In the Shelter chords by 
Jimmy Buffett 
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
A
E
A
E
Verse 1
E
In the shelter
B
E
In the morning as the sun
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F#m
was brightly gleam ing
I heard her crying out, "What is it all about?
E
I just don't know,
A
E
I can't go back home"
Verse 2
E
Lonely princess,
all the days out on your own
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F#m
Are growing empty
Nothin' is goin' well
If you could only tell them
E
how you feel
A
E
They're too real to understand
Verse 3
A
Too many small suggestions
Ending in forced repressions
E
A
long ago
Too many innocent faces
In too many far out places,
E
something's wrong
B
Let me tell you that something's wrong
A
It's been that way so long,
and it's a shame
E
Verse 4
A
E
On the street car
To the city were she knows that
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F#m
she may lose it all
Riding for just a dime,
takin' her own sweet time
E
A
And knowing well this could
E
be her fi nal fall
Past the boutique,
to the alley down the river
A
F#m
People pass her by
She sits on the big gray rocks,
takes off her boots and socks
E
A
Not knowing what she will do next
E
Just starts to cry
Verse 5
A
To many wild rejections
E
A
Ending in angry questions from her dad
To many TV dinners
Ah, everyone loves a winner
E
But she has lost
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E
No ones knows the trials she had
Verse 6
E
In the shelter
In the morning as the sun was
A
F#m
brightly gleam ing
I heard her crying out, "What is it all about?
E
I just don't know,
A
E
but I can't go back home
Hell, I just don't know,
A
E
but I can't go back home"
Outro 1
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A
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E
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA E B F#m
A
E
B
F#m
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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