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** VERSE 1
RE MI SOL
A key in the door, a step on the floor
SOLm LA RE
A note on the table and a meal in the micro
MI SOL
Note says "I'm in bed, please make sure that you're fed
SOLm LA RE
If you're taking a shower, you can borrow my bathrobe
MI SOL
And when I'm asleep, I dream you move in next week"
SOLm LA
I crumple the note and save it to put inside my
** PRE-CHORUS
RE LA
Shoe box (shoe box)
SIm LA SOL
Shoe box of lies
** VERSE 2
RE MI SOL
It's under my bed, it's never been read
SOLm LA RE
It's in with my school stuff and my mom never cleans there
MI SOL
From my first little fib, when I still wore a bib
SOLm LA RE
To my latest attempt at pretending I'm someone
MI SOL
He's not seventeen, and doesn't know what you mean
SOLm LA
When talk turns to single malts or stilton or my
CHORUS
RE LA
Shoe box (shoe box)
SIm LA SOL
Shoe box of lies
RE LA
Shoe box (shoe box)
SIm LA SOL
Shoe box of lies
**BRIDGE
SOL LA SOL LA SOL
Did somebody tell you this is how it's supposed to be?
LA SIm SOL RE LA
Or are you just finding you don't want any more from me?
("one-note solo" over chorus-like D-A-Bm-G progression x2)
** VERSE 3
RE MI SOL
Was it something I said or was it something you read
SOLm LA RE
That's making me think that I should never have come here
MI SOL
I can offer you lies, I can tell you goodbye
SOLm LA RE
I can tell you I'm sorry, but I can't tell the truth, dear
MI SOL
And what if I could-would it do any good?
SOLm LA
'Cause you'll never get to see the contents of my
CHORUS
RE LA
Shoe box (shoe box)
SIm LA SOL
Shoe box of lies
RE LA
Shoe box (shoe box)
SIm LA SOL
Shoe box of lies
** BRIDGE
SOL LA SOL LA
You're so nineteen-ninety, and it's nineteen-ninety-four
SOL LA SIm SOL RE LA
Leave this world behind me 'cause you don't want me anymore
(vamp D-A-Bm-G progression with "Lie-ee-yie" all the way home and end on a
REsus4)
There are two versions of "Shoe Box" being shipped to radio stations, so the
version you hear first may start with the chorus riffs twice (the single
remix) or it may begin just with Steven Page's vocals (that's the album
version).
I haven't figured out whether the song should be played with open or barre
chords, so right now I'm using a mix of both, depending on the part of the
song, until I see what feels comfy. The bulk of the song is played in
straight 4/4 downstrokes, though during the third verse and part of the
outro, they're off-beat upstrokes, which sounds kinda cool. My chord choices:
D: 000232 or X5777X
MI 022100
G: 355433 or 320003
SOLm 355333
A: X02220 or 577655
SIm X24432
REsus4 000233
LAsus4 X0223X
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