Shield Your Eyes Chords
by Jawbreaker
Shield Your Eyes by Jawbreaker is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, F#m, D, A and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verso 1:
Em
There was a sun once
It lit the whole damn sky
F#m
It kept everything
D Em
Everything alive
Em
And there was a man once
He looked it straight in the eye
F#m
He saw everything
D
Everything
Em
He went blind
A Em
The truth burns bright
A Em
There's too much there sometimes
A EM F# D
The sun it shows, the sun it blinds
A Em
Best to keep your eyes
A Em
Stare at the sidewalk lines
A Em F#m
Let lies lie, don't let them shine
D Em
...let them shine, don't let them shine
Verso 2:
Em
The blind man staggers
And he grabs at his eyes
F#m
He can't do anything
D Em
Everything is a lie
Em
Now he sits around
And he stares at the walls
F#m
He can't do anything
D Em
Anything at all
A Em
The truth burns bright
A Em
There's too much there sometimes
A EM F# D
The sun it shows, the sun it blinds
A Em
Best to keep your eyes
A Em
Stare at the sidewalk lines
A Em F#m
Let lies lie, don't let them shine
D Em
...let them shine, don't let them shine
F#m D
Shield your eyes from all this misery
F#m D
Don't belong, don't belong