I Know It's Over

 Intro:

      G                       
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil 
                Em
falling over my head
          G                        
And as I climb into an empty bed - 
         Em
oh well, enough said
             C             D      
I know it's over, still I cling, I
   C                         D
 don't know where else I can go
C                          D
Over and over.....


 Verse 1:

      G                       
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil 
                 Em      C  D
falling over my head
         G                       
See the sea wants to take me, the 
                         Em
knife wants to slit me

Do you think you can help me
C     D     G                   
Sad veiled bride please be happy
                                Em
 - handsome groom give her room
C     D        G
Loud loutish lover treat her kindly 
though she needs you
 Em                     C  D     
More than she loves you   - and I
           C               D
 know it's over - still I cling
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   C                           D  
I don't know where else I can go -
           C       D
 over and over.....


 Hook:

             G                 C  
I know it's over and it never 
        D                  C   D  
really began but in my heart it 
 Em
was so real
                      D      C  D
And she even spoke to me and said


 Verse 2:

 G                               
"If you're so funny, then why are 
              Em           C  D
you on your own tonight?"
 G                               
"And if you're so clever then why 
                 Em            C  D
are you on your own tonight?"
 G                                 
"And if you're so very entertaining
                           Em
 then why are you on your own 
         C  D
tonight?"
 G                                 
"And if you're so very good 
                          Em
looking, then why do you sleep alone
 tonight?"
C  D           G
I know - 'cos tonight is just like 
any other night - that's why you're 
on
      Em
your own tonight


 Verse 3:

           G                       
With your triumphs and your charms 
         Em                        
- while they're in each other's 
   C
arms
D                C               
It's so easy to laugh it's so 
      D               C
easy to hate, it takes strength to 
be gentle
      D             C          D
and kind - over and over....
                 G                 
It's so easy to laugh it's so easy 
    C              D
to hate, it takes guts to be gentle 
and
Em              C        D
kind - over and over....


 Outro:

        G            C  D        
Love is natural and real - but 
      Bm               C          
not for you my love not tonight my 
D
love
        G            C  D       
Love is natural and real - but 
C       D       Em     C     D
not for such as you and I my love
    G          C     D      Bm   
Oh mother... etc.
C    D

    G          C     D      Em   D  
  C    D etc.