Soft Shoe Shuffle chords by Neil Innes

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

E F      Dm        Bb  C  F
  Confrontation is not my style
        F          D          Gm    G7 C
When it comes to expressing a point of view
      F        Dm             Bb    F
Oh, I freely admit I'd rather run a mile
     F         Dm               Gm        C           F
Than talk to a man, who's gotta do what a man's gotta do
N.C.
Because…

Verse 1:
  F       Dm          Gm      C
A man can think and a man can feel
         F         Dm       Gm           C
But when one man's fake is another man's real
F         F7        Bbm          Bb
One man's right is another man's wrong
         F             D     G7        C           F     Dm Gm C
And when push comes to shove I go into my song and dance…

Chorus:
        F         Dm             Gm   C
With my soft shoe shuffle and my jazz hands
        F        Dm           Gm    C
With my eyes and teeth like a happy guy
      F        Dm             Bbm Bb
I can dance my way across the bad-lands
   F         C          F    C
So long, big smile, bye-bye

Solo:
F Dm Gm C
F Dm Gm C
F F7 Bbm Bb
F C F

Verse 2:
     F           Dm     Gm         C
Now, sometimes a man is born to be wild
    F           Dm     Gm       C
And sometimes a man is nobody's child
F           F7        Bbm          Bb
Huffin' his puff, all tattooed and big
F            D            G7          C     F    Dm   Gm         C
Draggin' his knuckles and showin' his Ig–norance… (Oh look out!)

Chorus:
        F         Dm             Gm   C
With my soft shoe shuffle and my jazz hands
        F        Dm           Gm    C
With my eyes and teeth like a happy guy
      F        Dm             Bbm Bb
I can dance my way across the bad-lands
   F         C          F    C
So long, big smile, bye-bye

Solo:
F Dm Gm C
F Dm Gm C
F F7 Bbm Bb
F D G7 C F
F Dm Gm C
F Dm Gm C

Verse 3:
    F         Dm      Gm        C
Now we can bе heroes, we can be jerks
       F            Dm        Gm        C
We can all still pretend that Democracy works
         F        F7    Bbm        Bb
But from six feet under pushin' up daisies
F              D          G7      C         F       Dm Gm C
You won't find me talkin' sane to crazy, no chance

Chorus:
        F         Dm             Gm   C
With my soft shoe shuffle and my jazz hands
        F        Dm           Gm    C
With my eyes and teeth like a happy guy
      F        Dm             Bbm Bb
I can dance my way across the bad-lands
   F         C          F    C
So long, big smile, bye-bye

Chorus:
        F         Dm             Gm   C
With my soft shoe shuffle and my jazz hands
        F        Dm           Gm    C
With my eyes and teeth like a happy guy
      F        Dm             Bbm Bb
I can dance my way across the bad-lands
   F         C          F
So long, big smile, bye-bye