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Lady Gaga – Shadow Of A Man Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Shadow Of A Man chords by Lady Gaga on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
 Em         D
(Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow)
 A/C#
(Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow
      C
of a man)
 Em         D
(Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow)
A/C#                     C
Dance in the shadow of a m—

[Verse 1]
Em
Standing in the shadow
     D
 of another man
A/C#
  Lonely as the streets
          C
 pass me by (Oh, oh)
Em
Life ain't under pressure
           D
 'cause I got a plan
A/C#
  Starin' at myself
         C
 in the eye (Oh, oh-oh)

[Pre-Chorus]
Em
  When I get this feeling
D
I can't get enough
A/C#
  'Cause I stop believing
C
And my voice gets cold
Em
Now Igot this feeling
D
I can't get enough

'Cause I won't be used for
             A/C#           C
my love and left out to cry

[Chorus]
C
I don't wanna fade into the
 D          Em
darkness tonight
(show me the light)
C
I don't wanna be the
        D           Em
one to fall on the knife
 (to come alive)
C                      D
I'm about to be there, I'm
about to be there
Em
Watch me, I swear I'll
C               D        Em
Dance in the shadow of a man

[Verse 2]
Em                   C
Hard to be the yellow
        D           Em
 in a purple sky (Sky)
A/C#
Peekin' through the eye
         C
of the storm
(Eye of the storm)
Em
Gotta be the truth or you'll
    D
become a lie (Become that)
A/C#
Piercing like your skin
        C
 from a thorn (Oh, oh, I)

[Pre-Chorus]
Em
  When I get this feeling
D
I can't get enough
A/C#
  'Cause I stop believing
C
And my voice gets cold
Em
Now Igot this feeling
D
I can't get enough
'Cause I won't be used for
my love and left out to cry

[Chorus]
C
I don't wanna fade into the
 D          Em
 darkness tonight
 (show me the light)
C
I don't wanna be the one to
 D           Em
 fall on the knife
 (to come alive)
C                      D
I'm about to be there, I'm
about to be there
Em
Watch me, I swear I'll
C               D        Em
Dance in the shadow of a man

[Post-Chorus]
C          D         Em
Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow
(Shadow of a man)
C
Sha-da-do,
D            Em
sha-da-do-ow of a man
C          D         Em
Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow
(Shadow of a man)
C               D        Em
Dance in the shadow of a man

[Bridge]
Em
Can't ignore the voice within
      D
And a woman can't lose,
 but you still pretend
A/C#
Can't ignore the voice within
      C
And a woman can't lose,
 but you still pretend
Em
Can't ignore the voice within
      D
And a woman can't lose,
but you still pretend
       A/C#
'Cause I won't be used
                C
for my love and left
 out to cry

[Chorus]
C
I don't wanna fade into the
 D          Em
darkness tonight
(show me the light)
C
I don't wanna be the one
    D           Em
 to fall on the knife
 (to come alive)
C
I'm about to be there,
 D
 I'm about to be there
Em
Watch me, I swear I'll
C               D        Em
Dance in the shadow of a man

[Post-Chorus]
C          D         Em
Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow
 (Shadow of a man)
C          D
Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow
Em
 of a man
C          D         Em
Sha-da-do, sha-da-do-ow
(Shadow of a man)
C               D
Dance in the shadow
      Em
of a man

[Outro]
C D Em C D Em
C D Em C D Em

Watch: Lady Gaga - Shadow Of A Man (Official Audio)

From LadyGagaVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Shadow Of A Man: key, chords and progression

Shadow Of A Man by Lady Gaga is in the key of E minor (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 4 chords: Em, D, A/C# and C.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – D – Em – C (VI – VII – i – VI in E minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.