A SONG FOR THE LOVERS
Richard Ashcroft
Orchestra
Am G F E
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Percussion Trumpet
Am G F E
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Drums enter
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[Intro]
Am G F E
Am G F E
Am G F E
I spend the
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night, yeah______ looking for my insides in a
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hotel room, waiting for you
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We're gonna make it tonight,
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yeah______ something in the air tells me the
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time is right, so we'd better get on.
[Chorus]
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and today_______, play a song for the lovers____, tonight.
F Em Dm E
Please________, play a song for the lovers_____, tonight.
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Don't wanna wait,
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Lord_______, I've been waiting all my life but I'm too
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late again I know, but I was scared.
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Can't you see,
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oh_______, I'm moving like a train into some
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foreign land, I ain't got a ticket for this ride, but I will
[Chorus]
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uuuu_____, play a song for my lover____, tonight.
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and today_____, play a song for my lover___, tonight.
[Solo]
Riff1a
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Riff1b
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Riff1c
Wah + fuzz box solo (all the time)
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Riff1a
Riff1b
Riff1a
Riff1a
Am G F E
Am G F E
I____I___I___
[Chorus]
F Em Dm E
and today_______, play a song for my lover____, tonight.
F Em Dm E
Please________, play a song for the lovers_____, tonight.
(can't stop looking
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today_______, play a song for my lover____, tonight.
back) (one more for the
F Em Dm E
Please________, play a song for my lover_____, tonight.
lovers) (one more for the lovers) (can't stop looking
back)
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Aaah___, did you ever have some...
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I'm waiting, waiting, waiting for love
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I don't know when this train's gonna stop
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I tell you, my friend, I wanna get off
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Aaah, did you ever have some...
Em
I'm waiting, waiting, waiting for love
Dm
I don't know when this train's gonna stop
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I tell you, my friend, I wanna get off
Solo orchestra 2x
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F Em Dm E
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I miss you, plea___ea__ease____ ooo_ooooh__
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I miss you, plea___ea__ease____ ooo_ooooh__
[Outro]
F Em Dm E (2x, fade out)