For Loving Me Chords by Gordon Lightfoot
From: Barrie McCombs
Subject: l/gordon_lightfoot/for_loving_me.num
FOR LOVING ME Time: 2/2 Tenor: A Bass: G
INTRO: 1, 57, 1
57 * 1 *
.. That's what you get for lovin' me___
* * 2m 57
.. That's what you get for lovin' me____
1 * 6m * 2 *
.. Well ev'ry-thing you had is gone___, as you can see____
57 * 1 57 1
.. That's what you get for lovin' me
57 * 1 *
.. I ain't the kind to hang a-round___
* * 2m 57
.. With any new love that I found____
1 * 6m * 2 *
.. 'Cause movin' is my stock in trade___, I'm moving on___
57 * 1 57 1
.. I won't think of you when I'm gone
57 * 1 *
.. So don't you shed a tear for me___
* * 2m 57
.. I ain't the love you thought I'd be_____
1 * 6m * 2 *
.. I got a hundred more like you___, so don't be blue___
57 * 1 57 1
.. I'll have a thousand 'fore I'm through
57 * 1 *
.. Now, there you go you're cryin' a-gain___
* * 2m 57
.. Now, there you go you're cryin' a-gain___
1 * 6m * 2 *
.. But then some day, when your poor heart___, is on the mend___
57 * 1 57 1
.. Well, I just might pass this way a-gain
ENDING: REPEAT VERSE ONE
NOTES:
SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure
CHORDS (Number System):
- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Key of C
e |---|---|-x-|---|---|
B |-x-|---|---|---|---|
G |---|---|---|---|---|
D |---|-x-|---|---|---|
A |---|---|-x-|---|---|
E |---|---|---|---|---|
C: C
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B |-x-|---|---|---|---|
G |---|---|---|---|---|
D |---|-x-|---|---|---|
A |---|---|-x-|---|---|
E |---|---|---|---|---|
C D
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B |---|---|-x-|---|---|
G |---|-x-|---|---|---|
D |---|---|---|---|---|
A |---|---|---|---|---|
E |---|---|---|---|---|
D E
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B |---|---|---|---|---|
G |-x-|---|---|---|---|
D |---|-x-|---|---|---|
A |---|-x-|---|---|---|
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E F
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G |---|-x-|---|---|---|
D |---|---|-x-|---|---|
A |---|---|-x-|---|---|
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F G
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A |---|-x-|---|---|---|
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G A
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A B
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B |---|---|---|-x-|---|
G |---|---|---|-x-|---|
D |---|---|---|-x-|---|
A |---|-x-|---|---|---|
E |---|-x-|---|---|---|
B
- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt
- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)
