------1-----0---3---0-------------------
G --2-2--2----------------0-----0---0---0---------------
D --0-0--0----------------2-----2---2---2---------------
A ------------------------3-----2---2---2------------
E ------------------------------0---0---0-----------
Repeat as necessary. The variations on the E minor at the end are my subjective choices, so do as you please. Also, the 0/2/2/0/3/0 Em7 chord I often play without fretting the E on the D string, i.e. 0/2/0/0/3/0. (Like it really matters, huh?)
PART B: "Maybe I'm just too young..."
E ------------------------------2---2-3-2---3---------
B -------------0----------------3---3-3-3---0----------
G -----------0---------------3--4---2-2-2---0-----------
D ---------2---------------3----4---0-0-0---0-----------
A --2-3-4----------------2------2-----------2----------
E -----------------0-1-2--------------------3--------
I invented some fingering for these chords for y'all if you want to strum rather than pick out notes. In that first one, a G diminished thingie, try 3/4/2/0/0/X, while for the second one, an F#major with a raised 5th (flattened 6th?), try 2/1/2/3/3/X. The fingering on both will take a little practice but you will be grateful for the results if you persevere.
Oh, and that transitional D-Dsus-D between the Bm and Gmaj is pretty quick to appear.
E --2--------------3----0------------------0------
B --3--------------1----0------------------0------
G --2--------------0----0------------------0------
D --0--------------2----2------------------4------
A -----------------3----2------------------2-----
E ----------------------0------------------0----
"But tonight... so you'll never know..."
PART C: "Sometimes a man..."
E --2-----2-----------------0--[or 2---------------------
B --2-----3-----------------0------0-----------------
G --3-----4-----------------0------0-----------------
D --4-----4-----------------2------2-----------------
A --4-----2-----------------2------2-----------------
E --2-----------------------0------0]----------------
"Sometimes ..... carried away..."
E ---0-----------------------------2---0---1---------
B ---3-----------------------------0---0---0---------
G ---0-----------------------------0---0---1---------
D ---2-----------------------------2---2---0---------
A ---3-----------------------------2---2---X---------
E ---------------------------------0---0---1--------
"Sometimes a man must awake... no-one...."
PART D: "So I'll wait for you...."
Part 1 of Part D (I have done two versions of this -- the first one stays closer to open position, the second one ascends the neck.)
E -------------------------------------------0----
B ----3-----3---------------3-----------------------
G ----2-----2---------------3----------------2-------
D ----0-----0-(repeat)------0----------------2---------------
A ----0-----0--------------------------------0------
E --2-2---2-2-------------3-3--------------2-2-----------
"So I'll wait... and I'll burn ... will I ever see..."
E -----0---------------------------------------------
B -----3-----------------5-----------------------3---3--
G -----0-----------------6-----------------------0---0--
D -----2-----------------4-----------------------2---0--
A -----------------------------------------------3---2----
E ---3-3-----------------5-----------------------------
"...sweet return... oh, will I ever learn..."
E ---------------------2---0-------4------2-3-2-----------
B --5---5---5----------0---3-------3------3-3-3--------------
G --2---2---2-----2----0---0-------2------2-2-2---------------
D --2---2---2-----2----2---2-------0------0-0-0---------------
A --4---2---0-----0----2---2---------------------------
E ----------------2----0---0---------------------------
E ---3----2---0---0----------------------------------
B ---3----0---0---3---0-------------------------------
G ---0----0---0---0---0-------------------------------
D ---2----2---2---2---2-------------------------------
A ---3----2---2---2---2-------------------------------
E --------0---0---0---0------------------------------
Part 2 -- The Up The Neck version...
(Done without timing.)
E ---------------------------------------------------2---0--
B ---3---3---5---7----10---12---10---10---7--5---2---0---3--------
G ---2---3---6---7-----9---12---11----9---7--6---2---0---0-----
D ---0---0---4---5-----7---10----9----7---5--4---0---2---2-----
A ---0-----------------------------------------------2---2-
E ---2---3---5---7-----9---12---10----9---7--5---2---0---0------
PART E: "It's never over.."
E -1--[or 4----5---------3------------2--0--0---------------
B -0------3----7---------5------------0--3--0-----------
G -1------4----7---------5------------0--0--0-----------
D -0------3]---0---------0------------2--2--2------------
A ------------------------------------2--2--2-------
E -1----------------------------------0--0--0--------
Then into the climax, from "To keep good love from going wrong...", which has a transitional G minor (see below), and then those notes played over the chords for PART D.
E -----------------------------------------------
B --3---------------------------------------------
G --3-------------------------------0-2-----2-2^4-------
D --0------0------------------0---0-------2---------0--
A --3------------0-1-0------0---2-------4-------------4-2-0----
E -------2---2-3-------3--2-----------------------0----------2-0-
Done.
This transcription was posted to the mailing list by Jake Leach after I said I wasn't mad keen on tabbing out "Corpus Christi Carol". I have left it unedited, as this post is pure mad-Jake. If you see him, tell him we miss him! ;)
Oh, and note that, as a song played with a capo, Jake has chosen the othodox approach to tabbing fretted notes where a capo is involved -- pretend the capo is the nut, and count from there. That's as opposed to what I did in "Hallelujah", which was to tab as though the capo wasn't there.
(In both cases, the capo is behind the 5th fret. Jake thus re-labels fret 5 as fret 0 and works from there. I leave fret 5 as fret 5 and carry on regardless. That's all.)
> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 21:31:27 -0500 (EST) > From: Jacob Leighton Leachok, just when you guys are beginning to think i'm fulla shit for saying i'd transcribe this bugger...it's posted, baby, as promised. to play this tune, you will need: --a guitar --patience --fingers --a capo --a midget --an electric razor --1/2 cup fresh raisins the capo needs to be placed behind the FIFTH FRET (if you don't have one, use a pencil and a coupla strong rubber bands, or else your big sister's hair-barrette, like i did for my first capo--just make sure you wait 'til she takes it off first). for this tab i have numbered all of the frets as if we were counting from the nut and not from the capo, for a few reasons. first, it makes everything way easier to understand. secondly, if you are not a castrato, a three-year old girl, or jeff buckley himself, you might want to consider playing without the capo so you can reach all the notes as you sing. a few things to remember: 1. this is not a james brown tune, so don't go chunky-funky with the chords. play each note of a chord individually (classical-style--they should still overlap enough to make a chord instead of an arpeggio), and ALWAYS downstroke the chords with your pick or your fingies. 2. give each chord or single note a simple triple count as you play it--1(23), 2(23), 3(23), etc. this should establish just the right pace for your playing, and it will come in handy later on in the song (you'll see). 3. yeah, there are some funny-looking chords and some inconsistencies in the way things are tabbed here. that's part of the song. i tried as much as possible to duplicate the way jeff plays it on the recording, and that means using different chord inversions where he does, and throwing in extra notes for the same reason. i was shooting for accuracy, clarity, and economy of motion at the same time. lots of things change from verse to verse, so read all the way through and PAY ATTENTION. notes on the asterisks (or as we like to call them in indiana, "astericks") will follow each section. here we go, peops... THE INTRO: 5 Oooooh... Oooooh... E------------3--2--------------------3--2--0------------------ B---------5--------5--3--1-----------0--------3--2------------ G------4-----------------4--2--0-----0-----------2--2--------- D---2--------------------2--------4--2-----------2-----5--4--- A------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------- * *(yeah, this is the same Am chord you arpeggiated at the beginning, but a different inversion. that's how he plays it.) remember, each note and chord gets a gentle 1(23) count... VERSE THE FIRST: 5 He bear her... He bear her to an orchard ground... E---3--2--0-----2-----3--2--------------- B---1--------3--1-----1-----5--3--------- G---0--------2--2--2--0-----5--0--------- D---2-----------2-----------0--4--4------ A------------------------------------5--- E---------------------------------------- nothing strange so far, except a few out-of the way chord shapes... REFRAIN: 5 Loo lee... The falcon hath borne... E---3--3--------3-----5-----3--3--- B---1--3--5--3--3--3--2-----5--3--- G---0--4--5--4--5--4--2-----4--4--- D---------4-----5--4--2--4--2------ A---------------3--2--0-----X------ E---------------------------0------ * *these last two chords may also be played like this, for simplicity's sake: 5 E---------- B---8------ G---9--7--- D---9--9--- A---7------ E---0------ if you listen closely you'll notice that the low E string is actually pronounced in the middle of the chord you strike on the other four strings. it's a two-guitar thing. we'll talk about that later. for now, the SECOND VERSE: 5 And in this... That was... In this hold... And it was laid... E-3--2--0-----------3--2--------------3--2--0--------3--3--2-------- B-1--------3--1-----1-----5--3--------1--------3--1-----1-----5--3-- G-0--------2--4--2--0-----5--0--------0--------2--4-----0-----5--0-- D-2-----------2-----------0--4--4-----2-----------2-----------4--4--4--- A----------------------------------5-----------------------------------5 E--------------------------------------------------------------------- SECOND REFRAIN: 5 Loo lee... The falcon hath borne... E---3-----2-----3-----5-----3------ B---1--3--3--3--3--3--2-----5--3--- G---0--4--5--4--5--4--2-----4--4--- D---------4-----5--4--2--4--2------ A---------------3--2--0-----X------ E---------------------------0------ now for the tricky part. we're going to work in the SECOND GUITAR. actually, a second guitar has been playing at a lower volume and tone setting since the end of the first verse, "beefing up" the chords in places. that means you've been doing the work of two guitars--YOU'RE A HINDU GUITAR GOD! GIVE YOURSELF A HAND (YOU SEEM TO HAVE SEVERAL EXTRA)! anyway, remember the 1(23) count i told you to keep? this is where it's going to make things a lot easier; we're going to have the second guitar play three notes to every one of the primary guitarist's. i will set the guitar #2 directly under guitar #1 so you can see a direct relationship (the arpeggios are dizzying when you listen to them on the disc). part #2, by the way, DOES NOT INVOLVE A CAPO--the numbers are the actual frets where the string is to be depressed. THIRD VERSE (first guitar): 5 And on this bed there lyeth... His wound is bleeding day and... E---3-----2-----0-----------------------3-----2-----0----------------- B---1-----------------3-----1-----------1-----------------3-----1----- G---0-----------------2-----4-----2-----0-----------------2-----2-----2----- D---2-----------------------2-----------2-----------------------0----- A--------------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------- (1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3) 2nd... E--------------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------------- G---------2-----------2-----------------------2-----------0---------0-----0- D-------3-----------3-----------5-----3-----3-----------3---------3-----3--- A---0-3---------0-5-----------7-----5---0-3-----------2---------2----- E---------------------------5-----5-----------------3-----------------3----- * 5 By his side there standeth... And she weepeth both night... E---3-----2-----0-----------------3-----------2--------------- B---1-----------------3-----1-----------1^3---3-----5-----7--- G---0-----------------2-----2-----------2-----4-----5-----7--- D---2-----------------------2-----------0-----0--------------- A------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------- ** (1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3) 2nd... E------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------- G---------2-----------2--------------------------------------- D-------3-----------3-----------5-----3----------------------- A---0-3---------0-3-----------7-----5------------------------- E---------------------------5-----5-----3-----3--------------- *or, if you prefer: D-------5-----3--- A---0-7---0-5----- **you will notice another guitar playing these two-tone chords: G---1---3---5---7 D---2---4---5---7 with a wee bit more vibrato, to fatten the first guitar part; you might want your second guitar to play them, if he/she can do it without interfering with that last couple of notes on the low E string... now back to a single capoed guitar... FINAL REFRAIN: 5 Loo lee... The falcon hath borne... E---------2-----3-----3-5-2---3-2--3------ B---5--3--1--3--3--3--2-----5------5--3--- G---5--4--2--4--5--4--2------------4--4--- D---5-----0-----5--4--2------------2------ A---3-----------3--2--0------------X------ E----------------------------------O------ * *this 5-note melodic passage does not follow the 1(23) beat-per-note count; instead it follows the vocal part, shadowing the words "...my maiden away." FINAL VERSE: 5 By his bed... "Corpus Christi" written... E---3--2--0-----2-----3--2--------------- B---1--------3--3-----1-----5--3--------- G---0--------2--4--2--0-----5--0--------- D---2-----------2-----------0--4--4------ A------------------------------------5--- E---------------------------------------- look carefully at the last verse--a last-minute variation. now we go back to two guitars, one without a capo. the timing is simple, but the way the guitar parts are woven together is meant to make you swimmy, so watch out and don't miss your cue... INSTRUMENTAL ENDING: 5 Wooooo.. E---------------3--------------------------------------------------7-- B---1--3--5--7--0---------------------------5--7--8---10--------8----- G---0--0--5--7--0--2--4--5--7---------------6--7--9---11-----7-------- D---2--4--5--7--2--4--5--7--9---------------7--9--10--12--9----------- A---3--5--7--9-------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd E---------5--7--------------------------12--13------------------------7---- B---6--8--------------------12--13--15-----------------------------8-- G---------------------------------------------------------------7----- D------------------------------------------------------------9-------- A---------------------------------------------------------10---------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------- * *all these notes are actually pinched harmonics (john g or michael--did i get the name of this right?), which means you'll actually be hearing a tone two octaves higher than the fingering indicates. if you don't know how to pull this off, a) ask me or b) just move each fingering up twelve frets to at least get a higher sound. i'm pretty sure i'll have to correct this last second guitar part, because my guitar's a mile-and-a-half walk from here, it's raining a monsoon, and i'm having to do this part from memory. at least you get the idea. i'll fix it tommorrow. well, how ya like them apples? if you have questions, comments, clarifications, corrections, hatemail, whatever, hit me with it. wear yourself out... jake
Standard tuning for this song, for both chords and tab. This is a pretty simple song to just bash away on, and a lot of fun. (Especially if you have a distortion pedal!!)
C G F A7
Eternal Life is now on my trail
C G F A7
Got my red glitter coffin, man, just need one last nail
C G F A7
While all these ugly gentlemen play out their foolish games
C G F A7
There's a flaming red horizon that screams our names
G
And as your fantasies are broken in two
Em
Did you really think this bloody road would
Pave the way for you?
D
You better turn around
A Em
and blow your kiss hello to life eternal, angel
C G F A7
Racist everyman, what have you done?
C G F A7
Man, you've made a killer of your unborn son...
C G F A7
Crown my fear your king at the point of a gun
C G F A7
All I want to do is love everyone...
G
And as your fantasies are broken in two
Em
Did you really think this bloody road would
Pave the way for you?
D
You better turn around
A7 A7-C-F#-F-B-A
and blow your kiss hello to life eternal....
A7 C F# F
There's no time for hatred, only questions
B A G
What is love, where is happiness, what is Life,
F
where is peace?
E
When will I find the strength to bring me release?
C G F A7
And tell me where is the love in what your prophet has said?
C G F A7
Man, It sounds to me just like a prison for the walking dead
C G F A7
And I've got a message for you and your twisted hell
C G
You better turn around and blow your kiss goodbye
F A7 G - Em - D - A - G - Em - D - A - Em
to life eternal angel...
Notes:
E |---|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---|
B |---|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---|
G O---|---|---|---| 0---|---|---|---|
D |---|-1-|---|---| |---|-2-|---|---|
A |---|---|---|-3-| |---|---|-3-|---|
E |---|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
"A7" C
Fm7 G
There is a child sleeping near his twin
Fm7 G
The pictures go wild in a rush of wind
Fm7 G
That dark angel he is shuffling in
Bb Cm
Watching over them with his black feather wings unfurled
Fm7 G Fm7 G
Fm7 G
The love you lost with her skin so fair
Fm7 G
Is free with the wind in her butterscotch hair
Fm7 G
Her green eyes bloom goodbyes
Bb
With her head in her hands
Cm Fm7 G
and your kiss on the lips of another
Bb Cm Fm7 G
Dream Brother with your tears scattered round the world.
Gm7 Cm
Don't be like the one who made me so old
D7 Eb
Don't be like the one who left behind his name
Bb Cm
'Cause they're waiting for you like I waited for mine
D7 Eb Fm7 G (repeat)
And nobody ever came...
(Break)
Cm F/F F/G
Cm F/F F/G
C major F/F F/G
C major F/F F/G
Fm7 G
I feel afraid and I call your name
Fm7 G
I love your voice and your dance insane
Fm7 G
I hear your words and I know your pain
Bb Cm Fm7 G
Your head in your hands and her kiss on the lips of another
Bb
Your eyes to the ground
Cm Fm7 G
and the world spinning round forever
Bb Cm Fm7 G
Asleep in the sand with the ocean washing over...
This is based on the studio version. I'll do it, as usual, in sections. It's in (sigh of relief) standard tuning. And remember, ">" means slide, OK. (Just to avoid confusion, I don't mean use a slide like as in Last Goodbye; just slide your fingers between the frets indicated.)
* The Introduction/Verse
[Each of these segments represents 2 bars of music.]
E----------------------------------------------------
B--4---4--3---3---3--1---1--0--1--3---3--------------
G----0------0---0------0------------0----------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------1--------------
B--4---4--3---3---3--1---1--0--1--3------------------
G----0------0---0------0------------0----------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
E------1------------------------------1--------------
B--4------3---3---3--1---1--0--1--3------------------
G----0------0---0------0------------0----------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
E------1----------------------------1--3-------------
B--4------3---3---3--1---1--0--1--3------------------
G----0------0---0------0-----------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
This goes on in similar fashion underneath the vocals.
*The ascending chord bit ("Don't be like the one....") -- play each of
these chords for one bar (8 times in every bar; it's pretty easy timing).
E---3----5----5----X---------------------------------
B---3----4----7----8---------------------------------
G---3----5----7----8---------------------------------
D---3----5----7----8---------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
* The Climactic Middle Instrumental Bit
(Yes, pedants, I know that something climactic usually comes at the end,
but Dream Brother ends anti-climactically and so I'm reserving the right
to call the middle bit climactic!)
E------3-----3---3-----3-----------|----------------------
B--4-----4-----4---4---------------|----------------------
G----0-----0---------0-------0--0--|---0---0--------------
D----------------------------3--3--|---3---5--------------
A----------------------------3--3--|---3---5--------------
E----------------------------1--1--|---1---3--------------
E-----------3-----3---3-----5-----------|------------
B-1--3--4-----4-----4---4---------------|------------
G---------0-----0---------0-------0--0--|---0---0----
D---------------------------------3--3--|---3---5----
A---------------------------------3--3--|---3---5----
E---------------------------------1--1--|---1---3----
E----7-(played 12 times!)----|-----------------------------------
B----5-----------------------|-----------------------------------
G----5------------------0--0-|--0---0----------------------------
D----5------------------3--3-|--3---5--5>7-7>9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9>7-
A-----------------------3--3-|--3---5----------------------------
E-----------------------1--1-|--1---3--3>5-5>7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7>5--
[Two things to note in the above bit. First, at the beginning of that
2nd bar, another guitar hits the A on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string,
bends it up a tone and plays the "return" i.e. the down-bend. Second,
I hope I've counted out the right number of "B" notes in that last
little bit but I'd advise you to count it out yourselves!]
E----7-(played 12 times)-----|------3---5---5---X----------
B----5-----------------------|------3---4---7---8----------
G----5------------------0--0-|--0---3---5---7---8----------
D----5------------------3--3-|--3---5---5---7---8----------
A-----------------------3--3-|--3---5----------------------
E-----------------------1--1-|--1---3----------------------
...and basically back into the "Don't be like..." stuff, then back into the intro arpeggio.
And then you're basically done.