Shameika chords by Fiona Apple

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse Riff(played over Am6Am6):
1-----2-----3-----4-----|
|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|----2|-----|
|----2|4p2--|5p2--|5p2--|
|--3--|----3|-----|----3|
|5----|-----|-----|-----|

Verse 1:
Am6Am6           Am6Am6
I used to walk down the streets

On my way to school
Am6Am6          Am6Am6       Am6Am6
Grinding my teeth to a rhythm invisible
               Am6Am6                 Am6Am6
I used my feet to crush dead leaves like they had fallen from trees
            Am6Am6
Just for me, just to be crash cymbals

Pre-Chorus:
AbAb
In class, I'd pass the time
Ab7Ab7
Drawing a slash for every time
  AbaugAbaug             DdimDdim
The second hand went by a group of five

Done twelve times was a minute


Chorus:
  Eb MajorEb              Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
But Shameika said I had potential
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential
                Am6Am6
Shameika said I had potential


Verse 2:
Am6Am6           Am6Am6
I used to march down the windy, windy sidewalks
 Am6Am6
Slapping my leg with a riding crop
Am6Am6                 Am6Am6
Thinking it made me come off so tough
              Am6Am6
I didn't smile, because a smile always seemed rehearsed
 Am6Am6                A augmentedA
I wasn't afraid of the bullies, and that just made the bullies worse

Pre-Chorus:
AbAb
In class, I'd pass the time
Ab7Ab7
Drawing a slash for every time
  AbaugAbaug             DdimDdim
The second hand went by a group of five

Done twelve times was a minute


Chorus:
  Eb MajorEb              Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
But Shameika said I had potential
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential
               Am6Am6
Shameika said I had potential


Bridge:
Am6Am6             Am6Am6
Hurricane Gloria in excelsis deo
             Am6Am6
That's my bird in my tree
                 Am6Am6
My dog and my man and my music is my holy trinity
Am6Am6             Am6Am6
Hurricane Gloria in excelsis deo
             Am6Am6
That's my bird in my tree
                 Am6Am6
My dog and my man and my music is my holy trinity


Verse 3:
Am6Am6                   Am6Am6         Am6Am6
Tony told me he'd describe me as pissed off, funny, and warm
             Am6Am6
Sebastian said I'm a good man in a storm
                Am6Am6
Back then I didn't know what potential meant
    Am6Am6            Am6Am6
And Shameika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend but
AbAb         Abmaj7Abmaj7      Ab7Ab7      Ab6Ab6
She got through to me and I'll never see her again
AbAb         Abmaj7Abmaj7      Ab7Ab7      Ab6Ab6 Eb MajorEb
She got through to me and I'll never see her again

I'm pissed off, funny, and warm
             Eb MajorEb
I'm a good man in a storm
                       Eb MajorEb
And when the fall is torrential, I'll recall

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There is a chromatic descend of the AbAb
note on the 4th string of the AbAb chord.
That creates the extensions on the AbAb chord.
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Chorus:
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential
               Eb MajorEb Am6Am6
Shameika said I had potential


Verse 3:
Am6Am6                  Am6Am6          Am6Am6
Tony told me he'd describe me as pissed off, funny, and warm
              Am6Am6
Sebastian said I'm a good man in a storm
                Am6Am6
Back then I didn't know what potential meant
    Am6Am6             Am6Am6
But Shameika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend
AbAb         Abmaj7Abmaj7      Ab7Ab7      Ab6Ab6
She got through to me and I'll never see her again
AbAb         Abmaj7Abmaj7      Ab7Ab7      Ab6Ab6 Eb MajorEb
She got through to me and I'll never see her again

I'm pissed off, funny, and warm
             Eb MajorEb
I'm a good man in a storm
                Eb MajorEb      Eb MajorEb
And when the fall is torrential, I'll recall


Chorus:
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential
               Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Shameika said I had potential


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