For my lover chords

Tracy Chapman

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Em        G                 D            Cmaj7 
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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-----------|----------------------|  
 

Em                   G  
Two weeks in a Virginia jail  
D                   A  
For my lover, for my lover.  
Em              G  
Twenty thousand dollar bail  
D                     A  
For my lover, for my lover.---  

 
C  
And everybody thinks  
A 
I'm the fool.  
D  
They don't get  
C  
Any love from you.  
Em                    A 
Things we won't do for love 
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 
you- you -you -you -you. 
 

Em               G 
Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed  
D                    A 
for my lover, for my lover. 
Em                       G  
Dope me up and I tell them lies  
D                     A 
for my lover, for my lover.---  

 
C  
And everybody thinks  
A 
I'm the fool.  
D  
They don't get  
C  
Any love from you.  
Em                   A 
Things we won't do for love 
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 
you- you -you -you -you. 
 

Cmaj7  
I follow my heart  
Em  
and leave my head to ponder  
D  
deep in this love--- no  
Cmaj7  
man can shake.  
Cmaj7 
I follow my heart 
Em  
and leave my mind to wonder, 
D  
is this love worth-  
Cmaj7 
the sacrifices I make?