Book On The Shelf chords by Jimmy Buffett

Chords with lyrics

• Submitter: Donczarski53
• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

SONG:  BOOK ON THE SHELF
ARTIST: JIMMY BUFFETT
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]


        BOOK ON THE SHELF
         JIMMY BUFFETT

INTRO:
D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD  D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
D Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD  D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD


VERSE:
     D MajorD      E minor 7Em7      G+G       D MajorD
Well, I hope you have fun splashin` in the slack tide
 D MajorD   E minor 7Em7    G+G      A augmentedA
Unchaperoned over on the flip side
  G+G      D MajorD      E minorEm     D MajorD
I write what I know about, made up or true
    D MajorD        G+G   G+G   A augmentedA  D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
These songs aren`t for me, they`re for you

VERSE:
 D MajorD      E minor 7Em7   G+G       D MajorD
Memories like meteors fly through my head
   D MajorD       E minor 7Em7     G+G      A augmentedA
The sand was pearl white, her bikini bright red
 G+G     D MajorD          E minorEm       D MajorD
Retracing song lines gives me goose pimples, still
      D MajorD      G+G  G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
Like the trail boards upon Boo Boo Hill


CHORUS:
D MajorD       D MajorD  D MajorD G+G          D MajorD  D MajorD G+G
I know these stories  were all lived before me
          D MajorD  D MajorD G+G           Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA Asus4Asus4
Still, I`ve got a couple  that I`ll keep to myself

 A augmentedA      D MajorD  D MajorD G+G           D MajorD D MajorD G+G
I`m so damn lucky  to have an all-star cast
          D MajorD  D MajorD G+G             D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
Some lovely, some crazy, whoever thought this would last?


 D MajorD  D MajorD  D MajorD G+G     D MajorD       E minorEm   G+G D MajorD
You know if I hadn`t lived it, I`d read it myself
 D MajorD      E minor 7Em7      Asus4Asus4     A augmentedA
Tellin` tall tales is still good for my health
   G+G      D MajorD       E minorEm    D MajorD
Keep movin`, and listenin`, and amusin` myself
     D MajorD        G+G  G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4
I`m not ready to put the book on the shelf

VERSE:
D MajorD      E minor 7Em7     G+G   D MajorD
We all live some days vicariously
 D MajorD    E minor 7Em7      G+G     A augmentedA
Blinded by all the light we cannot see
 G+G      D MajorD    E minorEm      D MajorD
Handed down stories, cave walls to pens
    D MajorD     G+G  G+G  A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Worth tellin` again and again


VERSE:
  D MajorD      E minor 7Em7    G+G     D MajorD
I call these modalities great power tubes
 D MajorD           G+G      A augmentedA
Placed in the hands of dreamers and fools
     G+G      D MajorD       E minorEm      D MajorD
We`re descended from court jesters, quite sure of that
      D MajorD   G+G   G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD
Could you kindly pass around the hat?


CHORUS:
  D MajorD       D MajorD  D MajorD G+G          D MajorD   D MajorD G+G
And I know these stories  were sailed way before me
         D MajorD   D MajorD G+G         Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA Asus4Asus4
Toss a note in a bottle  and hope that it helps

 A augmentedA      D MajorD  D MajorD G+G           D MajorD  D MajorD G+G
I`m so damn lucky  to have an all-star crew
          D MajorD D MajorD G+G      G+G A augmentedA   D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
Some stoic, some crazy, some just passin` through

D MajorD D MajorD   G+G     D MajorD     E minorEm  G+G  D MajorD
I guess music and lyrics are what I do best
 D MajorD        E minor 7Em7    Asus4Asus4     A augmentedA
I`m all done `splaining or passin` some test
  G+G    D MajorD      E minorEm      D MajorD
So pour me another, it`s good for my health
     D MajorD        G+G  G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD
I`m not ready to put the book on the shelf


OUTRO:
       G+G      D MajorD     G+G      D MajorD
I`ll keep scribblin` on pages, not jumpin` off stages
   D MajorD        G+G  G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD
Not ready to put the book on the shelf