Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: G+G
Difficulty: Novice
Capo 7, Key of G+G
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of me
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Well I guess I’ll be the shadow of that post oak tree
E minorEm C majorC
In the forest by your house
G+G
Where we used to meet
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of me
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of you
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Well I hope to catch the briefest glimpse as you go passing through
E minorEm C majorC
As the shadow of the Lincoln
G+G
That we drove to school
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of you
Bridge:
E minorEm G+G
Lines will disappear as we grow darker
E minorEm G+G
Darker than we planned for at the start
E minorEm G+G
The light of morning will get even farther
D MajorD
Until at last
C majorC
You can’t tell us apart.
Verse 3:
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
So if they’re going to make a shadow out of us
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Casting downward to the valley like an Appalachian bluff
E minorEm C majorC
I was born, then I loved you
G+G
I guess that was enough
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of us
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
If they’re going to make a shadow out of us