Sand in Your Shoes Chords

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Sand in Your Shoes by Al Stewart is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C, D, Bm, Am, Gsus4 and Gsus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			     G              Em              C                  D 
You always were a city kid though you were country raised 
  G               Em              C                    D 
And back in some forgotten time we shared the cold north days. 
  G              Em                     C             D 
But the simple life was not your style and you just had to escape 
    G     C     Bm   Am     D   G    Gsus4  G   Gsus2 
So it's goodbye to my lady of the islands. 
  
 
         G                 Em 
On Remembrance Day the bands all played; 
         C                        D 
The bells pealed throught the park. 
G             Em                 C                  D 
And you lay there by the "Do Not" signs and shamed them with your spark. 
 G               Em                     C              D 
Now winter moans in old men's bones as the day falls into dark 
   G      C     Bm    Am     D     G  Gsus4  G  Gsus2 
And it's goodbye to my lady of the islands. 
 Bm              Em                  Am               D 
It was just like this behind the kisses you so soon swept away 
 Bm               Em                Am                D 
Oh, I always knew that someday you'd be bound to just get pulled away. 
  
 
  G               Em              C                 D 
The summer sun beats on and on; the shops swim in the heat. 
  G           Em                 C             D 
And you're standing by the traffic signs with taxis at your feet. 
   G             Em                C                  D 
Well, I know that in your city skin you're feeling more complete, 
     G      C     Bm  Am         D    Gsus4  G  Gsus2 
So it's goodbye to my lady of the islands. 
  
 
  (PARTE INSTRUMENTAL) 
 
   G      Em        C         D 
E|-------|3-2tr3--|---------|-----10| 
B|------3|--------|5-5-3----|3------| 
G|4-4-5--|--------|------5--|-----12| 
D|-------|--------|---------|-------| 
A|-------|--------|---------|-------| 
E|-------|--------|---------|-------| 
  
 
   G                Em       C                  D 
E|10s8-8s7-7s5-5-3|7-3---12|12s10-10s8-8s7-5s7|8s10------15--| 
B|----------------|----3---|------------------|--------15--15| 
G|12s9-9s7-7s5-5-4|7-4---12|12s11-11s9-9s7-5s7|9s11----14----| 
D|----------------|----5---|------------------|--------------| 
A|----------------|--------|------------------|--------------| 
E|----------------|--------|------------------|--------------| 
  
 
  
        G             Em               C                  D 
No, I never got the letters that you said you'd send to me 
          G       C     Bm  Am      D       G  C  Bm  Am  G 
So it's goodbye to my lady of the islands. 
  
 

    	

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