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Lovers Are Mortal - Be Bop Deluxe
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Tabbed by: axe victim
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and I’ll get back to you.
A very popular track now available on the 'Air Age Anthology' CD. It
is played with a triplet feel - 1,2,3, 1,2,3, 1,2,3, 1,2,3, etc - but
play it how you want, my tab is just a guide.
Tuning: EADGbe
| D/C# chord/bass note ( slash chord )
| x mute note
Intro: ( strum freely... )
___Em______________D________________Cadd9__________________________
e|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-0---------------3--------------|-3---------------3--------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
D|-2---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-2------------------------------|-3---------------3--------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Repeat until...
Verse: " In the... "
___Em______________D________________Cadd9__________________________
" back of your car where the light from the stars caught our... "
e|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-0---------------3--------------|-3---------------3--------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
D|-2---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-2------------------------------|-3---------------3--------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___Em______________D________________Cadd9__________________________
" eyes in a moment of blue it was... "
e|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-0---------------3--------------|-3---------------3--------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
D|-2---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-2------------------------------|-3---------------3--------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___Em______________D________________Cadd9__________________________
" then that I knew all my feelings were true and what... "
e|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-0---------------3--------------|-3---------------3--------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
D|-2---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-2------------------------------|-3---------------3--------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___D________________Dsus4__D__Dsus4_
" lovers like us have to... "
e|-2-------------------3---2---3--|
B|-3-------------------3---3---3--|
G|-2-------------------2---2---2--|
D|-0-------------------0---0---0--|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
___Am______________Aadd9____________Am______________Aadd9__________
" do... "
e|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-1---------------0--------------|-1---------------0--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
D|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Repeat verse section until - "...in this pleasure so..."
___Am______________Aadd9____________A______________________________
" dark... "
e|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-1---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
D|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chorus:
___D_______________D/C#_____________Bm______________D/A____________
" Lovers are mortal their hearts are the size of night... "
e|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
B|-3---------------3--------------|-3---------------3--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-4---------------2--------------|
D|-0---------------x--------------|-4---------------4--------------|
A|-----------------4--------------|-2---------------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___A_______________________________________________________________
" clouds... "
e|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
D|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0----2----4----|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___D_______________D/C#_____________Bm______________D/A____________
" Lovers are mortal their actions are jealous and... "
e|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
B|-3---------------3--------------|-3---------------3--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-4---------------2--------------|
D|-0---------------x--------------|-4---------------4--------------|
A|-----------------4--------------|-2---------------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___A_______________________________________________________________
" proud... "
e|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
D|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___Bm______________G________________Bm______________G______________
" Lovers are losers and who knows the bruises they... "
e|-2---------------3--------------|-2---------------3--------------|
B|-3---------------3--------------|-3---------------3--------------|
G|-4---------------0--------------|-4---------------0--------------|
D|-4---------------0--------------|-4---------------0--------------|
A|-2---------------2--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
E|-----------------3--------------|-----------------3--------------|
___D________________________________E______________________________
" bear... "
e|-2---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-3---------------3--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
G|-2---------------2--------------|-1---------------1--------------|
D|-0---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|--------------------------------|-2---------------2--------------|
E|--------------------------------|-0---------------0----------2---|
___G________________________________A______________________________
"for lovers are mortal, as frail as the breath that they... "
e|-3---------------3--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-3---------------3--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
G|-0---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
D|-0---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-2---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
E|-3---------------3--------------|--------------------------------|
___G_______________________Cadd9____D______________________________
" share... "
e|-3---------------3-------3------|-2------------------------------|
B|-3---------------3-------3------|-3------------------------------|
G|-0---------------0-------0------|-2------------------------------|
D|-0---------------0-------2------|-0------------------------------|
A|-2---------------2-------3------|--------------------------------|
E|-3---------------3--------------|--------------------------------|
Repeat verse and chorus parts.
Ending...
___Em______________D________________Cadd9__________________________
e|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
B|-0---------------3--------------|-3---------------3--------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0---------------0--------------|
D|-2---------------0--------------|-2---------------2--------------|
A|-2------------------------------|-3---------------3--------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Repeat until...
___Em______________Em/D_____________Cadd9__________________________
( fade out... )
e|-0---------------2--------------|-0------------------------------|
B|-0---------------3--------------|-3------------------------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0------------------------------|
D|-2---------------0--------------|-2------------------------------|
A|-2------------------------------|-3------------------------------|
E|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Lyrics:
In the back of your car
Where the light from the stars
Caught our eyes in a moment of blue
It was then that I knew
All my feelings were true
And what lovers like us have to do
I looked at the time
And the time ran so fast
Like an arrow that flies to the heart
And I thought that a lifetime
Would not be enough time
To delight in this pleasure so dark
Lovers are mortal
Their hearts are the size of night clouds
Lovers are mortal
Their actions are jealous and proud
Lovers are losers
And who knows the bruises they bear
For lovers are mortal
As frail as the breath that they share
In the shadows of doorways
Where lovers are always
The victims of torches and chance
I would hold you so near
'til the scent of your hair
Sent me reeling my mind in a trance
Oh I still can recall
The soft music of rain falling
Silver and cool in the night
And it washed through our love
Like a river in flood
Like an ocean of tears shining bright
And I like to believe
That the memories we weave
Are the bittersweet echoes of dreams
In the evening their call strays
From yesterdays hallways
Like the faraway chimes on the breeze
Lovers are mortal
Their hearts are the size of night clouds
Lovers are mortal
Their actions are jealous and proud
Lovers are losers
And who knows the bruises they bear
For lovers are mortal
As frail as the breath that they share
Words and music by Bill Nelson.
