Lover Come Back chords by City and Colour (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Dm7

Verse 1
C 
Dm7 
Bound for trouble from the start
F 
I've been walking through this old world
C 
In the dark
Dm7 
All along, right by    my side
F 
There you were shining
C 
My ray of light

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Chorus 1

So I sing, lover come back

Dm7

Lover come back to me

Won't you ever come back

Ever come back to me?

How could I have been so foolish

Dm7

to let you leave?

Lover come back

Lover come back to me

Interlude 1

Dm7

Verse 2
C 
Dm7 
I'll never be as good as I'd like to be
F 
C 
Eternally restless, refusing to believe
But I think that we missed our connection
(missed our connection)
Dm7 
I wanted to feel your affection
(feel your affection)
F 
C 
Until my final days

Chorus 2
C 
I sing lover come back
Dm7 
Lover come back to me
F 
Won't you ever come back
C 
Ever come back to me?
How could I have been so foolish
Dm7 
to let you leave?
F 
Lover come back
C 
Lover come back to me

Bridge 1
Am 
I am warm enough
F 
Yet I still shiver
Dm 
F 
I am fed, but still I starve
Am 
F 
You know me, I am the great misgiver
Dm 
F 
Always waiting on the clouds to part

Chorus 3
C 
I sing lover come back
Dm7 
Lover come back to me
F 
Won't you ever come back
C 
Ever come back to me?
How could I have been so foolish
Dm7 
to let you leave?
F 
So lover come back
C 
Lover come back to me

Chorus 4
C 
Lover come back
Dm7 
Lover come back to me
F 
Won't you ever come back
C 
Ever come back to me?
How could I have been so foolish
Dm7 
to let you leave?
F 
So lover come back
C 
Lover come back to me

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: Eb majorBPM: 70

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Dm7: x-x-0-2-1-1
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1

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This is the original studio version of Lover Come Back by City and Colour, capturing how the song was actually played on the recording. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart keeps the exact chord voicings and capo position in the original key of Eb major. It suits players who want to learn Lover Come Back the way City and Colour intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.