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I Was The One She Came For by Jonathan Richman


                      I Was The One She Came For


Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo

The intro and instrumentals are just rough simplified approximations.
Jonathan Richman plays them differently every time and adds lots of subtle 
embellishments.
 
For all the other chord changes I tried to get them as close to the studio 
recording as I could.
In places where the chord changes don't line up with any word that was done 
intentionally.
 
This is a very unique song and beautiful song.
The chord changes differ between verses.
The last two lines in each verse act like a refrain.
The climax is when the chords abruptly stop in the middle of the third verse.
 
 
[Intro]
F# G F# G F# G
C B C B C
D C# D B C
G G9 G F# G
 
[Verse 1]
G               D
 She could have had them all
C             D        Em
 Wasn't I too tame for her?
      G
That meteor
    C                 D
But I was the one she came for
C         Bm
I was all smoke and haze
C        D          Em
And then aflame for her
C
That hurricane
                   Bm
Hurricane when she came for me
C                    G
 Hurricane when she came
 
[Instrumental]
F# G F# G F# G
C B C B C
D C# D B C
G G9 G F# G
 
[Verse 2]
G
She had heart
D
She had soul
C                            D
And things they don't have a name for
C        D
I had to ask myself
C       D        Em
Was I a game for her
               D
I thought that I was through
Em               C
She thought that wasn't true
Em         C
Oh she had things to do
                  D
I was the one she came for
C                  G
Hurricane when she came
 
[Instrumental]
F# G F# G F# G
C B C B C
D C# D B C
G G9 G F# G
 
[Verse 3]
G          C
She saw me on the fly
G           C            G
She knew me with one eye
N.C.
I walked her around the block and
C                D        Em
Nothin' been the same for me
              C
I thought I'd seen a lot
Em              C         G
She proved that I had not
N.C.
And I needed what she brought
             C                  D
And it was a hurricane when she came for me
  C                  D
A hurricane when she came
 
[Bridge]
G        D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
G        D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
G        D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
 
 
[Refrain]
G                 D
I was the one she came for
C                  G
Hurricane when she came
 
 
[Outro]
G
Hurricane when she
C
Hurricane when she
D                  C        G
Hurricane when she came for me
G
I was the one she
C
I was the one she
D                 C        G
I was the one she came for
 
[Instrumental]
F# G F# G F# G
C B C B C
D C# D B C
G G9 G F# G




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