Shoe Box chords by Barenaked Ladies

Chords with lyrics

Found this floating around on the newsgroups a few weeks ago, so I'll submit
on this fellow's behalf in case it didn't get through.

SHOE BOX
By Barenaked Ladies
>From "Born On A augmentedA Pirate Ship" (US: Reprise 2/4-46128 - buy it, it's good!)

Just got the Shoe Box EP and I'm pleased to pass on the important rhythmic
bits of BNL's new single as I hear them. I would normally do this in full tab
but there's no tricky solo or anything, and I think just a listen or three to
the song and the chords will probably get most fans through okay. All the
chords sound right to my ears, but if you've got better suggestions, fire
away.


** VERSE 1
D MajorD      E MajorE          G+G
A augmentedA key ..

       G minorGm     A augmentedA      D MajorD
A augmentedA note ..

         E MajorE                 G+G
Note ..

          G minorGm       A augmentedA     D MajorD
If ..

       E MajorE                G+G
And .."

       G minorGm         A augmentedA
I ..


** PRE-CHORUS
D MajorD       A augmentedA
Shoe ..
      B minorBm  A augmentedA  G+G
Shoe ..

** VERSE 2
D MajorD       E MajorE          G+G
It's ..

        G minorGm         A augmentedA     D MajorD
It's ..

           E MajorE            G+G
>From ..

        G minorGm     A augmentedA      D MajorD
To my ..

       E MajorE                G+G
He's ..

          G minorGm       A augmentedA
When ..

**CHORUS
D MajorD       A augmentedA
Shoe ..)

      B minorBm  A augmentedA  G+G
Shoe ..

D MajorD       A augmentedA
Shoe ..

      B minorBm  A augmentedA  G+G
Shoe ..

**BRIDGE
G+G     A augmentedA       G+G     A augmentedA          G+G
  Did ..
    A augmentedA        B minorBm    G+G    D MajorD     A augmentedA
Or ..

("one-note solo" over chorus-like D-A-Bm-G progression x2)

** VERSE 3
D MajorD         E MajorE              G+G
Was it ..

         G minorGm         A augmentedA     D MajorD
That's ..

        E MajorE          G+G
I can ..

          G minorGm      A augmentedA       D MajorD
I can ..

       E MajorE           G+G
And what ..

          G minorGm       A augmentedA
'Cause ..

** CHORUS
D MajorD       A augmentedA
Shoe ..

      B minorBm  A augmentedA  G+G
Shoe ..

D MajorD       A augmentedA
Shoe ..

      B minorBm  A augmentedA  G+G
Shoe ..

** BRIDGE
G+G      A augmentedA         G+G              A augmentedA
  You're ..

G+G       A augmentedA           B minorBm    G+G    D MajorD A augmentedA
  Leave ..


(vamp D-A-Bm-G progression with "Lie-ee-yie" all the way home and end on a
Dsus4Dsus4)

There are two versions of "Shoe Box" being shipped to radio stations, so the
version you hear first may start with the chorus riffs twice (the single
remix) or it may begin just with Steven Page's vocals (that's the album
version).

I haven't figured out whether the song should be played with open or barre
chords, so right now I'm using a mix of both, depending on the part of the
song, until I see what feels comfy. The bulk of the song is played in
straight 4/4 downstrokes, though during the third verse and part of the
outro, they're off-beat upstrokes, which sounds kinda cool. My chord choices:

D: 000232 or X5777X
E: 022100
G: 355433 or 320003
Gm: 355333
A: X02220 or 577655
Bm: X24432
Dsus4: 000233
Asus4: X0223X
(The guys do sound like they're sneakin' in a fast Dsus4Dsus4 and an Asus4Asus4 during
the chorus, so those of you who wanna put 'em in there for the full effect,
go to town...)

Let me know what you think and feel free to send corrections...

Dan Amrich (not the King of Bedside Manor)
[email protected]