Shadow Stabbing — Cake
Chords and lyrics for Shadow Stabbing by Cake (key of A).
Intro
|E |B A |E |B A |E |B A |E |B A |
Verse 1
[E]Adjectives on the [B][A]typewriter
He [E]moves his words like a [B]prize [A]fighter
The [E]frenzied pace of the [B]mind [A]inside the [E]cell
[B] [A]
Prechorus
The [E]man on the street might [B]just as [A]well be
The [E]man on the street might [B]just as [A]well
The [E]man on the street might [B]just as well [A]be
Chorus
[A]Outside, outside the walls
Out there you don't hear the [B]echoes and calls
But the [E]steel eye, [B]tight jaw, say it [A]all, say it all
But the [E]white paint, [B]plastic saints say it [A]all, say it all, say it all
Say it [E]all, say it all
Say it [E]all, say it all, say it all
[E]Say [B]somebody... [A]forgot to say it [E][B]all[A]
[E][B]Somebody... [A]got to say [E]it [B]all[A]
Verse 2
[E]I'm so nervous, [B]I'm so [A]tense
My [E]heart can't forget about this [B]self [A]defense
When the [E]air is so hot and my [B]breath comes [A]fast
I [E]thumb the cool blade but I [B]know this, it [A]can't last
[E](so nervous,[B] so [A]tense)
I [E]thumb the cool blade but I [B]know this, it [A]can't last
[E](so nervous,[B] so [A]tense)
Chorus
[A]Outside, outside the walls
Out there you don't hear the [B]echoes and calls
But the [E]steel eye, [B]tight jaw, say it [A]all, say it all
But the [E]white paint, [B]plastic saints say it [A]all, say it all, say it all
Say it [E]all, say it all
Say it [E]all, say it all, say it all
[E]Say [B]somebody... [A]forgot to say it [E][B]all[A]
[E][B]Somebody... [A]got to say [E]it all[B]
Verse 3
[A]Yeah [E]adjectives on the [B][A]typewriter
He [E]moves his words like a [B]prize [A]fighter
The [E]frenzied pace of the [B]mind [A]inside the [E]cell[A][B]
Ending:
The [E]man on the street might [B]just as [A]well be
The [E]man on the street might [B]just as [A]well
The [E]man on the street might [B]just as well [A]be
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