New Lover

"new lover" by josh ritter tabbed by tom ( tkforeverer@yahoo . com ) props to abe who helped me out a bit E/C# x02100 A 002220 B7 021202 E - > E/C# - > A - > B7 strumming pattern is something like . . . D D dudu go nuts . last chord rolls into the start of the next line a bit . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Intro progression x 4 ( 4th time he skips the E/C# and plays the E twice into the A ) E E/C# A B7 E E/C# A B7 E E/C# A B7 E E A B7 - - E E/C# A B7 can’t pretend that all is well it’s like i’m haunted by a ghost E E/C# A B7 there are times i cannot speak your name but i catch it in my throat E E/C# A B7 and if i don’t sing this song it’s out of fear of sour notes ( not sure if that’s ’of’ or ’or’ ) progression x 1 ( E E/C# A B7 ) E E/C# A B7 oh i feel like a miser oh i feel low and mean E E/C# A B7 for accusing you of stealing what i offered you for free E E/C# A B7 oh it beggars the belief sometimes what thieves we lovers be progression x 1 ( E E/C# A B7 ) E E/C# A B7 oh i don’t know who you’re with these days might be with someone new E E/C# A B7 and if you are i hope he treats you like a lover ought to do E E/C# A B7 but whoever makes you happy it don’t really matter who E E/C# A B7 i’ve got a new lover now i hope you’ve got a lover too progression x 4 ( E E/C# A B7 ) E E/C# A B7 praise the water under bridges praise the time we say we’ll heal E E/C# A B7 praise the fonder that still grows on the absent heart and fields E E/C# A B7 praise be to this pain these days it’s all i seem to feel ( not sure on lyric? all the same i fear? all the same i feel? ) progression x 1 ( E E/C# A B7 ) E E/C# A B7 perhaps the fault was mine perhaps i just ignored E E/C# A B7 who you were always gonna be instead of who i took you for E E/C# A B7 i’ve been treated worse it’s true still i expected more progression x 1 ( E E/C# A B7 ) E E/C# A B7 but i will not chase your shadow as you go from room to room E E/C# A B7 dropping handkerchiefs and daggers smoking guns and other clues E E/C# A B7 for what someone did with someone and who did what to who E E/C# A B7 i’ve got a new lover now i hope you’ve got a lover too . progression x 4 E E/C# A B7 i got a new lover now she knows just what i need E E/C# A B7 when i wake up in the night she can read me back my dreams E E/C# A B7 and she loves them cause she never needs to tell me what they mean progression x 1 ( E E/C# A B7 ) E E/C# A B7 i got a new lover now i know that she’s not mine E E/C# A B7 and i only want to hold her i don’t need to read her mind E E/C# A B7 and she only looks like you when she’s in a certain light progression x 1 ( E E/C# A B7 ) E E/C# A B7 i hope you’ve got a lover now hope you’ve got somebody who E E/C# A B7 can give you what you need like i couldn’t seem to do E E/C# A B7 but if you’re sad and you are lonesome and you’ve got nobody true E E/C# A B7 i’d be lying if i said that didn’t make me happy too . progression x 1 ( E E/C# A B7 ) E E/C# A B7 i’d be lying if i said that didn’t make me happy too . progression x 4 ring out E