Shelter Chords
Shelter by Ray Lamontagne is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F/D, G, C9/B, Am, E7, F, E, D, A#, D# and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
e|--0---1---3-----0-----0---0--(0)----------------------------|
B|--1---1---0-----1-----1---3---1---3---4---------------------|
G|--0---2---0-----0-----2---1----3---3------------------------|
D|---0---0-----0-----2---2---3---3---1------------------------|
A|--3--(0)--2-----2-----0---2--(3)--1-------------------------|
E|----------3---------------0---------------------------------|
Intro - C F/D G C C9/B Am E7 F C G x2
C F/D G
I guess you don't need it
C C9/B Am
I guess you don't want me to repeat it
E7 F C G
But everything I have to give I'll give to you
C F/D G
It's not like we planned it
C C9/B Am
You tried to stay, but you could not stand it
E7
To see me shut down slow
F C
As though it was an easy thing to do
G
Listen when
C F
All of this around us'll fall over
C G
I tell you what we're gonna do
C E F C G
You will shelter me my love
C F D G F
And I will shelter you
C F/D
I will shelter you
G C C9/B Am E7 F C G
C F/D
I left you heartbroken,
G C C9/B Am
but not until those very words were spoken
E7 F C G
Has anybody ever made such a fool out of you
C F/D G
It's hard to believe it
C C9/B Am
Even as my eyes do see it
E7 F C
The very things that make you live are killing you
G
Listen when
C F
All of this around us'll fall over
C G
I tell you what we're gonna do Hey
C E F C G
You will shelter me my love
C A# F D#
I will shelter you
C Bb
I will shelter you
F D#
I will shelter you
C Bb
I will shelter you
F D#
I will shelter you
C F/D G C C9/B Am E7 F C
G
Listen When
C F
All of this around us'll fall over
C G
I tell you what we're gonna do Hey
C E F C G
you will shelter me my love
C A# F C
I will shelter you
F
If you shelter me too
F C
I will shelter you
F C
I will shelter you
Little F riff that's occasionally used:
e|--------------0-------|
B|--1---1-------1-------|
G|--0h2-0--(0)--0-------|
D|--3---3---0---2-------|
A|--------------3-------|
E|----------------------|