FOR YOU AND I
Written by Bernard Fanning
From the Watch Over Me single
2 beats per chord (cut time) Refer to TAB below for detail
` = 2 beats of the recurring intro figure
INTRO:
[guitar]
G ` F C G ` F C
[bass]
G ` F C G ` F C
VERSE: [band]
G ` F C G ` F C
I get by on the small compen-sation__
G ` F C G ` F C
You don't like it in the same situ-ation__
D ` G ` C G/B Am `
Mean old fever just fills you up poison in your cup but yer
Em* ` F ` C ` C7 `
Keep on rollin' the dice for a change of luck__
CHORUS:
D ` Em D/F# G ` C `
If this__ old__ world__ starts__ draggin' you down__
D ` Em D/F# G ` C `
__ Got you low__ to the ground__
D ` Em D/F# G ` C `
Look up__ to the sky__ it's hangin' for yer
D ` Em D C ` C7 `
It's tough for__ you and I__
D ` Em D
It's tough for__ you and I__
RE-INTRO:
G ` F C G ` F C
__ For__ you and I__
G ` F C G ` F C
VERSE:
[breakdown] [tutti]
G ` F C G ` F C
Travelled out over cold river ranges__ we
G ` F C G ` F C
Took our chances on a dumpload o' strangers__ well
D ` G ` C G/B Am `
Blind am-bition just filled my nuts a poison in my clutch you
Em* ` F ` C ` C7 `
Keep on rollin' the dice for a change of luck__
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/bernard-fanning/92995.html ]
CHORUS:
D ` Em D/F# G ` C `
If this__ old__ world__ starts__ draggin' you down__
D ` Em D/F# G ` C `
__ Got you low__ to the ground__
D ` Em D/F# G ` C `
Look up__ to the sky__ it's hangin' for yer
D ` Em D C ` C7 `
It's tough for__ you and I__
D ` Em D
It's tough for__ you and I__
OUTRO:
G ` F C G ` F C
__ For__ you and I__ for__ you and I__
G ` F C G ` F C G
__ For__ you and I__ for__ you and I__
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CHORDS:
G F C D G/B Am Em C7 D/F#
E|--3---1---0---2---3---0---0---0----2--|
B|--3---1---1---3---0---1---0---1----3--|
G|--0---2---0---2---0---2---0---3----2--|
D|--0---3---2---0---0---2---2---2----0--|
A|------3---3---0---2---0---2---3-------|
E|--3---1--(3)--------------0--------2--|
6th-string of C-chord is played only in the F-C progression
Em* Piano plays D-chord on Beat-1 forming Em11
Much of the melody is sung on the up-beats (2 and 4) hence the copious use
of the underscore symbol to indicate where lyrics overlap the changes.
RHYTHM:
eighth note strum
bass strings on 1 and 3
treble strings on 2 and 4
INTRO:
d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u
> > > > >
G * F C *
1 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 3 4 +
E|-----3-3-----3-3-|-0---1---0---0-0-|
B|-----3-3-----3-3-|-0---1---1---1-0-| d = down strum
G|-----0-0---0-0-0-|-0-2-2---0---0-0-| u = up strum
D|-----0---0-0-0-2-|-0-2-3---2---2-0-| > = accent
A|---------0-2-0---|-0-3-----3-----0-| * = open-strings passing chord
E|-3-------3---3---|---------3-------|
D|-------------0-2-| this simple index finger run
A|---------0-2-----| is incorporated in the strum
SOLO: (four times)
G F C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + + 2 + 3 4
E|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-2-0-2=|==-0---------0==-| === = sustained note
D|-----------------|-----2-0---------|
A|-----------------|---------3======-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
