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Shocked Straight Chords

Music by: Billy Squier
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[Intro 1]
[G][D][G][D][Eb][D][G][D]
And so the [F]knife [G]comes

[Verse 1]
[D]
[F]down...another cur[D]tain fall[Eb] s
[G]And no [D]one hears the[G] sound...and no
one takes the [D]call[Em][G]
[D]From me and my[G][A][Eb]
[F]anxiety...locked up in [Eb]these four walls
[D][G]

[Verse 2]
[Eb]I come to you now I'm[D]
alone...with my de[Bb]fenses [D]down[C][D]
I tell you [G]everything I need...i get
down [D]on the [Eb]ground[D]
I always know that [G]when [A]I g[G]o..[A].that I'll
[Bb]be back [D]agai[Eb]n[D]

[Verse 3]
[D]Shocked straight- [G]- doctor can
[C]you get my medicine
[D]Shocked straight- [G]- doctor can[C]'t
you see the shape I'm in
[D]Shocked straight- [G]- doctor when
[C]you gonna let me in[D][G]

[Verse 4]
[C]If I could listen to my [D]min[C]d..[D].and keep
[F]the world outside my [D]door...[C][D]
But time has opened up my [G]eye[Gm] s[G]
and shown me somethin' [F]more[D][C][D]
Now all I [F]want is to [A]be [G]fre[A]e...and
[Bb]get up [Eb]off the f[D]loor[C][D]

[Verse 5]
Why [Eb]can't you look in
[D]to my [C]heart...[D]
Why can't you [Eb]ever let [D]me know
You're [C]always takin' [G]me
apart...you're never [Eb]lettin' [D]go[C][D]
There's always [Eb]somethin'
on your [A]mind...[G]
[A]This ain[Eb]'t reality
[D]Shocked

[Verse 6]
straight- [G]- doctor can
[C]you get my medicine
[D]Shocked straight- [G]- doctor can[C]'t
you see the shape I'm in
[D]Shocked straight- [G]- doctor when
[C]you gonna let me [D]in[G]

[Verse 7]
[C]Why you be so har[Bb]d
[C]Why you be so har[Bb]d
[C]Why you be so hard
[Bb][C][Bb]

[Verse 8]
[C]
[D]I[C][D][C][D][F][G][Gm][F][Gm][G][D][C][D]
[Dm]know[F] it'[D]s[A][G][A][F][D][C][D]
[Bb]gonna take some [D]time...for [C]me [D]to str[F]aighten out my head[D][C][D]
To say what's [G]on my mind...to hear
those [F]words I [D]said[C][D]
And while I'm try[Eb]in' to
learn [A]to feel...[G][A]
You [Eb]keep on tellin' [Bb]me...[D]

[Verse 9]
Shocked straight- [G]- doctor can
[C]you get my medicine
[D]Shocked straight- [G]- doctor can[C]'t
you see the shape I'm in
[D]Shocked straight- [G]- doctor when
[C]you gonna let me in[D][G][C]
[D]Shocked [G]straight...[C]
[D]Shocked [G]straight...[C]
[D]Sho[G]cked str[C]aight...when you
gonna let me [D]in[G]
[C]Why you be so har[Bb]d[C]
Why you be so [Bb]hard[C]

[Outro 1]
Why you be so hard
[Dm][Bb][C][D][D]
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