Shield chords by Girls Rituals

Intro: (one strum each, each chord is 1 bar)

Db Ab Eb Cm

Db Ab Eb Cdim


Verse:

               Db
When you grow to be someone's sister

              Ab
If you can overcome the barriers

                Eb          Cm
You might find yourselves to be sharing an incredible power

             Db
If you can light up each other

            Ab
That's the necessary secret

           Cm  Cdim
If you really do need it

                   Db
You can have your own hidden world together


                Ab
But let's go back to the beach

            Eb
Let's live in a dream

             Cm
You can pretend to be you

            Db
I can pretend to be me

                    Ab
But we don't need to act like we're ourselves

               Eb
We don't need to be anything

               Cdim
I've been thinking wrong forever

              Db
I don't have to be anything


Chorus:

              Ab
When my mind is overwhelmed

            Eb
When my body won't move

               Cm
You've been a shield over me

                Db
I want to be a shield over you

            Ab
When my mind shuts down

             Eb
In the most unbelievable pain

               Cdim
You've been a shield over me

                    Db
I just want the strength to do the same


Verse:

         Ab
But my body's not me

         Eb
It won't hold my shape

           Db
You can't even see my armour

But it's shimmering like water

             Ab
And it's heavy like the ocean

           C
And yeah it holds me down but

          Ab
I still have enough power

                 Db
And I can still lift it up on my shoulders


           Ab
But my body's not me

            Cm
It won't hold my shape

           Db
You can't even see my armour

But it's shimmering like water

            Ab
And it's heavy like the ocean

             Cm
And yeah it drags me down but

          Db
I still have enough power

And I can still lift it up on my shoulders


Chorus:

              Cm
When my mind is overwhelmed

            Bbm
When my body won't move

               Cm
You've been a shield over me

                Db
I want to be a shield over you but

            Ab
When my mind shuts down

            Eb
In the most incredible pain

             Cdim
You've been a shield over me

                    Db
I just need the strength to do the same


Outro:

           Cm
But my body's not me

            Bbm7
It won't hold my shape

             N.C. Db
I know that I'm something other

        Cm
My body's not me

          Bbm7           Fm
There's no fucking way this cage can last forever