{"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":1852889,"song":"Shellfish","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1852889-shellfish-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1852889?type=chord","rating":0.00765,"votes":0,"content":"Gordon Lightfoot - Shellfish\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[INTRO:] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1:]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEven if you're sure before you begin to cry [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C7[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNever rest until you find what is best to be forgot [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet it float off in the night beneath the moon [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C7[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo brightly shining down on the steeples of the town[/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou must not be downhearted over things you left undone [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou got faith, to tell you all is well[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you know you'd best not stop[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's still a ways to go [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2:]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEven if you're sure, before you begin to sigh [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C7[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLet me show my way is best, on the wayward side tonight [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet a planet be your guide above the fields [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBeside the sleeping town, when the work is all shut down [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou will not be outsmarted by that song you left unsung [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou got faith, to make your world take flight [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere is still a ways to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Bout a thousand miles or so[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3:]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEven if you're sure before you begin to smile [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C7[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLet it happen on its own, like the shellfish in the sea [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm as selfish as can be, when it comes down to me [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd all of my kin, all they want to do is win [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou will not be deserted by old friends you left alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou got faith to make you meet the cost [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you know you'd best not wait[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe who hesitates is lost[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo even if you're sure[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[INSTRUMENTAL:] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[OUTRO:]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's so easy to be shellfish in the sea[/tab]","plain_text":"Gordon Lightfoot - Shellfish\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n \n\n[INTRO:] Am  C  G  Am  C7  F  Am\n\n[VERSE 1:]\n\n\n\n\n \n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INSTRUMENTAL:] G  Am  C7  F  C  Em  F\n\n\n[OUTRO:]","chords":["Am","C","G","C7","F","Em","Dm","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}