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Book On The Shelf by Jimmy Buffett
Book On The Shelf
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
INTRO:
D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D
D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D
VERSE:
D Em7 G D
Well, I hope you have fun splashin' in the slack tide
D Em7 G A
Unchaperoned over on the flip side
G D Em D
I write what I know about, made up or true
D G G A D Dsus4 D
These songs aren't for me, they're for you
VERSE:
D Em7 G D
Memories like meteors fly through my head
D Em7 G A
The sand was pearl white, her bikini bright red
G D Em D
Retracing song lines gives me goose pimples, still
D G G A D Dsus4
Like the trail boards upon Boo Boo Hill
CHORUS:
D D D G D D G
I know these stories were all lived before me
D D G Asus4 A Asus4
Still, I've got a couple that I'll keep to myself
A D D G D D G
I'm so damn lucky to have an all-star cast
D D G D Dsus4 D
Some lovely, some crazy, whoever thought this would last?
D D D G D Em G D
You know if I hadn't lived it, I'd read it myself
D Em7 Asus4 A
Tellin' tall tales is still good for my health
G D Em D
Keep movin', and listenin', and amusin' myself
D G G A D Dsus4 D Dsus4
I'm not ready to put the book on the shelf
VERSE:
D Em7 G D
We all live some days vicariously
D Em7 G A
Blinded by all the light we cannot see
G D Em D
Handed down stories, cave walls to pens
D G G A D A D
Worth tellin' again and again
VERSE:
D Em7 G D
I call these modalities great power tubes
D G A
Placed in the hands of dreamers and fools
G D Em D
We're descended from court jesters, quite sure of that
D G G A D
Could you kindly pass around the hat?
CHORUS:
D D D G D D G
And I know these stories were sailed way before me
D D G Asus4 A Asus4
Toss a note in a bottle and hope that it helps
A D D G D D G
I'm so damn lucky to have an all-star crew
D D G G A D Dsus4 D
Some stoic, some crazy, some just passin' through
D D G D Em G D
I guess music and lyrics are what I do best
D Em7 Asus4 A
I'm all done 'splaining or passin' some test
G D Em D
So pour me another, it's good for my health
D G G A D
I'm not ready to put the book on the shelf
OUTRO:
G D G D
I'll keep scribblin' on pages, not jumpin' off stages
D G G A D
Not ready to put the book on the shelf
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