Shadow chords by Macklemore

Chorus: IRO:

       Am                   G        C
Got me straight up drinkin' from the barrel

           C/E   F     C/E F
I've been losin' hours

        Am             G         C
Singin' sad songs underneath the gallows

        C/E      F       C/E F
Runnin' from my shadow

Runnin' from my shadow

Verse 1: Macklemore:

          Am
I need relief, I need some peace

G            C
But the voices, they keep talking to me

           F
And I keep going to meetings, I pray every evening

But I can't escape my disease

           Am
Lookin' at me, stare in the mirror

G           C
Look at the man starin' back at you

             F
You are your failures, you are your triumphs

You are a prophet, you are an asshole

          Am                      G
You are a devil and you are a god

         C
You buy a shovel and bury it all

              F
Think you can purchase your way right out of the void and not end up payin' the cost?

           Am
Lie to yourself, lie to them, hell

G           C
Whatever helps, forgotten what's real

              F
You think the secrets you keep stay between you and me

But the shadow's attached to your heels, like


Chorus: IRO:

       Am                   G        C
Got me straight up drinkin' from the barrel

          C/E    F     C/E F
I've been losin' hours

        Am             G         C
Singin' sad songs underneath the gallows

        C/E     F       C/E F
Runnin' from my shadow

Runnin' from my shadow


Verse 2: Macklemore:

Am                        G      C
I let it rain through the sunroof

I've been parked out by the waterfront

F
Been going to war with myself

Reading Sun Tzu, bumpin' Tha Carter I

Am         G    C
I'm back on day two, forgot how hard it was

F
Starin' at me for so long, I forgot who the target was

Am              G    C                     C/E
I thought I was over this, this isn't what sober is

F
What kind of dad would hold their kids

Then go back out and ignore the risk?

Am                      G         C
The shadow wants me to forget the pain

                        C/E           F
Wants me to live in the guilt and the shame

So much that I have no choice but to die from the drugs or blow out my fucking brain

Am                          G
The shadow, it wants me too busy

C
It wants me keep driftin'

                          F
It wants me to give in to fame

It wants me forgettin' that I got an illness that lives in my spirit in different ways

Am              G
Shadow, the light

C                                  F
They can both blind, got different names

If it's too dark, if it's too bright

It can still burn you with different flames

Am                      G   C
And I don't owe them an iota

                        F
Tell my mama I'ma die sober

Yeah, I might be bipolar

I should write an album out in Wyoming

Am                G    C
Low bottom, I'm a high roller

Go full throttle, got no chauffeur

F
Got two voices on both shoulders

But I keep swinging 'til the fight's over


Chorus: IRO:

       Am                   G        C
Got me straight up drinkin' from the barrel

          C/E    F     C F
I've been losin' hours

        Am             G         C
Singin' sad songs underneath the gallows

        C/E     F       C/E F
Runnin' from my shadow

(Runnin' from my shadow)


Bridge: IRO:

Am                                G   C
Runnin', I'm runnin', I can't get away, away, away

F
Chasin' me down every night and all day, all day, all day

Am                                G   C
Runnin', I'm runnin', I can't get away, away, away

F
Chasin' me down every night and all day, all day, all day

Am                                G   C
Runnin', I'm runnin', I can't get away, away, away

F
Chasin' me down every night and all day, all day, all day

Am                                G
Runnin', I'm runnin', I can't get away

C
Chasin' me down every night and all day, all day, all day

F
My mama told me I gotta be brave, be brave, be brave


Outro: IRO:

Keep runnin' from my shadow