Shut Up and Kiss Me

Each chord is half a measure.

[The acoustic guitar is actually in E, with a capo on the 5th fret.

The electric is in A, no capo. These chords assume no capo.]

n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c.

intro (drums)

E D A A E D A A E D A A E D A A

intro

E D A A

Don't mean to get a little forward with you

E D A A

Don't mean to get ahead of where we are

E D A A

Don't mean to act a little nervous around you

E D A A

I'm just a little nervous about my heart

D E A A

It's been a while since I felt this feeling

D E A A

That everything that you do gives me

D E A A

It's been too long since somebody whispered

D E A A

Woooooo, shut up and kiss me

E D A A E D A A

instrumental

Didn't expect to be in this position

Didn't expect to have to rise above

My reputation for cynicism

I've been a jaded lady when it comes to love

But, oh baby, just to feel this feeling

That everything that you do gives me

It's been too long since somebody whispered

Woooooo, shut up and kiss me

B B B B

There's something 'bout the silent type

D E A A

Attracting me to you

B B B B

All business, baby, none of the hype

D D D E D A A E D A A

That no talker can live up too-ooo-ooo [guitar solo]

E D A A E D A A

guitar solo

E D A A E D A A E D A A E D A A

piano solo

Come closer baby, I can't hear you

Just another whisper, if you please

Don't worry 'bout the details, darling

You've got the kind of mind I love to read

Talk is cheap and baby, time's expensive

So why wait another minute more

Life's too short to be so apprehensive

Love's as much the symptom, darling, as the cure

Oh, baby, when I feel this feeling

It's like the genuine voodoo hits me

It's been too long since somebody whispered

Wooooo, hooooo

Oh baby, I can feel this feeling

That everything that you do gives me

It's been too long since somebody whispered

Woooooo, shut up and kiss me

Wooooo, hooooo

Woooooo, shut up and kiss me

TAB:

Piano "intro":

E 8=9-------------|
B ----7=8---------|
G --------5=6-----|
D ------------4=5-|
A ----------------|
E ----------------|

Acoustic rhythm guitar, verse (capo 5):

B A E

E ----------------|----------------|

B ----------------|----------------| (Or something like this;

G 4---4---2---2---|----------------|  improvise.  The chorus is
D 4---4---2---4---|2---2---2---2---|  the same, except the B
A 2---2---0---0---|2---4---2---4---|  and the A are switched
E 2---2---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|  around.)

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[Actually, at a recent concert (August 1996), Chapin played this song

with simple chord shapes: B7 (x21202), A (x02220), and E (022100).

So do whichever works best for you.]

Electric rhythm guitar, verse (no capo):

E D A E D A (E)

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G --------2---4-2-|----2---2-------|--------2---4-2-|----2---2-------|
D --------0---0-2-|----4---2---4-2-|--------0---0-2-|----4---2---4-2-|
A 2---4---------0-|----0---0---0-2-|----4---------0-|----0---0---0-2-|
E 0---0-----------|--------------0-|----0-----------|--------------0-|

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Electric rhythm guitar, chorus:

D E A D E A

E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --|--3-------5-----|----------------|--3-------5-----|----------------|
G --|--------------2-|----2---2---2---|--------------2-|----2---2---2---|
D 3/|4---4-5/6-----2-|----4---2---4-3/|4---4-5/6-----2-|----4---2---4---|
A --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com