Bernard Fanning - For You And I Chords & Tabs

 

For You And I Chords & Tabs

Bernard Fanning Chords & Tabs

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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__
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bernard_fanning/for_you_and_i_tab.html ]
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|-----------------|-----------------|