I Know Its Over Acoustic chords by Jeff Buckley

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

From the live version, timing can be tricky.

Intro:
Gm7Gm7 G7G7 G+G G MajorG
Gm7Gm7 G7G7 G+G FF A augmentedA FF
G+G G MajorG A augmentedA FF F C majorC

Verse:
G+G  C majorC                  G+G  A minorAm   FF
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C majorC                  A minorAm      C majorC
And as I climb into an empty bed, oh well, enough said
       FF       G+G    FF             G+G
I know it's over still I cling, I don't know where else I can go
A minorAm   FF  G+G
Over, over
   C majorC                 E minorEm   A minorAm  FF
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head

Verse 1:
       C majorC
You see the sea wants to take me, the knife wants to slit me
E minorEm          A minorAm
Do you think you can help me?
FF      C majorC
Sad veiled bride please be happy
          A minorAm
Handsome groom give her room
FF   G+G   C majorC
Loud loutish lover treat her kindly though she needs you
FF A minorAm
More than she loves you

Hook:
   FF           G+G
I know it's over, still I cling
 FF              G+G
I don't know where else I can go
C majorC  DmDm   G+G
Over, over

Verse 2:
C majorC
I know it's over
          A minorAm               FF
It never really began but in my heart it was so real
       G+G          C majorC
And she even spoke to me and said
           E minorEm          A minorAm      FF G+G
"If you're so funny, why are you on your own tonight?"
C majorC             E minorEm         A minorAm      G+G
"And if you're so clever, why are you on your own tonight?"
C majorC                  E minorEm         A minorAm       FF
"And if you're so very entertaining, why are you on your own tonight?"
C majorC                        E minorEm   A minorAm
"And if you're so very good looking, why do you sleep alone tonight?"
   FF C majorC
I know, because tonight is just like any other night
      E minorEm       A minorAm      FF
That's why you're on your own tonight
C majorC                 E minorEm A minorAm
With your triumphs and your charms

While they are in each other's arms

Verse 3:
FF                    G+G
It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate
      FF            G+G
It takes strength to be gentle and kind
FF    Dm7Dm7          G+G
Over, over, it's over, it's over

It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate
     C majorC           FF
It takes guts to be gentle and kind
A minorAm   FF   G+G
Over, over

{Verse 4]
C majorC           FF    A minorAm  G+G
Love is natural and real
           E minorEm       FF
But not for you my love, not tonight my love
C majorC          FF  A minorAm
Love is natural and real
              E minorEm    FF  G+G
But not for such as you and I, my love
   C majorC           A minorAm      E minorEm    FF  G+G  FF
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
   C majorC           A minorAm      FF     A minorAm  FF  G+G  FF
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
   C majorC      FF    A minorAm          E minorEm
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head

Outro:

FF  G+G  C majorC

Other versions of I Know Its Over Acoustic

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