CAKE – Shadow Stabbing (Guitar)

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Intro: |E |B A |E |B A |E |B A |E |B A | Verse 1:
E                 B      A
Adjectives on the typewriter

   E                      B         A
He moves his words like a prize fighter

    E                    B      A        E
The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell
B A Prechorus:
    E                       B       A
The man on the street might just as well be

    E                       B       A
The man on the street might just as well

    E                       B            A
The man on the street might just as well be
Chorus:
A
Outside, outside the walls

                             B
Out there you don't hear the echoes and calls

        E          B                 A
But the steel eye, tight jaw, say it all, say it all

        E            B                     A
But the white paint, plastic saints say it all, say it all, say it all

       E
Say it all, say it all

       E
Say it all, say it all, say it all

E            B     A             E    B   A
Say somebody... forgot to say it all

E       B   A          E       B   A
Somebody... got to say it all
Verse 2:
E               B      A
I'm so nervous, I'm so tense

   E                             B      A
My heart can't forget about this self defense

         E                    B            A
When the air is so hot and my breath comes fast

  E                          B             A
I thumb the cool blade but I know this, it can't last

E           B   A
(so nervous, so tense)

  E                          B             A
I thumb the cool blade but I know this, it can't last

E           B   A
(so nervous, so tense)
Chorus:
A
Outside, outside the walls

                             B
Out there you don't hear the echoes and calls

        E          B                 A
But the steel eye, tight jaw, say it all, say it all

        E            B                     A
But the white paint, plastic saints say it all, say it all, say it all

       E
Say it all, say it all

       E
Say it all, say it all, say it all

E            B     A             E    B   A
Say somebody... forgot to say it all

E       B   A          E       B
Somebody... got to say it all
Verse 3:
A    E                 B      A
Yeah adjectives on the typewriter

   E                      B         A
He moves his words like a prize fighter

    E                    B      A        E      B   A
The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell
Ending:
    E                       B       A
The man on the street might just as well be

    E                       B       A
The man on the street might just as well

    E                       B            A
The man on the street might just as well be