Book On The Shelf chords by Jimmy Buffett

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

SONG:  BOOK ON THE SHELF
ARTIST: JIMMY BUFFETT
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


        BOOK ON THE SHELF
         JIMMY BUFFETT

INTRO:
D Dsus4 D  D Dsus4 D
D Dsus4 D  D Dsus4 D


VERSE:
     D      Em7      G       D
Well, I hope you have fun splashin` in the slack tide
 D   Em7    G      A
Unchaperoned over on the flip side
  G      D      Em     D
I write what I know about, made up or true
    D        G   G   A  D Dsus4 D
These songs aren`t for me, they`re for you

VERSE:
 D      Em7   G       D
Memories like meteors fly through my head
   D       Em7     G      A
The sand was pearl white, her bikini bright red
 G     D          Em       D
Retracing song lines gives me goose pimples, still
      D      G  G  A  D Dsus4
Like the trail boards upon Boo Boo Hill


CHORUS:
D       D  D G          D  D G
I know these stories  were all lived before me
          D  D G           Asus4 A Asus4
Still, I`ve got a couple  that I`ll keep to myself

 A      D  D G           D D G
I`m so damn lucky  to have an all-star cast
          D  D G             D  Dsus4 D
Some lovely, some crazy, whoever thought this would last?


 D  D  D G     D       Em   G D
You know if I hadn`t lived it, I`d read it myself
 D      Em7      Asus4     A
Tellin` tall tales is still good for my health
   G      D       Em    D
Keep movin`, and listenin`, and amusin` myself
     D        G  G  A  D  Dsus4 D Dsus4
I`m not ready to put the book on the shelf


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


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


CHORUS:
  D       D  D G          D   D G
And I know these stories  were sailed way before me
         D   D G         Asus4 A Asus4
Toss a note in a bottle  and hope that it helps

 A      D  D G           D  D G
I`m so damn lucky  to have an all-star crew
          D D G      G A   D  Dsus4 D
Some stoic, some crazy, some just passin` through

D D   G     D     Em  G  D
I guess music and lyrics are what I do best
 D        Em7    Asus4     A
I`m all done `splaining or passin` some test
  G    D      Em      D
So pour me another, it`s good for my health
     D        G  G  A  D
I`m not ready to put the book on the shelf


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