Lucy Dacus - The Shell: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Shell" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn The Shell Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Lucy Dacus

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "The Shell" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

      F#m
I'm a ghost
              D
Walking in a boring dream
     Bm
You are there
               A
Talking and I'm not listening
      G
I am busy doing nothing
           D            A
And you're rudely interrupting

       F#m                     D
It's a myth and now I see it clearly
           A                 D
You don't have to be sad to make
                 G
something worth hearing
        F#m          A
Now I'm calm and content
          Bm            G
One more burden off my back

Chorus:
D                F#m    Bm
You don't wanna be a creator
         G                          D A
Doesn't mean you've got nothing to say
 D            A                 Bm         G
Put down the pen, don't let it force your hand

I'm a ghost walking on an empty street
No name anymore, no need to call for me
I'm a long-lost hometown hero
Latent legendary past lives within me

If I had the offer to do it again
Make me invincible, invisible, or brain dead
If the body and the life were
two things that we could divide
I'd deliver up my shell to be
filled with somebody else

Chorus:
You don't wanna be a creator
Doesn't mean you've got nothing to say
Put down the pen, don't let it force your hand
You don't wanna be a leader
Doesn't mean you don't know the way
Hold your own hand, walk on without a plan


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

D

Guitar chord D

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Shell" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Shell" by Lucy Dacus.