Chords for Richard Clapton - Get Back To The Shelter

Tempo:
68.05 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Db

Eb

Gb

Ebm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Richard Clapton - Get Back To The Shelter chords
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[D] Would you like to know this thing?
Would you [G] like to pop a combo?
I'd like to play one of my big hits.
It's [Bb] called, let me get this [Ab] off camera.
Mwah.
Mmmmm.
[Eb] [Db]
[Ab] [Ebm] [Db]
I got me a white home [Gb] again.
[Db] Left one thing you said I had [Ab] to say.
[Db] [Ab]
[Db] I promised not to say I'd say.
On firewood we'd build [Ab] ourselves a grave.
[Db] [Ab] And [Cm] I'd swim in my room [Bbm] all that [Fm] wintertime.
[Cm] I got to my basement, I got to my house, [Db] I got to my heart.
I'm here for my peace, nothing's free.
[Eb] And I promised not to keep saying.
[Ab] And I got to the short [Eb] term, and I'm a [Ab] slow girl for a while.
[Db] And I'm an even slower girl to scale too.
[Eb] So now I'm losing time.
[Ab] I remember, [Ebm]
[Db] [Ab] [Eb] [Db]
she was a good one to me.
[Gb] [Db] The one who made me that much of a [Ab] mess.
[Bb] I [Ab] was [Db] a [Abm] young [Db] man, [Gb] [Db] poor old man with a few [Ab] young eyes.
[Bbm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Cm] I'm going away, [Bb] I'm going nowhere.
[Fm] [Cm] I'm getting ready for the long way, [Bbm] oh I just don't care.
[Db] It's me you've been waiting, [Ab] [Eb] you've been waiting to be tried and hurt.
[Ab] Get back to the short term, and I'm a slow girl for a while.
[Db] And I'm a slow girl to scale too.
[Eb] So now I'm losing time.
[Ab] Get back to the short term, [Eb] and I'm a slow [Ab] girl for a [Eb] while.
[Db] And I'm a slow girl to scale too.
[Eb] So now I'm [Ab] losing [Abm] time.
[Db]
[Gb] [Bbm] [Ab] [Db]
Get [Gb] [Ab] [Bb] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Gb] [Ab]
[Gb] [Ab]
[Gb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Db] [Ab] [Ebm] [Ab]
back to the short term, and I'm a slow girl for a while.
[Ab]
[Db] And I'm a slow girl to scale too.
[Ab] [Ebm] So now I'm losing [Ab] time.
Get back to the short term.
Slow down for a [Eb] while.
[Ab] And I'm a slow girl to scale too.
[Eb] I'm losing time.
[Bm] [Ebm] Get back, [D] get back, get back, get back, [Abm] get back [Eb] to the short term.
You gotta slow down for a while.
And I'm a slow girl to scale too.
So now I'm losing [Ab] time.
Get [Db] [Ebm] [Ab]
[Eb] [Db] [Ab] back to the short term.
[Db] Get back, get back, [Ab] get back to the short term.
And [Db] I'm a slow [Ab] girl to scale too.
[Ebm] Get back, [Ab] get back, get back, get back to the short term.
[Eb] Go show me that.
[Bbm] [Ab] Get back to the short [Db] term.
[Eb] Go [Ab] show me that.
[Eb]
Go show [Db] me that.
Get [Ab] back to the short term.
[Db] Go [Eb] show me that.
And I'm [Bbm] a slow girl to scale too.
[Eb] [Ab] [Gb] [Ab]
[Gb] [Ab]
[Db] [Eb] [Db] [Eb]
[Gb] [Ab]
[Bb] [N]
Key:  
Ab
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Db
12341114
Eb
12341116
Gb
134211112
Ebm
13421116
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
Eb
12341116
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[D] Would you like to know this thing?
Would you [G] like to pop a combo?
I'd like to play one of my big hits.
It's [Bb] called, let me get this [Ab] off camera.
Mwah.
_ Mmmmm.
[Eb] _ [Db] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Db] _
_ I got me a white home [Gb] again.
[Db] Left one thing you said I had [Ab] to say.
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Db] I promised not to say I'd say.
_ On firewood we'd build [Ab] ourselves a grave.
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ And [Cm] I'd swim in my room [Bbm] all that [Fm] wintertime.
[Cm] I got to my basement, I got to my house, [Db] I got to my heart.
I'm here for my peace, nothing's free.
[Eb] And I promised not to keep saying. _
_ _ [Ab] And I got to the short [Eb] term, and I'm a [Ab] slow girl for a while.
[Db] And I'm an even slower girl to scale too.
[Eb] So now I'm losing time.
[Ab] I remember, _ _ _ [Ebm] _
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _
_ she was a good one to me.
[Gb] [Db] The one who made me that much of a [Ab] mess.
[Bb] I [Ab] was _ _ _ [Db] a [Abm] young [Db] man, [Gb] _ [Db] poor old man with a few [Ab] young eyes.
[Bbm] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _
[Ab] _ [Cm] _ I'm going away, [Bb] I'm going nowhere. _
[Fm] [Cm] I'm getting ready for the long way, [Bbm] oh I just don't care.
[Db] It's _ me you've been waiting, [Ab] [Eb] you've been waiting to be tried and hurt.
_ _ [Ab] Get back to the short term, and I'm a slow girl for a while.
[Db] And I'm a slow girl to scale too.
[Eb] So now I'm losing time.
[Ab] Get back to the short term, [Eb] and I'm a slow [Ab] girl for a [Eb] while.
[Db] And I'm a slow girl to scale too.
[Eb] So now I'm [Ab] losing [Abm] time.
[Db] _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ Get [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ [Ebm] _ [Ab] _
back to the short term, and I'm a slow girl for a while.
[Ab]
[Db] And I'm a slow girl to scale too.
[Ab] [Ebm] So now I'm losing [Ab] time.
Get back to the short term.
Slow down for a [Eb] while.
[Ab] And I'm a slow girl to scale too.
[Eb] I'm losing time.
_ _ _ [Bm] [Ebm] Get back, [D] get back, get back, get back, [Abm] get back [Eb] to the short term.
You gotta slow down for a while.
And I'm a slow girl to scale too.
So now I'm losing [Ab] time.
_ _ Get [Db] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] back to the short term.
[Db] Get back, get back, [Ab] _ get back to the short term.
And [Db] I'm a slow _ [Ab] girl to scale too. _
[Ebm] Get back, [Ab] get back, get back, get back to the short term.
[Eb] Go show me that.
[Bbm] _ _ [Ab] Get back to the short [Db] term.
[Eb] Go [Ab] show me that.
_ [Eb]
Go show [Db] me that.
Get [Ab] back to the short term.
[Db] _ _ Go [Eb] show me that. _
And I'm [Bbm] a slow girl to scale too.
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [N] _

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