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