For You And I

FOR YOU AND I

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   
I get by on the small 
         C     G  `  F  C
compen-sation__
G         `              F  
You don't like it in the same 
       C    G  `  F  C
situ-ation__
D        `          G         ` 
Mean old fever just fills you up 
 C      G/B     Am  `
poison in your cup   but yer
Em*     `           F        
Keep on rollin' the dice for a 
  `             C  `  C7  `
change of luck__

CHORUS:
D  `      Em    D/F#    G 
   If this__ old__ world__   
 `       C           `
starts__ draggin' you down__
D      `      Em    D/F#      G  
__ Got you low__ to the ground__
`  C  `

D  `      Em    D/F#   G  `      
   Look up__ to the sky__   it's 
C       `
hangin' for yer
D      `        Em     D    C  `  
  It's tough for__ you and I__
C7  `

D      `        Em     D
  It's tough for__ you and I__

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RE-INTRO:
G  `    F      C    G  `  F  C
__   For__ you and I__
G  `  F  C  G  `  F  C

VERSE:
[breakdown]                         
[tutti]
G         `        F        
Travelled out over cold river 
  C     G  `  F  C
ranges__         we
G        `            F           
Took our chances on a dumpload o' 
C        G  `  F  C
strangers__         well
D        `           G         `   
Blind am-bition just filled my nuts
   C      G/B   Am    `
 a poison in my clutch  you
Em*     `           F        
Keep on rollin' the dice for a 
  `             C  `  C7  `
change of luck__

CHORUS:
D  `      Em    D/F#    G 
   If this__ old__ world__   
 `       C           `
starts__ draggin' you down__
D      `      Em    D/F#      G  
__ Got you low__ to the ground__
`  C  `

D  `      Em    D/F#   G  `      
   Look up__ to the sky__   it's 
C       `
hangin' for yer
D      `        Em     D    C  `  
  It's tough for__ you and I__
C7  `

D      `        Em     D
  It's tough for__ you and I__

OUTRO:
G  `    F      C    G  `    F    
__   For__ you and I__   for__ you 
  C
and I__
G  `    F      C    G  `    F    
__   For__ you and I__   for__ 
  C    G
you and I__

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CHORDS:
    G   F   C   D  G/B  Am  Em   
E|--3---1---0---2---3---0---0---0-
B|--3---1---1---3---0---1---0---1-
G|--0---2---0---2---0---2---0---3-
D|--0---3---2---0---0---2---2---2-
A|------3---3---0---2---0---2---3-
E|--3---1--(3)--------------0-----
  C7 D/F#  
E|---2--| 
B|---3--| 
G|---2--| 
D|---0--| 
A|------| 
E|---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---
B|-----3-3-----3-3-|-0---1---1---
G|-----0-0---0-0-0-|-0-2-2---0---
D|-----0---0-0-0-2-|-0-2-3---2---
A|---------0-2-0---|-0-3-----3---
E|-3-------3---3---|---------3---

E|0-0-|                            
B|1-0-|   d = down strum           
G|0-0-|   u = up strum             
D|2-0-|   > = accent               
A|--0-|   * = open-strings passing 
E|----|                            


D|-------------0-2-| thi
A|---------0-2-----| is 

D|s simple 
A|incorpora

D|index finger run 
A|ted 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-----
D|-----------------|-----2-0-
A|-----------------|---------
E|-----------------|---------

E|----
B|----
G|----
D|----
A|3===
E|----

E|----|                       
B|----|                       
G|0==-|  === = sustained note 
D|----|                       
A|===-|                       
E|----|