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For My Lover Chords by Tracy Chapman

For My Lover chords by Tracy Chapman

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For My Lover:
	I use "^" for hammer-on, and the "d" and "u" to indicate downaward and
upward strums.  Here's the intro:
      Em              G                D           Cmaj7
      d   u           d   u            d   u   d   u
e-----0---0-----------3---3-----------|2---2---2---0---------|
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-----------|----------------------|
	The intro is repeated, and then:

Em                G
Two weeks ..
D              A
For ..
Em              G
Twenty ..
D             A
For ..
C
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And ..
A(add9) (x02420)
I'm ...
D
They ...
C
love ..
Em
Things ..
A(add9)
Em
I'd ...
G
risk ...
D
you...
Cmaj7 (x32000)
you- ..

	Repeat this progression with these lyrics:

Everyday ..
for ...
Dope ..
for ..
And ... etc.

	Stay on the Cmaj7 the second time through an extra measure, for:
Cmaj7
    I ..
Em
    and leave ..
D
    deep ..
Cmaj7
man ..
	Keep with these chord changes for the rmaining lyrics:
I follow ...
and ..,
is ..-
fices ..

	Now repeat the from the "Two weeks in a Virginia jail" verse.

	Why?:

	The chords used in this are Bm (x24432), G (320003), A (x02220),
D(add9) (xx0230), and A(add9) (x02420).  The intro is merely alternating
between Bm and G, and adding hammers-on.  In the case of the Bm hammer-on the
three fingers other than the one barring at the second fret.  With the G hammer
on the pointer finger.  After that:
Bm
Why do ...
G                                         A
Why, ..
Bm
Why are the ..
G                             A
Why is a ..
D(add9)
   Love ..
A(add9)
   war ...,
Bm
   no ..
G
   we're all ..
Bm
body's ...
G
all these ..
A
some .....
Then repeat.

	She's Got Her Ticket:
	Chords are C, G and Am.

	Mountains O' Things
	Chords in this one are Am, Dm, F and G.

	All That You Have Is Your Soul:

	Basic fingerpicking pattern embellished with hammers-on, changing
between A, E, D, and D(add9) (xx0230).  I think that she might play this capoed
at the fifth fret, but am not sure.  The version I do is without a capo.
Hammer-on a "d" on the A chord pattern, a "c" on the E, a "g" on the D, and a
"d" on the D(add9).

	Coming next: April Come She Will by Simon & Garfunkel.

    #                                 LEWIS CARROLL 1832-1898
    ##    __________________________
    # #  |                          | He thought he saw a Rattlesnake
    #	 | David V. Wong            |       That questioned him in Greek,
    #    | ihateuw@u.washington.edu | He looked again and found it was
    #    | University of Washington |       The Middle of Next Week.
  ###    | Seattle, USA             | `The one thing I regret,' he said,
 #### 	 |__________________________|       `Is that it cannot speak!'
  ##

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