Shoe Box

D            E                   
A key in the door, a step on the 
G
floor

              Gm          A       
A note on the table and a meal in 
    D
the micro

                  E                
Note says "I'm in bed, please make 
                 G
sure that you're fed

                   Gm              
If you're taking a shower, you can 
A         D
borrow my bathrobe

             E                  
And when I'm asleep, I dream you 
              G
move in next week"

              Gm                 A
I crumple the note and save it to 
put inside my


[PD-C HORUS]
D              A
Shoe box (shoe box)

            Bm    A   G
Shoe box of lies

[VERSE 2]
D             E                   
It's under my bed, it's never been 
 G
read

                Gm                 
It's in with my school stuff and my
 A         D
 mom never cleans there

                     E           
>From my first little fib, when I 
             G
still wore a bib

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                Gm         A      
To my latest attempt at pretending
     D
 I'm someone

              E                    
He's not seventeen, and doesn't 
           G
know what you mean

                   Gm              
When talk turns to single malts or 
A
stilton or my

[CHORUS]
D              A
Shoe box (shoe box)

            Bm    A   G
Shoe box of lies

D              A
Shoe box (shoe box)

            Bm    A   G
Shoe box of lies

[BRIDGE]
G          A             G      
   Did somebody tell you    this
    A                    G
 is how it's supposed to be?

       A                Bm        
Or are you just finding you don't 
G        D         A
want any more from me?


("one-note solo" over chorus-like 
D-A-Bm-G progression x2)

[VERSE 3]
D                  E             
Was it something I said or was it
               G
 something you read

                 Gm                
That's making me think that I 
  A          D
should never have come here

                E                  
I can offer you lies, I can tell 
  G
you goodbye

                   Gm          
I can tell you I'm sorry, but I 
 A              D
can't tell the truth, dear

              E                    
And what if I could-would it do any
 G
 good?

                    Gm             
'Cause you'll never get to see the 
A
contents of my

[CHORUS]
D              A
Shoe box (shoe box)

            Bm    A   G
Shoe box of lies

D              A
Shoe box (shoe box)

            Bm    A   G
Shoe box of lies

[BRIDGE]
G            A                 G
   You're so nineteen-ninety,   
                           A
  and it's nineteen-ninety-four

G             A                  
   Leave this world behind me 
    Bm        G       D  A
'cause you don't want me anymore