The Rolling Stones - Shattered: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Shattered" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
E B Shattered, shattered A Love and hope and sex and dreams B Are still surviving on the street E A Look at me - I'm in tatters! B I'm a shattered. Shattered Friends are so alarming And my lover's never charming Life's just a cocktail party - on the street Big Apple People dressed in plastic bags Directing traffic Some kind of fashion Shattered A B Laughter, joy, and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex E A E Look at me - I'm in tatters I'm a shattered B Shattered All this chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter 'bout Shmatta, shmatta, shmatta -- I can't give it away on 7th Avenue This town's been wearing tatters (shattered, shattered) A Work and work for love and sex B E Ain't you hungry for success, success, success, success A E Does it matter? (Shattered) Does it matter? B I'm shattered. Shattered Ahhh, look at me - I'm a shattered I'm a shattered Look at me - I'm a shattered, yeah Pride and joy and greed and sex That's what makes our town the best Pride and joy and dirty dreams and still surviving on the street and look at me - i'm in tatters, yeah I've been battered, what does it matter Does it matter, uh-huh Does it matter, uh-huh, I'm a shattered Don't you know the crime rate is going up, up, up, up, up! To live in this town you must be tough, tough, tough, tough, tough! You got rats on the west side Bed bugs uptown What a mess this town's in tatters I've been shattered My brain's been battered - splattered - all over Manhattan Uh-huh, This town's full of money grabbers Go ahead Bite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots, huh Shadoobie, My brain's been battered My friends they come around they Flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter! Pile it up, pile it high on the platter You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  E  B  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. |
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