Lover, You Should've Come Over chords by
Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley

1994Rock48.6K views
4.9 (86)
Key: D major
Intro 1
Intro 2
[Organ]
D
D

C
C

Em
Em

Em
Em

Verse 1
D
D

Looking out the door
C
C

Em
Em

I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
D
D

Parading in a wake of sad relations
C
C

Em
Em

As their shoes fill up with water
Em
Em

F#
F#

Maybe I'm too young
Bm
Bm

A
A

G
G

To keep good love from going wrong
D
D

C
C

Em
Em

But tonight you're on my mind so
Verse 2
You'll never know
D
D

Broken down and hungry for your love
C
C

Em
Em

With no way to feed it
D
D

Where are you tonight?
C
C

Em
Em

Child, you know how much I need it
Em
Em

F#
F#

Too young to hold on
Bm
Bm

A
A

G
G

F#
F#

And too old to just break free and run
Pre-chorus 1
Bm
Bm

Em
Em

Sometimes a man gets carried away
Bm
Bm

When he feels like he should be
Em
Em

having his fun
Bm
Bm

Em
Em

Much too blind to see the damage he's done
C
C

Sometimes a man must awake
to find that, really
Em
Em

Em
Em

He has no one
Chorus 1
D
D

Gm
Gm

So I'll wait for you and I'll burn
F#m
F#m

G
G

Will I ever see your sweet return
A
A

Or, will I ever learn?
C
C

Bm
Bm

Oh, oh
A
A

G
G

F#m
F#m

Em
Em

Lover, you should've come o ver
D
D

C
C

'Cause it's not too late.
Em
Em

Em
Em

Verse 3
D
D

Lonely is the room the bed is made
C
C

Em
Em

The open window lets the rain in
D
D

Burning in the corner is the only one
C
C

Em
Em

Who dreams he had you with him
Em
Em

F#
F#

My body turns
Bm
Bm

and yearns for a sleep
A
A

G
G

That won't ever come
E
E

It's never over
Verse 4
D
D

My kingdom for a
C
C

Em
Em

G
G

kiss upon her shoulder
D
D

It's never over all my riches for her smiles
C
C

Em
Em

When I slept so soft against her
D
D

It's never over,
All my blood
C
C

Em
Em

for the sweetness of her laughter
D
D

It's never over,
She is the tear that hangs
C
C

Em
Em

inside my soul forever
Em
Em

F#
F#

But maybe I'm just too young,
Bm
Bm

A
A

G
G

Gm
Gm

To keep good love from going wrong
Chorus 2
D
D

Gm
Gm

F#m
F#m

G
G

Oh, oh, oh, oh,
A
A

C
C

Bm
Bm

Oh, oh, oh
A
A

G
G

F#m
F#m

Em
Em

Lover, you should've come over
Chorus 3
yeah yeah yes
D
D

Gm
Gm

I feel too young to hold on
F#m
F#m

G
G

I'm much too old to break free and run
A
A

Too deaf, dumb, and blind
C
C

To see the damage I've done
Bm
Bm

A
A

G
G

F#m
F#m

Em
Em

Sweet lover, you should've come over
Chorus 4
Oh, love I've waited for you
D
D

Gm
Gm

F#m
F#m

G
G

Lover..
A
A

C
C

Bm
Bm

A
A

G
G

F#m
F#m

Em
Em

Lover, you should've come over
D
D

C
C

Em
Em

'Cause it's not too late

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