The Shadows

Fmaj7 Bm7-5 F E Fmaj7 Bm7-5 Someone was sleeping while she did her leaving F E Cowards go in the night Fmaj7 Bm7-5 I lay there sleeping and how could I blame her? F E Who has the nerve to fight? Bm7-5/F Esus4 E7 She knows now she knows now Am /G F Nothing will tear me a-part Am E E/G# She lives in the shadows Fmaj7 Bm7-5 F E Of my heart Fmaj7 Bm7-5 I tried to persuade her in vain of course later F E That's something that I de-ny Fmaj7 Bm7-5 I thought it was better to say in my letter F E That I never even tried Bm7-5/F Esus4 E7 She knows of course she knows Am /G F That one day she'll tear me a-part Am E E/G# She lives in the shadows Am(2 Am/G# Am/G Am/F# Bm7-5/F Esus4 E7 Of my heart Fmaj7 Bm7-5 She's leaving she's leaving my auteur she's leaving F E Where will I go to pray? Fmaj7 Bm7-5 I want her I need her I long to believe her F E Words that she will not say Bm7-5/F E7 She knows of course I knew Am /G F One day she'd tear me a-part Am E E/G# She lives in the shadows Am(2 Am/G# Am/G Am/F# Bm7-5/F Esus4 E7 Of my heart Bm7-5/F Esus4 E7 She's leaving she's leaving my auteur she's leaving Am /G F Where will I go to hide? Am E E/G# She lives in the shadows Am(2 Am/G# Am/G Am/F# G7 Of my mind (Yes really - the G7 is the last beautifully unresolved chord!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England Dec 2021 [email protected] The plucking is very intuitive, for the Am6 chord on the descending progression she does a small riff: as well as similar embellishments, if you listen to the song you'll figure them out:)