Pretty simple song to play from The Widowmaker. The high B and e strings can be played
open throughout the verses for a fuller sound. There is also a second guitar that plays a
melody in the second verse that's easy enough to add to the chords if you're playing it by
yourself.
Open E Tuning - EBEG#Be
EBEG#Be
Asus2 - 5003xx
E/G# - 4003xx
E5/B - 7008xx
Emaj7/B - 7007xx
C#m - 9008xx
E - 12x12xxx
Em/G - 3x03xx
A - 5x05xx
Cadd2 - 8x06xx
Chords for Melody
Asus2 - 5003x5
E/G# - 4003x4
E5/B - 70087x
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
Did you think he was sweet?
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
Did you think he could change?
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
Did you think "Oh, there's good in him
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
I can tell."
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
And whether I'm right
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
And whether you know it though
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
Would you say "it's over now,
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
so go to hell."
E Em/G A
Or would you say "There, that's love.
Cadd2 E Em/G A
It's on the table my dear.
E Em/G A
There, that's love.
Cadd2 E
It's on the table
Em/G A
My dear."
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
We had a house
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
We had a car that year
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
We had a goodness of heart
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
You can't keep away
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
And if I came home
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
And if I slept in my brother's home
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
Would you say "there's good in him
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
I can tell."
E Em/G A
Or would you say "There, that's love.
Cadd2 E Em/G A
It's on the table my dear.
E Em/G A
There, that's love.
Cadd2 E
It's on the table
Em/G A
My dear."
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
But I was too dumb to recognize
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
Yeah, it didn't look like you
Asus2 E/G# E5/B Emaj7/B
And I was too young to realize
Asus2 E/G# C#m Emaj7/B
Something was true
Asus2 E/G# C#m Emaj7/B
Asus2 E/G# C#m Emaj7/B
Lord lift me up over all gentlemen
Asus2 E/G# C#m Emaj7/B
'cause we will never know if it's right or it's wrong
Asus2 E/G# C#m Emaj7/B
Lord lift me up over all gentlemen
Asus2 E/G# C#m Emaj7/B
'cause we will never know if it's right or it's wrong
Asus2 E/G# C#m Emaj7/B
Lord lift me up outta the slum tenements
Asus2 E/G# C#m Emaj7/B
'cause we will never know if it's right or it's wrong
Asus2 E/G# C#m Emaj7/B
Lord lift me up over all gentlemen
Asus2 E/G# C#m Emaj7/B
'cause we will never know if it's right or it's wrong
E Em/G A
And then there, that's love.
Cadd2 E Em/G A
It's on the table my dear.
E Em/G A
There, that's love.
Cadd2 E
It's on the table
Em/G A
My dear.
