Shoeshine Boy Chords by Eddie Kendricks

Tempo:
167.5 bpm
Chords used:

D

G

Em

A

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Shoeshine Boy chords
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[D] [Em] [A] [D] [Em]
[C]
[D] Shoe Shine Boy, [G]
[D] how [G] you [D] [Em] do your work so well?
Shoe Shine [D] Boy, [G]
[A] [G] [D] [Em]
[A] [D] somewhere, [G]
[D]
Shoe Shine Boy, [G]
[D] [G] where you [D] gonna [Em] be ten years from now?
Just who does it [D]
[Em] work in Shoe Shine [D] Boy?
[G]
[A] I [G] don't [D] know, [G]
[A] [D]
you've been working so
[C] hard, so many, [Bm]
to [Gm] learn, the Shoe [D] Shine Boy.
Oh, [A] [A#]
[Bm] [Am] you [D]'ll discover,
[G] [D]
though [G] it's [D] a lot, [G] you'll [D] reach the top.
[Em] Now [D] when you're all together don't forget [Em] somewhere, you [D] came.
[G]
Shoe [D] shine boy, [G]
[D] working so [Em] hard in the noon day sun.
[D] [G] Look at you [A] now, getting it [G] together, [D] [G] teasing [A] the [D] girls [G]
[D] apart.
Shoo shine boy.
[G]
[D] Yeah, [G]
[D] don't you [Em] know that you're a star?
Yeah, you're a star, shoo shine [D] boy.
[G]
[A] [Em] That's the [F#m] way, [G]
[A] that's the [D] way that you are.
You've been working so hard,
[C] [Am] so much [Bm] [G]
to [Gm] learn.
Shoo [D] shine boy.
[A] You've [Bm] [Am] [D] discovered, [G]
[D] yeah.
Shoo shine boy, [G]
[D] [G]
[D] shoo shine boy.
[G]
[D] [G]
You've been working [D] so hard, shoo shine boy.
[G]
Don't you [D] know that you're a star?
[G]
[D] [G] That's [D] the way that you are.
[G] [D]
Key:  
D
1321
G
2131
Em
121
A
1231
Bm
13421112
D
1321
G
2131
Em
121
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To learn Eddie Kendricks - Shoeshine Boy chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - D, G and D. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 83 BPM and then match the original tempo of 168 BPM. With D Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[D] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Shoe Shine Boy, _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ how [G] you [D] [Em] do your work so well? _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Shoe Shine [D] Boy, [G] _ _ _
[A] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ somewhere, _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Shoe Shine Boy, _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] where you [D] gonna [Em] be ten years from now? _
Just who does it [D]
[Em] work in Shoe Shine [D] Boy?
_ [G] _
[A] I [G] don't _ _ [D] know, [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
you've been working so _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] hard, _ so many, _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
to _ [Gm] _ _ learn, _ the Shoe [D] Shine _ Boy.
Oh, _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _
[Bm] [Am] you [D]'ll discover, _ _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ though [G] it's [D] a lot, _ _ _ _ [G] you'll [D] reach the top.
[Em] Now [D] when you're all together don't forget [Em] somewhere, _ _ _ _ _ you _ [D] came.
_ [G] _
Shoe [D] shine boy, _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ working so _ [Em] hard in the noon day sun.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] Look at you [A] now, getting it [G] together, [D] _ _ [G] teasing [A] the [D] girls _ _ _ _ [G]
[D] apart. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Shoo shine boy.
_ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ Yeah, _ _ [G]
[D] don't you [Em] know that you're a star?
_ _ Yeah, _ you're a star, shoo shine [D] boy.
_ [G] _ _
[A] _ [Em] That's the [F#m] way, [G] _
[A] that's the [D] way that you are. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
You've been working so _ _ hard, _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] so much _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
to _ [Gm] _ _ _ learn.
Shoo [D] shine boy. _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ You've [Bm] _ [Am] _ [D] discovered, _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ yeah. _ _ _ _
Shoo shine boy, _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] shoo shine boy.
_ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
You've been working [D] so _ hard, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
shoo _ shine boy. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Don't you [D] know that you're a _ star?
[G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] That's [D] the way that you are.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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