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__
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 | | |