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Shapes Of Things Chords by The Yardbirds

Shapes Of Things chords by The Yardbirds

Guitar chords with lyrics

"Shapes Of Things"
            (Keith Relf - Jim McCarty - Paul Samwell-Smith)

Intro:

	(eighth-note triplets):

	F
	/ / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

	(bass over verse chord progression):

	 G                F/D
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----2---3---4---|-5---------------
	-3---------------|-----5---3---1---
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	  G
	Shapes
	    F/D              G
	Of things before ...
	      F/D            G
	Just teach me ...
	     F/D                 F
	Will time make ...

Verse 2:

	Chorus:

	(bass over chorus chord progression):

	 C                 Bb
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------5-3---|-----------3-1---
	-----2---5-----5-|-----0---3-----3-
	-3---------------|-1---------------
	-----------------|-----------------

	C
	  Come ...
	Bb
	   Will I ...
	C
	  Come to...
	Bb
	   May be ..
	C
	  Come tom...
	Bb
	   Will I ..
	(Bb)    D
	Than ...

Verse 3:


Verse 4:

	[repeat chorus]

Guitar solo:

	[Note: solo is played entirely on G string; other strings not shown]

	   G                         F
	   v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	g -------------------------|-10-12-14-16b17----16-14-12-
	                              8th-note triplet ^^^^^^^^

	   G                         F
	   v     v     v     v       v          v     v     v
	g -14---b16----------------|----15p14p1214-12-14--15--14--
	              16th-note triplet ^^^^^^^^       ^^^^^^^^^^ qtr-note
	                                                          triplet

	   G                         F
	   v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	g -15---b17----------10-12-|-8-----10---12b14-12-10--
	                       qtr-note triplet ^^^^^^^^^^^

	   G                         F
	   v     v     v     v       v          v       v         v
	g -12----------------------|----15p14p1214--121012--1012109---109-
	             16th-note triplets ^^^^^^^^            ^^^^^^

	   G                             F
	   v       v       v     v       v     v     v     v
	g -7---9-7-5---7-5-4--5--4--5--|-7--9-b10-9--7-------

	   G                         F
	   v     v     v     v        v     v     v     v
	g ----10-10-12-12-14b15r1412|-14b16------------------
	    8th-note triplet ^^^^^^^

	   G                         F
	   v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	g -12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	     * harmonic w/feedback

	   Bb       D [N.C.]
	   / / / /  /

Verse 5:



Coda:

	rhythm guitar (quarter notes, doubled with bass; lead guitar
	  plays drone on open G string):

	G
	/ / / /  / / / /     [fade...]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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