Shedding My Velvet chords
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[Intro]
Em Esus2 x8
Em D x2
Intro riffs (clean tone):
e|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------7----------------7-9b-9b11r9p7-|--------------7----------------------------------|
D|-----7h9p7---9--------7h9p7---------------|-9------7h9p7---9-7-------------/9--7------------|
A|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------10--9--5--|
E|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|--------------8b---------------10/12-10----------|
G|------------7---------------7-9b-9b11r9p7-|-9------7h9p7----9-7h9------------------12-11-7--|
D|------7h9p7---9-------7h9p7---------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-7----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|-8---------------------------------------------|
G|-7/9-----7h9p7---------------------------(7h9p7)|---9-7h9-----7h9p7-----------------------------|
D|---------------9-----7h9p7\5---5h7p5\4----------|-------------------9-7h9p7\5-----5h7p5\4-4-----|
A|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------5--|
E|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|-------2/4-------------------------|-----------7-9~~~~~~~~--------|
D|-----------7-4---7---4-------4-----|-------9-9--------------------|
A|-5/7-----------5---------5-------7-|-----9------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
[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
[Instrumental]
Em Em Em D Em x4
Em Esus2 x2
Distorted riff:
e|----|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------10-----------|
B|----|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------10b12------12r10p8---|
G|----|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------9-|
D|----|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-|-10p9\7---10-10p9\7---10-10p9\7------10-|-10p9\7---10-10p9\7---10-10p9\7----------------------|
E|----|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------pb11r10---10---------|
G|---------------------------------------12----12b14-9-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------10-10p9\7---10-10p9\7----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Clean riff (plays through the verse too):
e|-------------------------|
B|-----------------0-------|
G|-7---7-------------------|
D|-7h9-7h9-7-5-----5h7-5-4-|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
[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
e|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-7b9---7b9-|-7b9---7b9--7b9---7/9-7\5-|-7b9---7b9--7b9---7/9-7\5-|
A|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------pb18r17-15-17-15----------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------17-15b17-|
G|-7-9-7---7-------7---7-------7-------7-----------------------------------|
D|-------9---9-8-----9---9-7-9---9-8-9---9-9-8-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7h7p5-------------------------7h7p5-----------------------|
A|-------5-7---5h7p5-------------------5-7---5h7p5-----------|
E|-------------------5-6---5\3---------------------5-6---5\3-|
[Verse 3]
Em D
The noblesse oblige you sense is mine
Em
When I convey my lines
Em D
"Better to illuminate than merely to shine"
Em Em/G
You say this all the time and you're right
Fill:
e|-pb19r17-15-------------------------------|
B|------------17-15-17b19r17-15-------------|
G|------------------------------16-15-16-15-|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Acoustic/clean electric riff 1:
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7---7-------------------------------------------7-7h9-|
D|-7h9-7h9-7-5-5h7---4-------5---4---------7h9-7h9-------|
A|-----------------------5---------5/7-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
Acoustic/clean electric riff 2: (1:45)
e|--------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------|-------------------|
G|-----9----9---------|---------7---------|
D|-----7h9--7h9-7-5---|---------5h7-5-4---|
A|--------------------|-------------------|
E|--------------------|-------------------|
[Outro]
Em D
"Better to illuminate than merely to shine"
Em Emadd9
You say this all the time
and you're right