Jul142023

Hiss Golden Messenger – Shinbone Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsEm D A G

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[Intro]
Em   D   A
Em   D   A
Em   D   A
Em   D   A

[Verse]
Em
Woke up this morning,
                    D
 my God I felt happy
        A                Em
What a strange sensation

I've had luck beyond measure
   D                          A
I just can't shake the feeling
        Em
I could do something bigger

Work a little harder
D
Look a little better
A                  Em
Run a little longer

Guess what?
                        D   A
I don't know the answers

      Em
I was all-in down on Tchoupitoulas
D
You could have warned me,
             A
it woulda been useless
Em
You ever had a storm talking
        D   A
to you?

[Chorus]
        A
Taking chances
    G                D
You go where you're called
                 A
But some people hear it
        A
Taking chances
    G             D
If you lose it all
                     A
Can you love what's left?

[Verse]
          Em
From thе great to the very small
D                      A
 From thе mustard seed to
               Em
the cannonball
I see how you wrote it, Saul
          D                    A
It's the rapture you're afraid of

Em
Sage and eucalyptus smells like home
D                      A
Hopping fences on the shinbone
Em                             D   A
Overdrawn—they can take it all

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           Em
Hey hey I gotta get up,
 I've gotta get out
D
Quit looking for love when
 A                 Em
 there's none around
                         D  A
I guess I know better now

[Chorus]
        A
Taking chances
    G                D
You go where you're called
                 A
But some people hear it
        A
Taking chances
    G             D
If you lose it all
                     A
Can you love what's left?

[Chorus]
        A
Taking chances
    G                D
You go where you're called
                 A
But some people hear it
        A
Taking chances
    G             D
If you lose it all
                     A
Can you love what's left?

[Outro]
Em   D   A
Em   G D A
Em   G D A
Em   D   A
D

How to play Shinbone: key, chords and progression

These are Shinbone chords by Hiss Golden Messenger on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Shinbone by Hiss Golden Messenger is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 4 chords: Em, D, A and G.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – A – Em – D (I – V – ii – I in D major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – reh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.