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Shattered

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[Intro]
e|-E-----------------------B---------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------4-4----4-4-----------------|
A|-------2--------2---2-0/2-2--0/2-2--0/2------------|
E|-0--4-----0--4------0------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
   EUh huh, Bshattered      E  Bshattered
ALove and hope and sex and dreams
Are Bstill surviving on the street
ELook at me   AI'm in tatters!E  
BI been shattered      E  Bshattered
[Verse 2]
EFriends are so alarming
And my Blover's never charming
ELife's just a cocktail party Bon the street
Big apple! EPeople dressed in plastic bags
BDirecting traffic ESome kind of fashion   Bshattered
ALaughter joy and loneliness and Bsex and sex and
sex and sex and Elook at me   AI'm in tattersE  
BI been shattered      E  Bshattered
[Verse 3]
EAll this chitter-chatter chitter-Bchatter
chitter-chatter 'bout Eshmatta shmatta
Shmatta, I can't Bgive it away on 7th AveEnue
This town's, been wearing Btatters, uh huh
EShadoobie   Bshattered
AWork and work for love and sex
BAin't you hungry for success? SuEccess,
Success, success!   ADoes it matter?E  
BI been shattered       E  BDoes it matter?
[Solo]
e|-C#m9-9-9-12-9-E---------------------A9--9--9-/10\9-----|
B|-9-9-9-12-9----------------------10-10-10----------|
G|------------11>full(11)9-11-9----9--9--9-----------|
D|------------------------------11-------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|--D--10--12---14---G7--7--7/8\7------C--7-10-10-10/12-|
B|------------------8--8--8--------------------------|
G|-/11----12---14---7--7--7---------/9---10-10-10/12-|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 4]
Ahhh, Elook at me   BI been shatteredE  
BI been shattered     ELook at me
BI been shattered    EYeah, shattered
APride and joy and greed and sex
BThat's what makes our town the best
EPride and joy and dirty dreams are Astill
Surviving on the streeta and Elook
At meeee   BI'm in tatters, Eyeah
BI've been shattered    E    BWhat does it matter?
   E    BDoes it matter?   Euh-huh
BDoes it matter?   Euh-huh   BI been shattered
   EMm hmmm   BI been shattered    EHooh shadoobie
  BShattered    EHooh shadoobie   Bshattered
  EShadoobie    Bshattered shattered
EDon't you know the crime rate is going Bup up up up Eup!
To Blive in this town you must be Etough tough tough tough tough!
  BYou got Erats on the west side, Bbed bugs uptown
EWhat a mess this town's in tatters,  BI've been shattered
EMy brain's been battered, Bsplattered all over ManhattaEn
  EShadoobie    Bshattered shattered. What Esay?
  EShadoobie    Bshattered   Eshadoobie   Bshattered
  EShadoobie    Bshattered, uh-Ehuh
This town's full of Bmoney grabbers
Go aEhead bite the Big BApple
Don't mind the maggots   Euh huhB  
EShadoobie   BMy brain's been battered
EMy friends, they come around, they Bflatter
Flatter flatter flatter Eflatter flatter flatter!
BPile it up, Epile it up, pile it Bhigh on the platterE  

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Shattered

by The Rolling Stones

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

[Intro]

E B

e|---------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------4-4----4-4-----------------|

A|-------2--------2---2-0/2-2--0/2-2--0/2------------|

E|-0--4-----0--4------0------------------------------|

[Verse 1]

E B E B

Uh huh, shattered shattered

Love and hope and sex and dreams

Are still surviving on the street

E A E

Look at me I'm in tatters!

B E B

I been shattered shattered

[Verse 2]

Friends are so alarming

And my lover's never charming

E B

Life's just a cocktail party on the street

Big apple! People dressed in plastic bags

B E B

Directing traffic Some kind of fashion shattered

A B

Laughter joy and loneliness and sex and sex and

E A E

sex and sex and look at me I'm in tatters

B E B

I been shattered shattered

[Verse 3]

E B

All this chitter-chatter chitter-chatter

chitter-chatter 'bout shmatta shmatta

B E

Shmatta, I can't give it away on 7th Avenue

This town's, been wearing tatters, uh huh

E B

Shadoobie shattered

Work and work for love and sex

B E

Ain't you hungry for success? Success,

A E

Success, success! Does it matter?

B E B

I been shattered Does it matter?

[Solo]

C#m E A

e|-9-9-9-12-9----------------------9--9--9-/10\9-----|

B|-9-9-9-12-9----------------------10-10-10----------|

G|------------11>full(11)9-11-9----9--9--9-----------|

D|------------------------------11-------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------|

D G C

e|----10--12---14---7--7--7/8\7--------7-10-10-10/12-|

B|------------------8--8--8--------------------------|

G|-/11----12---14---7--7--7---------/9---10-10-10/12-|

D|---------------------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 4]

E B E

Ahhh, look at me I been shattered

B E

I been shattered Look at me

B E

I been shattered Yeah, shattered

Pride and joy and greed and sex

That's what makes our town the best

E A

Pride and joy and dirty dreams are still

Surviving on the streeta and look

B E

At meeee I'm in tatters, yeah

B E B

I've been shattered What does it matter?

E B E

Does it matter? uh-huh

B E B

Does it matter? uh-huh I been shattered

E B E

Mm hmmm I been shattered Hooh shadoobie

B E B

Shattered Hooh shadoobie shattered

E B

Shadoobie shattered shattered

E B E

Don't you know the crime rate is going up up up up up!

B E

To live in this town you must be tough tough tough tough tough!

B E B

You got rats on the west side, bed bugs uptown

E B

What a mess this town's in tatters, I've been shattered

E B E

My brain's been battered, splattered all over Manhattan

E B E

Shadoobie shattered shattered. What say?

E B E B

Shadoobie shattered shadoobie shattered

E B E

Shadoobie shattered, uh-huh

This town's full of money grabbers

E B

Go ahead bite the Big Apple

E B

Don't mind the maggots uh huh

E B

Shadoobie My brain's been battered

E B

My friends, they come around, they flatter

Flatter flatter flatter flatter flatter flatter!

B E B E

Pile it up, pile it up, pile it high on the platter

About Shattered Chords by The Rolling Stones

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