Chord/Tab song: Shed Your Skin

Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 16:04:44 EST
From: WishMonstr
Subject: TAB: shed_your_skin.tab by Indigo Girls

Shed Your Skin (Amy Ray)
from: Shaming of the Sun
(in 4/4 time)

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F: 133211

[E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F]
[E]one hundred [F]fifteen
[E]you are[F] 17, [E]Itchy [F]trigger [E]venemou[F]s
[E]you're growing [F]longer, [E]you're growing [F]stronger
E F E F (hold)
so shed your skin baby, now shed this
nc Am C G F Am
Come on over now come on over baby
you [C]tell me it's [G]holy holy
[F]I don't know what it is, come on over now
[Am]Let's call it the [C]fullness of time
[G]I don't know what it [F]is, come on over now
[Am]hey holy [C]console me [G]some power [F]controls me
[Am]remorse it [C]I force it [G]can't free it [F]so be it

[E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F] [E] [F]
[E]I'm speaking in [F]tounges, [E]handling [F]you
[E]I got [F]religon now [E]look at [F]it
[E]the days grow [F]longer [E]as we grow [F]stronger
E F E F (hold)
so shed your skin baby let it rip
come on over now[Am] [C] [G] [F]come on over baby
[C]tell me it's [G]holy holy, [F]I don't know what that is
come on over child
[Am]I want to call it [C]the fullness of time
[G]But I don't know if it [F]is, come on over now
[Am]hey holy [C]console me [G]some power [F]controls me
[Am]Remorse it [C]I force it[G] don't free it
F F F (stop)
just be it just be it just be it

The finger picking patterns:

A chord pattern G chord pattern

e--------------- e-------------
B-------2-----0- B-------0----0
G---2-----2----- G---0-----0---
D-----2-----2--- D-----0-----0-
A-0------------- A-------------
E--------------- E-2-----------

F chord pattern E chord pattern

e-------1-----1 e--------------
B---1-----1---- B-------0-----0
G-----2-----2-- G---1-----1----
D-3------------ D-----2-----2--
A-------------- A-2------------
E-------------- E--------------

finger picking
[A] [G] [F] [E]
[A]I've been looking to [G]find you
but it's a [F]little too late too [E]soon
[A]I've been looking [G]far and out but the
[F]spirits are your [E]doom
(strumming again)
E Esus (sounds best if pinky is on 2nd fret)
in you in you

bridge
All right, I have minimal idea as to what is happening
here. A lot of it is bass, and the bass
boom-boomboom-boom part can be best recreated by playing
the low E string. The chords played up until then
might be Am C D11 , but I'm not sure. Suggestions
welcomed! )

nc
I got the hangman, I got Milagro
I got the celebration too
[E]the flesh is [F]strong
[E]my spirit [F]stronger
[E]so shed your [F]skin baby
E F (stop)
let it through
come on over now[Am] [C] [G] [F]Come on over baby
[Am]you tell me it's [C]holy holy
[G]I don't know what it [F]is, come on over child
[Am]I want to call it the [C]fullness of time
[G]But I don't know if it [F]is
come on over now
[Am]hey holy [C]console me [G]some power [F]controls me
F (hold)
come on over baby

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