Mar152023

Grace Ives – Shelly Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsE B A

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[Intro]
E B A  E B  A
E B  A  E B  A

[Verse 1]
E                   B
    She looks for Shelly
         A
in the diner
E                  B       A
    She's got the red lip liner
E                   B
    She leans her weight
             A
against the   counter
E              B
    I've gotta ask
             A
about her hours

[Interlude]
 E    B    A
Hmm, hmm, hmm-hmm-hmm
  E  B  A
Yeah
E   B   A      E  B  A
Ah, ah, ah, ah

[Verse 2]
E                   B
    She looks for Shelly
         A
in the diner (Yeah, yeah)
E                  B
    She's got the red
      A
 lip liner (Yeah, yeah)
E             B            A
    Oh major-major, niner-niner
(Yeah, yeah)
E           B
    I wanna one, two, three,
         A
 four, five her

[Chorus]
        E   B       A
    I think I'm in love
E    B   A
    Hmm-hmm
        E   B       A
    I think I'm in love
       E  B  A
    Oh

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Verse 3]
E                B
    I'll send a letter
       A
to my lover
E              B
    I'm gonna lift him
         A
up and love her
E             B
    I feel a rush,
           A
I feel inspired
E              B
    I'm gonna put her
         A
 on my rider
E            B          A
    I wanna buy her amaryllis
E          B
    Wanna sing her
            A
 you're the illest
E            B
    Wonder what she wants
      A
for her dinner
E                 B
    She's really got me
          A
 looking inward

[Chorus]
        E   B       A
    I think I'm in love
E    B   A
    Hmm-hmm
        E   B       A
    I think I'm in love
       E  B  A
    Oh

[Interlude]
     E    B   A
    Hmm, hmm-hmm
            E  B  A
    Yeah, yeah
            E  B  A
    Yeah, yeah
          E   B    A
    Hmm, hmm-hmm, hmm

[Chorus]
        E   B       A
    I think I'm in love
E               B            A
    Hmm, with Shelly in the diner
        E   B       A
    I think I'm in love
       E  B  A
    Oh
            E  B  A
    Yeah, yeah
           (E)
    Yeah, yeah

[Outro]
E B  A  E B A
E B  A  E B  A
E B  A  E B  A

How to play Shelly: key, chords and progression

These are Shelly chords by Grace Ives on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Shelly by Grace Ives is written in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯) and moves through 3 chords: E, B and A.

Listen for E – B – A – E (I – V – IV – I in E major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – soh – fah – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, A, G (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.