Shower the People — James Taylor
Chords and lyrics for Shower the People by James Taylor (key of Gm).
Intro
[Gm] [F]
Verse 1
You [A#]can't [F/C]play the game, you cannot [C]talk apart, though you know [D5/A]it wasn't [F]written for you.
[A#5]Tell me how to [F]stand there with your broken [C]heart, ashamed [Dm]of playing [F]a fool.
[A#5]When one [F/C]thing leads to another, [C]it doesn't take [Csus2]any [C]sacrifice.
[A#5]Oh [F]father and mother and sister and brother, [C#m][Dm]if it feels nice, [F]don't [A#m]think twice.
Chorus
[F]Just shower [Gm7]the people [A#]your love in [C]love and [Gsus4/D]show [Gm7]them the way that you feel.
[Cm][Gm]Things are gonna turn out fine [C]if we won't [A]win, [Dm]if [Am]it only belongs.
Shower [Dm]the [Gm7]people [F]your love in [C]love and [Csus2/G]show them the way [F]that you feel.
[A#][C]Things [A#]are gonna be much better if [C]we won't win.
Verse 2
[Dm] [Cm] [A#]
You [Fmaj7]can't run but you cannot [Am/C]hide [C]in order, [D]this [F/C]is why they know.
[A#m]They say what [F]you've planned to do with your foolish pride [C]when [A7/C#]you're all [Dm]by yourself [F/C]alone.
Want [Gm7/A#]to tell [F]somebody the way that you feel, [C]you can feel [Dm]it beginning to [F/C]ease.
[A#]I [F]think it's true what they say about us, we get [C]down, [C#m]we always get [Dm]in [F]grease.
Chorus
[A#][C]Shower [F]the people your love [A#][C]in love and [Gsus4]show them [F]the way that you feel.
[C][G]Things are [Gm7]gonna turn [F]out right if [C][C#m]we won't win, [D]if it [Am]only belongs.
Shower [Dm][Gm][A#]the people your love [Csus2]in love and show [Gm]them the way [F]that you feel.
[C]Things are [A#]gonna be much better [F/C][C]if we won't [A7]win.
Bridge
[Dm] [Em7] [Dm] [Gm] [C] [G] [Gm7] [A#5] [C] [Gm] [Am/C] [Gm] [Gm7] [A#5] [C] [Gm]
Chorus
Shower the people your love in love [Dm]and show them [Gm]the way that you feel.
[Fm][G]Shower the people [F]your love in [C]love [Dm]and [Gm]show them the way that you feel.
[C][D]Shower [Gm]the people your love in [Amaj7]love and show [Gm]them the way that you feel.
[Amaj7]Shower [Gm]the people your [Am7]love in love and [Gm]show them the way that you feel.
[A#][C][G]Shower the [Dm]people your [A#]love [C]in love and show them [F]the way that you feel.
[Gm]Shower the people [A#]your love [C]in love and show them [Gm]the way that you feel.
[C][Gm]Shower [A#maj7]the people your love [C]in love and show [Dm]them the way that [F/A]you feel.
[A#maj7][G]Shower the [Dm]people your [A#]love in [C]love and [Dm]show them the way [F]that you feel.
[A#][C]I guess [Gm7]things are gonna be just fine if [Cm][C#]we won't win [Dm]tonight.
Outro
[Gm] [Am] [A#] [C] [F]
Shower the people your love in love and show them the way that you feel.