[ Shoe Box von Barenaked Ladies ]



 D            E                   G  
 A key in the door, a step on the floor
               Gm          A           D
 A note on the table and a meal in the micro
                   E                                 G
 Note says "I'm in bed, please make sure that you're fed
                    Gm              A         D
 If you're taking a shower, you can borrow my bathrobe
              E                                G
 And when I'm asleep, I dream you move in next week"
               Gm                 A
 I crumple the note and save it to put inside my


 Pre-Chorus:
 D              A
 Shoe box (shoe box) 
             Bm    A   G
 Shoe box of lies


 D             E                    G
 It's under my bed, it's never been read
                 Gm                  A         D
 It's in with my school stuff and my mom never cleans there
                      E                        G
 From my first little fib, when I still wore a bib
                 Gm         A           D
 To my latest attempt at pretending I'm someone
               E                               G
 He's not seventeen, and doesn't know what you mean
                    Gm              A
 When talk turns to single malts or stilton or my 


 Chorus:
 D              A
 Shoe box (shoe box) 
             Bm    A   G
 Shoe box of lies
 D              A
 Shoe box (shoe box) 
             Bm    A   G
 Shoe box of lies


 Bridge:
 G          A             G          A                    G
    Did somebody tell you    this is how it's supposed to be?
        A                Bm        G        D         A
 Or are you just finding you don't want any more from me?


 ("One-Note Solo" Over Chorus-Like D-A-Bm-G Progression 2x)


 D                  E                            G
 Was it something I said or was it something you read
                  Gm                  A          D
 That's making me think that I should never have come here
                 E                    G
 I can offer you lies, I can tell you goodbye
                    Gm           A              D
 I can tell you I'm sorry, but I can't tell the truth, dear
               E                     G
 And what if I could-would it do any good?
                     Gm             A
 'Cause you'll never get to see the contents of my 


 Chorus:
 D              A
 Shoe box (shoe box) 
             Bm    A   G
 Shoe box of lies
 D              A
 Shoe box (shoe box) 
             Bm    A   G
 Shoe box of lies


 Bridge:
 G            A                 G                           A
    You're so nineteen-ninety,     and it's nineteen-ninety-four
 G             A                      Bm        G       D  A
    Leave this world behind me 'cause you don't want me anymore


 (Vamp D-A-Bm-G Progression With "Lie-ee-yie" All The Way Home And End On A Dsus4)