Turnpike Troubadours – The Shape (Guitar)

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EADGBE (No Capo) [Intro] G D Dsus4 D C G [Verse 1]
               G
Well I’m in pretty good shape for the shape I’m in

  D
Living in the shadows of all my sins

      C                         G
But hey, we’ve all got our problems

              G
And it’s been 21 hours since I’ve heard your voice

    D
And Me, well I got no damn choice

          C                            G
In the matter, yeah you know that’s true

        G
Yeah leave it all up to you this time

        D                               C
The decision is yours baby, it's not mine

                    G
Even though that’s hard

         G
But the ink stain is still on my hand

            D
And your number’s too worn off to understand

        C                     G
But I wear it, like a battle scar
[Chorus]
              C                G
And I can’t tell, about you and me

                    D                      B7            C
It’s a little bit too far down that old road of life to see

              G           D
But I keep an eye out, toward the sky

                 B7             C
Thinkin' that maybe you just might be passin’ by

           G                   D
And how I wish, that you can hear, me sing

             B7                       C
Maybe this time my songs just might mean something
[Bridge]
     Am                 C     Am                 C
So fall on back down to me, fall on back down to me

                     Am   C                       G
Ah you’re still an angel, even with that broken wing
G D Dsus4 D C G [Verse 2]
              G
And I said I got enough gas to make it there

    D
Tonight if you want, baby I don’t care

     C                              G
And you said no, no, no, no, that’s ok

       G
So instead I just sat here on this couch

      D
And I drank it off, that’s what I’m all about

   C                                    G
At least Lord, that’s what the people say

       G
Cuz we both know I'm just a lost cause

    D                              C                    G
A wannabe poet with a cheap guitar, beggin' for applause

        G
But I thought I'd be your knight in shinin' armor

      D
And I'd save ya, hell or high water

    C                                          G
But I won't reach out my hand if you don’t want it
No, no, no [Chorus]
              C                G
And I can’t tell, about you and me

                    D                      B7            C
It’s a little bit too far down that old road of life to see

              G           D
But I keep an eye out, toward the sky

                 B7             C
Thinkin' that maybe you just might be passin’ by

           G                   D
And how I wish, that you can hear, me sing

             B7                       C
Maybe this time my songs just might mean something
[Outro]
 Am                 C        Am                 C
So fall on back down to me, fall on back down to me

                     Am  C
Ah you’re still an angel

                    Am   C
Ah you’re still an angel

                    Am   C
Ah you’re still an angel

      C                       G
Well even with that broken wing
G D Dsus4 D C G x2 then finish with:
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