Shoe Box Chords

SHOE BOX
By Barenaked Ladies
From "Born On A Pirate Ship"
 
 
[VERSE 1]
D            E                   G
A key in the door, a step on the floor
 
              Gm          A           D
A note on the table and a meal in the micro
 
                  E                                 G
Note says "I'm in bed, please make sure that you're fed
 
                   Gm              A         D
If you're taking a shower, you can borrow my bathrobe
 
             E                                G
And when I'm asleep, I dream you move in next week"
 
              Gm                 A
I crumple the note and save it to put inside my
 
 
[PRE-CHORUS]
D              A
Shoe box (shoe box)
 
            Bm    A   G
Shoe box of lies
 
[VERSE 2]
D             E                    G
It's under my bed, it's never been read
 
                Gm                  A         D
It's in with my school stuff and my mom never cleans there
 
                     E                        G
>From my first little fib, when I still wore a bib
 
                Gm         A           D
To my latest attempt at pretending I'm someone
 
              E                               G
He's not seventeen, and doesn't know what you mean
 
                   Gm              A
When talk turns to single malts or stilton or my
 
[CHORUS]
D              A
Shoe box (shoe box)
 
            Bm    A   G
Shoe box of lies
 
D              A
Shoe box (shoe box)
 
            Bm    A   G
Shoe box of lies
 
[BRIDGE]
G          A             G          A                    G
   Did somebody tell you    this is how it's supposed to be?
 
       A                Bm        G        D         A
Or are you just finding you don't want any more from me?
 
 
("one-note solo" over chorus-like D-A-Bm-G progression x2)
 
[VERSE 3]
D                  E                            G
Was it something I said or was it something you read
 
                 Gm                  A          D
That's making me think that I should never have come here
 
                E                    G
I can offer you lies, I can tell you goodbye
 
                   Gm           A              D
I can tell you I'm sorry, but I can't tell the truth, dear
 
              E                     G
And what if I could-would it do any good?
 
                    Gm             A
'Cause you'll never get to see the contents of my
 
[CHORUS]
D              A
Shoe box (shoe box)
 
            Bm    A   G
Shoe box of lies
 
D              A
Shoe box (shoe box)
 
            Bm    A   G
Shoe box of lies
 
[BRIDGE]
G            A                 G                           A
   You're so nineteen-ninety,     and it's nineteen-ninety-four
 
G             A                      Bm        G       D  A
   Leave this world behind me 'cause you don't want me anymore
 
[OUTRO]
D A Bm G Dsus4
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