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Shed Some Skin

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[Intro]
B F# Abm Ebm E B F# F#
[Verse] 
BIt's Christmas Day in F#gay Paris
AbmNot so gay for EbmGalen Z.
ESixteen hours in a Bsweaty kitchen
F#For money that makes minimum wage look good.
[Verse]
B6 a.m. on tF#he subway
AbmStop station, through Ebmthe doorway
ECrowds of people standing, yBelling, screaming
F#"What's going on? I must be dreaming."
[Chorus]
AbmAnd the city forgets
EbmThey didn't even perceive
AbmAnd the trains keep blowing up
C#5week after Eweek.
[Intro]
B F# Abm Ebm E B F# F#
[Verse]
BFranzel's traveled F#wide and far
AbmBack from the EbmU.S.S.R.
EWent there to pursue a Blifelong calling
F#You found only numb toes and helpless longing.
[Verse]
BNow you're back at F#home today
AbmBack in the old EbmUSA.
EScoop up handfuls of your Bnative dust 
F#And cross the country in a Greyhound bus.
[Chorus]
AbmAnother failed attempt
EbmIt's no use trying to pretend
AbmNow you're right back 
C#5where you staErted again.
[Intro]
B F# Abm Ebm E B F# F#
[Beginning of bridge] 
B G
[Bridge]
AbmI saw Bwhat's wrong but F#I didn't see how
AbmI saw, EI saw
BWe're all grown up F#now.
[Verse]
BToday's your twenF#tieth birthday
AbmAlone you walk the Ebmbanks of Maine
EAs time runs out to write the Bsecond verse of
F#The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock.
[Verse]
BWhile you're gone F#we'll be here still
AbmJust beyond those Ebmdistant hills
ECould be that you got the uBpper hand
F#When you left this rustic never-never land.
[Chorus]
AbmAnd my breathing constricts
EbmI feel the walls closing in
AbmCould it be that finally we're all
C#5Shedding some Eskin.
[Intro]
B F# Abm Ebm E B F# F#

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Shed Some Skin

by Slow Gherkin

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Abm

Ebm

C#5

[Intro]

B F# Abm Ebm E B F# F#

[Verse]

B F#

It's Christmas Day in gay Paris

Abm Ebm

Not so gay for Galen Z.

E B

Sixteen hours in a sweaty kitchen

For money that makes minimum wage look good.

[Verse]

B F#

6 a.m. on the subway

Abm Ebm

Stop station, through the doorway

E B

Crowds of people standing, yelling, screaming

"What's going on? I must be dreaming."

[Chorus]

Abm

And the city forgets

Ebm

They didn't even perceive

Abm

And the trains keep blowing up

C#5 E

week after week.

[Intro]

B F# Abm Ebm E B F# F#

[Verse]

B F#

Franzel's traveled wide and far

Abm Ebm

Back from the U.S.S.R.

E B

Went there to pursue a lifelong calling

You found only numb toes and helpless longing.

[Verse]

B F#

Now you're back at home today

Abm Ebm

Back in the old USA.

E B

Scoop up handfuls of your native dust

And cross the country in a Greyhound bus.

[Chorus]

Abm

Another failed attempt

Ebm

It's no use trying to pretend

Abm

Now you're right back

C#5 E

where you started again.

[Intro]

B F# Abm Ebm E B F# F#

[Beginning of bridge]

B G

[Bridge]

Abm B F#

I saw what's wrong but I didn't see how

Abm E

I saw, I saw

B F#

We're all grown up now.

[Verse]

B F#

Today's your twentieth birthday

Abm Ebm

Alone you walk the banks of Maine

E B

As time runs out to write the second verse of

The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock.

[Verse]

B F#

While you're gone we'll be here still

Abm Ebm

Just beyond those distant hills

E B

Could be that you got the upper hand

When you left this rustic never-never land.

[Chorus]

Abm

And my breathing constricts

Ebm

I feel the walls closing in

Abm

Could it be that finally we're all

C#5 E

Shedding some skin.

[Intro]

B F# Abm Ebm E B F# F#

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