For MY Lover   (intro)   (sample)

    Em – G – D – C      Em – G – D – C

  Em                              G            D                  A

1.   Two weeks in a Virginia jail, for my lover, for my lover,

Em                           G              D                  A             - C

    twenty thousand dollar bail, for my lover, for my lo…ver.

                                         - A

    And everybody thinks           I'm the fool,  

D                                C

    they don't get any love from you !

Em                                      A               

    Things they won't do for love.

Em 

    I'd climb a mountain if I had to,

G                                                 - D

    risk my life so I could have y….ou,

                                   C

    you, you, you, you,    you, you, you, you, you !

  Em                                 G             D                  A

2.   Every day I'm psychoanalyzed, for my lover, for my lover.

Em                             G                  D                  A             - C

    dope me up and I tell them lies, for my lover, for my lo…ver. + CHORUS  

C                            - Em

    I follow my heart        and leave my head to ponder,

D                                    C

    deep in this love, no man can shake.

C                             - Em

    I follow my heart         and leave my mind to wonder,

D                                          C

    is this love worth the sacrifices I make?

   Em                               G           D                  A

3.     Two weeks in a Virginia jail, for my lover, for my lover,

Em                           G              D                  A             

    twenty thousand dollar bail, for my lover, for my lover.

Em                                G            D                   A

    Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed for my lover, for my lover.

Em                             G                 D                  A             - C

    dope me up and I tell them lies for my lover, for my lo…ver.

+ CHORUS    + Em – G – D - C    Em – G – D – C   (Tracy Chapman)