FOR YOU AND I
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]
` `
[bass]
` `
VERSE: [band]
` `
I get by on the small compen-sation__
` `
You don t like it in the same situ-ation__
` ` `
Mean old fever just fills you up poison in your cup but yer
* ` ` ` `
Keep on rollin the dice for a change of luck__
CHORUS:
` ` `
If this__ old__ world__ starts__ draggin you down__
` ` `
__ Got you low__ to the ground__
` ` `
Look up__ to the sky__ it s hangin for yer
` ` `
It s tough for__ you and I__
`
It s tough for__ you and I__
RE-INTRO:
` `
__ For__ you and I__
` `
VERSE:
[breakdown] [tutti]
` `
Travelled out over cold river ranges__ we
` `
Took our chances on a dumpload o strangers__ well
` ` `
Blind am-bition just filled my nuts a poison in my clutch you
* ` ` ` `
Keep on rollin the dice for a change of luck__
CHORUS:
` ` `
If this__ old__ world__ starts__ draggin you down__
` ` `
__ Got you low__ to the ground__
` ` `
Look up__ to the sky__ it s hangin for yer
` ` `
It s tough for__ you and I__
`
It s tough for__ you and I__
OUTRO:
` `
__ For__ you and I__ for__ you and I__
` `
__ For__ you and I__ for__ you and I__
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CHORDS:
E|310230002|
B|311301013|
G|020202032|
D|032002220|
A|3302023|
E|31(3)02|
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
> > > > >
* *
1 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 3 4 +
E|3333|01000|
B|3333|01110| d = down strum
G|00000|022000| u = up strum
D|00002|023220| > = accent
A|020|0330| * = openstrings passing chord
E|333|3|
D|-------------02| this simple index finger run
A|02| is incorporated in the strum
SOLO: (four times)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + + 2 + 3 4
E|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|44444202=|==00==| === = sustained note
D|-----------------|20|
A|-----------------|3======|
E|-----------------|-----------------|