Soft Shoulder
Ani DiFranco
RockMedium for beginners3 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
Am
G
F
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Intro: Am G Verse: Am G I don't keep much stuff around Am G I value my portability Am G But I will say that I have saved Am G Every letter you ever wrote to me Am G The one you left on my windshield Am G Outside of that little motel Am G Is in the pocket of my old gig bag Am G From back when life was more soft shelled Am F Letters littered with little lewd pictures Am F Drawn by the ghost of Woody Guthrie Am F Who would use your big thick hand G F Just to draw one or two for me Interlude: Am G Am G Verse: Am G And I think of your letters as love letters Am G Which is how I think of songs Am G In that it is the writing of them Am G That tends to carry us along Am G And I dance to one of your old tunes Am G With my true love on our wedding day Am G And your voice sang the way my heart would sing Am G If it finally knew just what to say Am F Two people pulled over on the same night Am F To look up at the same stars Am F They both found their wheels were spinning in a soft shoulder G F When they both got back into their cars Am F And they missed fate's appointed rendezvous Am F And then a whole lotta time went by Am F And one day they were done worshipping the landscape G And they just put down their hands F And moved into the sky Interlude: Am G Am G F And they had barely said hello Am And it was time to say goodbye Outro: Am G Am G Am G Am G Am
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Chord set
Am · G · F
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.