Shedding My Velvet chords by Jack White

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: E minorEm

Intro:

E minorEm Esus2Esus2  x8
E minorEm D MajorD    x2



 Intro riffs (clean tone):
e|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G|-------7--------------7-9b-9b11r9-7-|------------7---------------------|
D MajorD|-7h9p7---9------7h9p7---------------|-9----7h9p7---9-----/9-7----------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------|-------------------------10-9-5-7-|
E MajorE|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------|------------------------10/12-10-------------|
G+G|-------7--------------7-9b-9b11r9-7-|-9---9h11p9-12b-9-7/9------------12-11-7-7/9-|
D MajorD|-7h9p7---9------7h9p7---------------|---------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------|-8-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|-7h9p7---------------------------7h9p7-|---9-7h9-----7h9p7-------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------9-----7h9p7\5---5h7p5\4---------|-------------------9-7h9p7\5-----5h7p5\4-4-------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------5-5/7-|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------|--------------|
BB|----------------------------------------|--------------|
G+G|-2/4----------------------------------7-|-9~~~~~~~~~~~-|
D MajorD|-----7-4---7---4-------4----------9-9---|--------------|
A augmentedA|---------5---------5-----7--------------|--------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------|--------------|




Verse 1:
E minorEm        D MajorD
I'm shedding my velvet, can't you see?
E minorEm         D MajorD
This is the real me
E minorEm           D MajorD
I'm not as bad as I was, but I'm not as good
E minorEm     D MajorD
As I can be, as I can be

Instrumental:
E minorEm Em E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm  x4
E minorEm Esus2Esus2    x2

 Distorted riff:
e|----|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------10-----------|
BB|----|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------10b12------12r10p8---|
G+G|----|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------9-|
D MajorD|----|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-10-|-10p9\7---10-10p9\7---10-10p9\7------10-|-10p9\7---10-10p9\7---10-10p9\7----------------------|
E MajorE|----|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------pb11r10---10---------|
G+G|---------------------------------------12----12b14-9-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------10-10p9\7---10-10p9\7----------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|

Clean riff (plays through the verse too):
e|-------------------------|
BB|-----------------0-------|
G+G|-7---7-------------------|
D MajorD|-7h9-7h9-7-5-----5h7-5-4-|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|


Verse 2:
E minorEm         D MajorD
Think horses, not zebras when you hear the sound
E minorEm           D MajorD
Of hooves on the ground
E minorEm       D MajorD
You are a heliotrope who loves the sun
E minorEm              D MajorD
As it goes 'round and 'round, 'round and 'round

e|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
BB|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G+G|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D MajorD|-7b9---7b9-|-7b9---7b9--7b9---7/9-7\5-|-7b9---7b9--7b9---7/9-7\5-|
A augmentedA|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------pb18r17-15-17-15----------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------17-15b17-|
G+G|-7-9-7---7-------7---7-------7-------7-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------9---9-8-----9---9-7-9---9-8-9---9-9-8-----------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-7h7p5-------------------------7h7p5-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-------5-7---5h7p5-------------------5-7---5h7p5-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------5-6---5\3---------------------5-6---5\3-|


Verse 3:
E minorEm         D MajorD
The noblesse oblige you sense is mine
E minorEm
When I convey my lines
E minorEm             D MajorD
"Better to illuminate than merely to shine"
E minorEm            Em/GEm/G
You say this all the time and you're right

 Fill:
e|-pb19r17-15-------------------------------|
BB|------------17-15-17b19r17-15-------------|
G+G|------------------------------16-15-16-15-|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|

 Acoustic/clean electric riff:
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-7---7-------------------------------------------7-7h9-|
D MajorD|-7h9-7h9-7-5-5h7---4-------5---4---------7h9-7h9-------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------5---------5\7-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------|


Outro:
E minorEm             D MajorD
"Better to illuminate than merely to shine"
E minorEm            EmAdd9Emadd9
You say this all the time

and you're right


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| r  Release
| b  Bend
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
| pb Pre-bend

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