Over The Bow Chords
Over The Bow by Jenny Owen Youngs is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E, F#m, Bm and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO
A D A E
A D A E A
verse 1
A D
Five years from now
A E F#m
I can't say that I'll be around
A D
cause you are so sweet
A E A
but other things call to me
A E
They sing o-o-o-oh
F#m D
Forget where you come from
A Bm E
and lose yourself over the bow
A E F#m D
and worms that crawl around in your skull
A E A
won't get the best of you now
D
oh no
A E A
They won't get the best of you now
verse 2
A D
You dream so long
A E F#m
of a girl who would swallow your tongue
A D
So deep, dark, and true
A E A
Silent she waits for you
A E
She sings o-o-o-oh
F#m D
Forget where you come from
A Bm E
and lose yourself over the bow
A E F#m D
and worms that crawl around in your skull
A E A
won't get the best of you now
D
oh no
A E A
They won't get the best of you now
D
Hand over hand my friend
A
You're holding up everything
E
On shoulders like splintered pine
Bm E
Narrow and fine
B Bm E
Oh so narrow and fine
D
Water like porcelain
A
To mirror your see through skin
E
Bones that the waves licked clean
Bm E
It's nothing you've seen
B Bm E
oh it's nothing you've seen
D
Hand over hand my son
A
You're holding up everyone
E
Can't be the thing you're for
A
There has to be more