Biography:
Robert Forster (born 29 June 1957 in Brisbane, Australia) is an Australian singer-songwriter, best known for his work with songwriting partner Grant McLennan with whom he co-founded The Go-Betweens.
Forster met McLennan during drama classes at the University of Queensland and, inspired by a mutual love of Bob Dylan and the New York music scene, they formed the Go-Betweens in 1977. In addition to his work with the Go-Betweens, Forster has released several solo albums
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Did She Overtake You
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by Robert Forster
From the Album The Evangelist.
http://www.robertforster.net/rfevangelist.html
Nice feel to this one. I'm a bit unsure about a couple of parts but hopefully it's close
for a first posting of this song. Strumming is just a rough guide of the beat.
Tabbed by --Art
No Capo
[intro]
e|-------------------------|
B|----0--------------------|
G|-------0-----------------|
D|----------0--------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-3-----------------------|
G D Bm G A Bm
G D Bm G A Bm
Did she overtake you as you stalled to wait for her friend
G D Bm G A Bm
And was there a circus that she saw had hoped for and left
G D Bm G A Bm
G D Bm G A Bm
Did she overtake you or bemuse you with how hard she’d push
G D Bm G A Bm
And then surprise you or were you not ready enough
[Interlude]
(for these 4 lines try bar chords Em 779987, Bm 799777, A 577655)
Em Bm
o-oh
Em Bm
o-oh
Em A Bm
o-oh
Em A Bm
G D Bm G A Bm
G D Bm G A Bm
And then out-angle you or did you play dumb pretending you knew
[Chorus]
G A D
That one day she’d make it without you
G A D
That one day she’d make it beside you
G A Bm
That one day she’d make it without you
[Interlude]
G D Bm G A Bm
[Chorus]
G A D
That one day she’d make it without you
G A Bm
That one day she’d make it beside you
G A Bm
That one day she’d make it without you
_________________________________
by Robert Forster
From the Album The Evangelist.
http://www.robertforster.net/rfevangelist.html
Nice feel to this one. I'm a bit unsure about a couple of parts but hopefully it's close
for a first posting of this song. Strumming is just a rough guide of the beat.
Tabbed by --Art
No Capo
[intro]
e|-------------------------|
B|----0--------------------|
G|-------0-----------------|
D|----------0--------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-3-----------------------|
G D Bm G A Bm
G D Bm G A Bm
Did she overtake you as you stalled to wait for her friend
G D Bm G A Bm
And was there a circus that she saw had hoped for and left
G D Bm G A Bm
G D Bm G A Bm
Did she overtake you or bemuse you with how hard she’d push
G D Bm G A Bm
And then surprise you or were you not ready enough
[Interlude]
(for these 4 lines try bar chords Em 779987, Bm 799777, A 577655)
Em Bm
o-oh
Em Bm
o-oh
Em A Bm
o-oh
Em A Bm
G D Bm G A Bm
G D Bm G A Bm
And then out-angle you or did you play dumb pretending you knew
[Chorus]
G A D
That one day she’d make it without you
G A D
That one day she’d make it beside you
G A Bm
That one day she’d make it without you
[Interlude]
G D Bm G A Bm
[Chorus]
G A D
That one day she’d make it without you
G A Bm
That one day she’d make it beside you
G A Bm
That one day she’d make it without you
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