Tabs
This is Husky's cover of the Leonard Cohen tune. Transcribed from the
Tram Sessions version, his guitar has the capo on 2 but he's tuned
down a half step, so in standard tuning put the capo on 1 to play
along.
For the hammer-ons to X you're slapping the strings with either your
ring finger (
E minorEm) or your pinky (
A minorAm). It took me a while to figure
out the strumming pattern so if it's not making sense just start off
slow and you'll get it.
[Intro]
e|--0----0----0-0--|
BB|--0----0----0-0--|
G+G|--0----0----0-0--|
D MajorD|--0h2--2hX--2-0--|
A augmentedA|--0h2--2hX--2-0--|
E MajorE|--0----0hX--0-0--| x4
e|--0----0----0-0--0----0----0-0--0----0----0-0----0------------|
BB|--0----0----0-0--0----0----0-0--0----0----0-0----0------------|
G+G|--0----0----0-0--0----0----0-0--0----0----0-0----0------------|
D MajorD|--0h2--2hX--2-0--0h2--2hX--2-0--0h2--2hX--2-0----2------------|
A augmentedA|--0h2--2hX--2-0--0h2--2hX--2-0--0h2--2hX--2-0----2------------|
E MajorE|--0----0hX--0-0--0----0hX--0-0--0----0hX--0-0----0------------|
[Verse Riff]
e|--0----0----0-0--| e|--0----0----0-0--|
BB|--1----1----1-1--| BB|--0----0----0-0--|
G+G|--0h2--2hX--2-0--| G+G|--0----0----0-0--|
D MajorD|--0h2--2hX--2-0--| D MajorD|--0h2--2hX--2-0--|
A augmentedA|--0----0hX--0-0--| A augmentedA|--0h2--2hX--2-0--|
E MajorE|-----------------| x4 E MajorE|--0----0hX--0-0--| x4
[Verse Riff x2]
I asked my father,
I said, "Father change my name."
The one I'm using now it's covered up
with fear and filth and cowardice and shame.
[Chorus]
C/GC/G G+G
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
C/GC/G G+G
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
[Verse Riff x2]
He said, "I locked you in this body,
I meant it as a kind of trial.
You can use it for a weapon,
or to make some woman smile."
[Chorus]
C/GC/G G+G
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
C/GC/G G+G
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
[Verse Riff x2]
"Then let me start again," I cried,
"please let me start again,
I want a face that's fair this time,
I want a spirit that is calm."
[Chorus]
C/GC/G G+G
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
C/GC/G G+G
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
[Verse Riff x2]
"I never never turned aside," he said,
"I never walked away.
It was you who built the temple,
it was you who covered up my face."
[Chorus]
C/GC/G G+G
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
C/GC/G G+G
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
A minorAm
And may the spirit of this song,
E minorEm
may it rise up pure and free.
A minorAm
May it be a shield for you,
(play second half of E minorEm intro here)
a shield against the enemy.
[Chorus] x2
C/GC/G G+G
Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me,
C/GC/G G+G
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover come back to me.
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