Jack White – Shedding My Velvet Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Jack White – Shedding My Velvet Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsEmEsus2DEm/GEmadd9

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[Intro]
Em Esus2   x8
Em D       x2

[Verse 1]
Em                D
I'm shedding my velvet,
can't you see?
Em                  D
This is the real me
Em                      D
I'm not as bad as I was,
but I'm not as good
Em          D
As I can be, as I can be

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[Instrumental]
Em Em Em D Em   x4
Em Esus2        x2

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[Verse 2]
Em                  D
Think horses, not zebras
when you hear the sound
Em                      D
Of hooves on the ground
Em             D
You are a heliotrope
who loves the sun
Em                           D
As it goes 'round and 'round,
'round and 'round

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[Verse 3]
Em                 D
The noblesse oblige
you sense is mine
Em
When I convey my lines
Em
"Better to illuminate
     D
than merely to shine"
Em                       Em/G
You say this all the time and
you're right

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[Outro]
Em
"Better to illuminate
     D
than merely to shine"
Em                        Emadd9
You say this all the time
and you're right

How to play Shedding My Velvet: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Shedding My Velvet by Jack White on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Shedding My Velvet by Jack White keeps coming home to D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). You need 5 chords: Em, Esus2, D, Em/G and Emadd9.

Listen for Em – Esus2 – Em – D (ii – IIsus2 – ii – I in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is reh – reh – reh – 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 Dm, Dsus2, C, Dmadd9 (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
Esus2 chord on guitar (x79977)
Esus2E F♯ B
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
Emadd9 chord on guitar (022002)
Emadd9E G B F♯

Shedding My Velvet chords: questions

What key is Shedding My Velvet in?

Shedding My Velvet by Jack White is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Shedding My Velvet?

Shedding My Velvet uses 5 chords: Em, Esus2, D, Em/G, Emadd9.

What is the chord progression of Shedding My Velvet?

The main progression is Em – Esus2 – Em – D (ii – IIsus2 – ii – I).

Is Shedding My Velvet easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes Dm, Dsus2, C, Dmadd9 (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo).

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