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Shelter

Birdy

RockAdvanced for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

EbmDiagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
AbmDiagram coming soon
F#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: Ebm   B  (2x) 
 
 
       Ebm             B 
I find shelter in this way 
      Ebm          B 
Under cover, hide away 
        Ebm          B 
Can you hear when I say 
       Ebm              B 
I have never felt this way 
 
 
            B                        Abm 
Maybe I had said something that was wrong 
              Ebm                           F# 
Can I make it better with the lights turned on 
             B                      Abm 
Maybe I had said something that was wrong 
              Ebm                           F# 
Can I make it better with the lights turned on 
 
 
B   Abm   Ebm   F# 
 
 
        Ebm        B 
Could I be, was I there 
           Ebm            B 
It felt so crystal in the air 
                Ebm                 B 
I still want to drown whenever you leave 
                Ebm           B          B 
Please teach me gently how to breathe 
 
 
    Ebm                             B 
And I'll cross oceans like never before 
           Ebm                    B 
So you can feel the way I feel it too 
    Ebm                      B 
And I'll send images back at you 
           Ebm                   B 
So you can see the way I feel it too 
 
 
            B                       Abm 
Maybe I had said something that was wrong 
              Ebm                           F# 
Can I make it better with the lights turned on 
            B                       Abm 
Maybe I had said something that was wrong 
              Ebm                           F# 
Can I make it better with the lights turned on 
 
 
B   Abm   Ebm   F#   (2x) 
Ebm   B   (2x)  
          
 

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Chord set

Ebm · B · Abm · F#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.