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Shades Of Cool by Lana Del Rey

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Tuning: standard

Key: Dm

Intro: 
e|----------------------------|
B|---5-----5-----5-----5------|
G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----|
D|-7--7--8--8--9--9--8--8-----|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|



Verse arpeggiated guitar:
will mark as "Arp" in the lyrics
e|----------------------------|
B|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5------|
G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------|
D|-7--7--8--8--9--8--7--------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
My baby lives in shades of blue
Blue eyes and jazz and attitude
He lives in California too
He drives a Chevy Malibu
             G                 Gm              Arp
And when he calls, he calls for me, and not for you
             G                 Gm                     Arp
He lives for love, he loves his drugs, he loves his baby too
[Pre-Chorus]
            Bb                          C
But I can’t fix him, can’t make him better
            Bb                          C
And I can’t do nothing about this strange weather
[Chorus]
    F            Cm7
But you are unfixable
Bb               C  
I..................can’t break through your world
    F            Cm7
?Cause I live in shades of cool
    Bb           C
Your heart is unbreakable
[Verse 2] - Back to chromatic arpeggio. 
e|----------------------------|
B|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5------|
G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------|
D|-7--7--8--8--9--8--7--------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
My baby lives in shades of cool
Cool heart and hands and aptitude
He lives for love, for women too
I’m one of many, one is blue
            G                   Gm
And when he calls, he calls for me, and not for you
            G                   Gm       
He prays for love, he prays for peace, and maybe someone new
[Pre-Chorus]
            Bb                          C
But I can’t help him, can’t make him better
            Bb                          C
And I can’t do nothing about this strange weather
[Chorus]
      F            Cm7
Cause you are unfixable
Bb               C  
I..................can’t break through your world
    F            Cm7
?Cause I live in shades of cool
    Bb           C
Your heart is unbreakable
[Guitar Solo]
Play verse arpeggio over this if you’re missing out solo
[Chorus]
      F            Cm7
Cause you are unfixable
Bb               C  
I..................can’t break through your world
    F            Cm7
?Cause I live in shades of cool
    Bb           C
Your heart is unbreakable
Outro: 
F/Cm7/Bb/...Dm....(pull off -6-5- on the B string whilst holding the Dm on the last chord. 
Email me if anything needs changing, think it’s pretty much bang on though.

Shades Of Cool Chords Info

Last Updated: January 11, 2026

Chords: Dm, B, G, D, A, E, Gm, Bb, C, F, Cm7, Cm7/Bb