In The Shelter Jimmy Buffett
Intro: G C/G G G C/G G
G G7 C
In the shelter in the mornin' as the sun is brightly gleaming
( C Bm Am )
Am G#m ® Am
I heard her crying out, What is it all about
G C G
I just don't know, but I can't go back home"
G G7 C
Lonely princess all the days out on your own are growing empty
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Am G#m ® Am G
Nothing is going well If you could only tell them how you feel
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But they're too real to understand
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To many trite expressions ending in forced rejections long ago
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To many innocent faces In too many far out places somethings wrong
G7 D
Let me tell you that somethings wrong
C G
It's been that way so long, and it's a shame
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On the streetcar to the city where she knows she may lose it all
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Am G#m ® Am
Riding for just a dime, takin' her own sweet time
G C G
And knowing well that this could be her final fall
G G7 C
Past the boutique to the alley down the river, people pass her by
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Am G#m ® Am
She sits on a big gray rock, takes off her boots and socks
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Not knowin' what she will do next just starts to cry
C C Bm ® C G
Too many wild rejections Ending' in angry questions from her dad
C ¯ C Bm ® C G
Too many T.V. dinners Ah everyone loves a winner but she was lost C G No one knows the trials she had
G G7 C
In the shelter in the mornin' as the sun is brightly gleaming
( C Bm Am )
Am G#m ® Am
I heard her crying out, What is it all about
G C G
I just don't know, but I can't go back home"
G C G
Hell I just don't know, but I can't go back home"
Outro: G C/G G G C/G G