Jeff Buckley – Lover, You Should've Come Over


 
Looking out th

e door I see t

he rain fall u

pon the
             
 funeral      

         
       mourner

 
s
 
Parading in a 

wake of sad re

lations As the

ir shoes
             
 fill up with 

         
    water
        
              

              
 And maybe I'm

        
 too young
            
To keep good l

           
ove     from g

          
oing      wron

g
        
But tonight, y

              
ou're on my mi

        
nd   so
            
              

              
You'll never k

   
now


 
I'm broken dow

n and hungry f

or your love W

ith no
             
        way to

           
         feed 

   
it
      
Where are you 

tonight?
        
Child you know

             
 how       muc

           
h I        nee

   
d it.

        
         Too y

             
oung to hold o

#
n
            
And too old to

            
 just     brea

              
k free and run


[Chorus]
            
      Sometime

        
s a man gets  

              
         carri

         
ed away,
            
When he feels 

              
like he should

        
 be      havin

          
g his      fun
              
And much too b

            
lind to see th

             
e damage he's 


done
  
Sometimes a ma

n must awake t

o find that, r

eally,
            
He has    no-o

        
ne...


          
      So I'll 

              
wait for you..

              
.             

    
     And I'll 

burn
         
      Oh will 

              
I ever see you

 
r sweet return

?
      
      Oh, will

          
 I ever learn?

         
      Oh,     

       
    oh,       

         
      oh, love

/
r,

          
   you        

         
    should've 

           
        come  

            
        over
            
'Cause it's no

                     
t too late.


  
Lonely is the 

room, the bed 

is made
              
The open windo

             
w lets the    

          
         rain 

  
in
     
Bu-urning in t

he corner is t

he only one
             
who dreams he 

           
had you with h

   
im
           
          My b

       
ody       turn

             
s and yearns f

       
or a sleep
           
That won't eve

     
r       come
       
      It's nev

  
er over,  My k

ingdom for a  

kiss
             
 upon her     

      
 shoulder
              
It's never    

  
  over,   all 

my riches for 

her smiles
              
When I slept s

          
o soft against

  
 her...
              
It's never ove

 
r,
              
All my blood f

              
or the sweetne

            
ss of her     

  
laughter

It's never ove

r, she's the t

ear
              
That hangs ins

             
ide my soul fo

    
rever
        
           May

              
be I'm just to


o young
            
To keep good l

           
ove     from g

                       
oing    wrong

          
Oh....        

           
         oh...

         
.           Oh

             
h.....        


  Oh.....
       
             O

#             
h.......      

         
      Oh.     

 
      Oh......

..
      
    Lover     

          
       you    

         
        should

            
've       come

          
        over..

 
.         Yeah

 yeah yes I..

          
 feel too youn

        
g to hold on
         
I'm much too h

              
old to break f

       
ree and run
      
Too deaf, dumb

              
 and blind To 

              
see the damage

             
 I've    done
          
Sweeeeet looov

      
er,           

              
         you s

         
hould've      

         
    come      

   
over
           
Oh, I would've

          
    waited for

 you.

          
(ad lib.) Love

           
r, lover lover

              
         lover

         
 love love    

       
   lover love 

love
  
Looooooooooooo

      
ooooooooooo-  

   
 lover     you

        
    should've 

      
come   over
            
Cause it's not

                      
 too late.)


Notes: The Dsus2 D hammer-on and pull-off in the beginning of the verses are actually a lot 
more than I've written, but because of the limited space on a single line, I chose 
not to include them. Also, to vary the Em-Em9-Em7 pattern, 
you can play them as 075070 (Em9) - 075000 (Em) - 075700 (Em7), and then slide down to the C#m7b5 (042000).
I think Jeff played this way on his live performances, since he is sometimes very high on the neck.

The C in "And sometimes a man must awake to find that really..." 
I think is a 8-10-10-988 barred chord which slides down to the high em on "no-one".
He also varies with the x35553 C on live performances. 
I guess it's up to you to choose which one suits you best.

The F#5 is a F#m without the 4-6 notes, so effectively a 244xxx chord.

There is another C which is a Cadd9 (3x2013). That is played between the D/Dsus2 and the Em7/9s in the intro.
I have found that a regular C works just as well, but also use this as well as x35553 to vary.

The chord progression in "so I wait for you..." part of the verse/pre-chorus ascends the neck, 
marking the bass notes on the low E string. Therefore, the D/F# chord is important here.
I ususally play with the bass notes between the G6/B and the Aadd9/C#, 
making it G6/B, C bass, D bass, and then Aadd9/C#. The Cmaj7 that follows is 8x9900.

Most of the chords are taken from Gary Lucas arrangement with special chords 
listed. The chord names are taken from Gitarakkorder Deluxe (Norsk Noteservice AS/
Hal Leonard Corporation). 
Please let me know if you find anything out of place, and I will correct it. This 
is my favourite song, and the reason I started to play guitar, so it has to be perfect.