{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1499400,"song":"Shed Some Skin","artist":"Slow Gherkin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11275471-shed-some-skin-chords-by-slow-gherkin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1499400?type=chord","rating":4.8149,"votes":6,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Abm[/ch] [ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse] \r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIt's Christmas Day in gay Paris[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]            [ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nNot so gay for Galen Z.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSixteen hours in a sweaty kitchen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]       \r\nFor money that makes minimum wage look good.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n6 a.m. on the subway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]                   [ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nStop station, through the doorway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCrowds of people standing, yelling, screaming[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\"What's going on? I must be dreaming.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]\r\nAnd the city forgets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nThey didn't even perceive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]\r\nAnd the trains keep blowing up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#5[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nweek after week.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Abm[/ch] [ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nFranzel's traveled wide and far[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]           [ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nBack from the U.S.S.R.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWent there to pursue a lifelong calling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYou found only numb toes and helpless longing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nNow you're back at home today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]             [ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nBack in the old USA.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nScoop up handfuls of your native dust [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd cross the country in a Greyhound bus.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch] \r\nAnother failed attempt[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nIt's no use trying to pretend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]\r\nNow you're right back [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#5[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwhere you started again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Abm[/ch] [ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Beginning of bridge] \r\n[ch]B[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch] \r\nI saw what's wrong but I didn't see how[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch] \r\nI saw, I saw[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWe're all grown up now.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nToday's your twentieth birthday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]                [ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nAlone you walk the banks of Maine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAs time runs out to write the second verse of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]         \r\nThe Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWhile you're gone we'll be here still[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]               [ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nJust beyond those distant hills[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCould be that you got the upper hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWhen you left this rustic never-never land.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]\r\nAnd my breathing constricts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]\r\nI feel the walls closing in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]\r\nCould it be that finally we're all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#5[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShedding some skin.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Abm[/ch] [ch]Ebm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nB F# Abm Ebm E B F# F#\n\n\n[Verse] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nB F# Abm Ebm E B F# F#\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nB F# Abm Ebm E B F# F#\n\n\n[Beginning of bridge] \nB G\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nB F# Abm Ebm E B F# F#","chords":["B","F#","Abm","Ebm","E","C#5","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}