For My Lover — Tracy Chapman
Chords and lyrics for For My Lover by Tracy Chapman (key of Em).
Intro
[Em] [G] [D] [Cmaj7]
Verse 1
[Em]Two weeks in a [G]Virginia jail
[D]For my lover, for [A]my lover
[Em]Twenty thousand dollar [G]bail
[D]For my lover, for [A]my lover
Chorus
[C]And everybody thinks I'm the [Aadd9]fool
[D]They don't get any love [C]from you
[Em]Things we won't do for [Aadd9]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, you you you you [Cmaj7]you
Verse 2
[Em]Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed
[D]For my lover, for [A]my lover
[Em]They dope me up and I tell them [G]lies
[D]For my lover, for [A]my lover
Chorus
[C]And everybody thinks I'm the [Aadd9]fool
[D]They don't get any love [C]from you
[Em]Things we won't do for [Aadd9]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, you you you you [Cmaj7]you
Bridge
[Cmaj7]I follow my heart and [Em]leave my head to ponder
[D]Deep in this love no man [Cmaj7]can shake
[Cmaj7]I follow my heart and [Em]leave my mind to wonder,
[D]Is this love worth the sacrifices [Cmaj7]I make?
Verse 3
[Em]Two weeks in a Virginia [G]jail
[D]For my lover, for [A]my lover
[Em]Twenty thousand dollar [G]bail
[D]For my lover, for [A]my lover
[Em]Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed
[D]For my lover, for [A]my lover
[Em]They dope me up and I tell them [G]lies
[D]For my lover, for [A]my lover
Chorus
[C]And everybody thinks I'm the [Aadd9]fool
[D]They don't get any love [C]from you
[Em]Things we won't do for [Aadd9]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, you you you you [Cmaj7]you
Outro
[Em] [G] [D] [Cmaj7]
[Em] [G] [D] [Cmaj7]