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Shy

Ani Difranco
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
C# A
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|---x--0---8--8-8-7h8p7---| ----x-3--2-2-2s7--3---|
|---x--0---8--8-8-7h8p7---| ----x-3--2-2-2s7--3---|
| -0-0-0---8--8-8-7h8p7---|---3-3-3--2-2-2s7--3---|
 So most of the time you're just basically playing a big fat power chord,
 with a doubled root note. Accent the D and Gchords by raking on the open
 top two or three strings, right before "3" beat. (This is approximately a
 sixteenth-note triplet before the actual "3" beat. Listen to the recording
 for this, though, it's too beautifully subtle to properly notate.)
 For the chorus part, use this 4-chord ascending progression:
 (This will
 mean playing the bottom strings open, then on the third, seventh, and
 eighth frets.)
 The rhythm stabs right after the choruses are played on the D chord. Add
 the open top strings here again.

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Readable chord sheet for Shy by Ani Difranco

[F#]         [D]      [C#][D] [C#]     [A]      [Ab]    [C#]  [A]
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|---x--0---8--8-8-7h8p7---| ----x-3--2-2-2s7--3---|
|---x--0---8--8-8-7h8p7---| ----x-3--2-2-2s7--3---|
| -0-0-0---8--8-8-7h8p7---|---3-3-3--2-2-2s7--3---|

So most of the time you're just basically playing a big fat power chord,
with a doubled root note.  Accent the D and G
top two or three strings, right before "3" beat.  (This is approximately a
sixteenth-note triplet before the actual "3" beat.  Listen to the recording
for this, though, it's too beautifully subtle to properly notate.)
For the chorus part, use this 4-chord ascending progression:
[F#]      [A]       [C#]      [D]                                       (This will
mean playing the bottom strings open, then on the third, seventh, and
eighth frets.)
The rhythm stabs right after the choruses are played on the D chord.  Add
the open top strings here again.

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