When Push Comes To Shove Chords

by Grateful Dead
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Bizzy5285 [a] 50.
4 contributors total, last edit on Nov 23, 2022

Chords

D
A
G
B
E

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[Intro]
D     A
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------2-----------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-/-5--5-2--2-5--5----3-/-5--5-2--2-0--3-/-5--5-2--2-5--0-3--5--3-2--0---|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
D
Shaking in the forest, what have you to fear?
D
Here there may be tigers to punch you in the ear
G                           A
Gloves of stainless steel, bats carved out of brick
D                                  G
Knock you down and beat you up and give your ass a kick
      D                  A                  D
When push comes to shove, you're afraid of love
 
 
[Verse 2]
D
Shaking in the desert, wherefore do you cry?
D
Here there may be rattlesnakes to punch you in the eye
     G                           A
With shotguns full of silver and bullets made of glass,
D                                    G
String barbed wire at your feet that do not let you pass
      D                 A                   D
When push comes to shove, you're afraid of love
 
 
[Chorus]
G                     A
 When push comes to shove
D                     B
 When push comes to shove
E                     A                     D
 You're afraid of love when push comes to shove
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
                D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------15--15----15-15--15---15-15--15------------------------------|
G|--------14-16--------16-------------14-14-----17-16-14---------------------|
D|--14/16--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
     D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9b11r9--7-----7-7--7------7--7-------------------------------------------|
D|------------7h9--------9--7------10--9-7-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
                D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------15--15----15-15--15---15-15--15------------------------------|
G|--------14-16-14--14-16-14-14--14---14-14-----17--16-14--------------------|
D|--14/16--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
    D                                      [----] not sure!
e|-------7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------7-----------------------15--15--13--12---12-----------------------|
G|--9b11-----9-7-------7-----------14--14--13--12----------------------------|
D|---------------9-7h9---9--/--14--------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
    G                   A                      D
    let ring-]          let ring
e|-----------------15---------------17------17-19--21r19--17-14--------------|
B|--12-----12-/-15----------14-/-17-----19-----------------------------------|
G|------12--------------14---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
                G                              D
e|--13-----------------15-14-13/------15-------------------------------------|
B|-----15-14-13-12--15-------------------17b19--19r17-15-17b19--19r17-15-----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
          A                              D
e|------------------17--15---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------17b19r17-15--------------------------------------|
G|--16-15-14--/--18------------------------/7-7--7-------7--7--7-------------|
D|-----------------------------------------/7-7--7-9-7-9-7--7--7-------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 3]
D
Shaking in the bedroom, covers on your head
D
Cringing like a baby at the hand beneath the bed
G                      A
Phantom in the closet, scratching at the door
    D                          G
The latest mystery killer you saw on channel four
      D                  A                  D
When push comes to shove, you're afraid of love
 
 
[Verse 4]
D
Shaking in the garden, the fear within you grows
D
Here there may be roses to punch you in the nose
G                              A
Twist their arms around you, slap you 'til you cry
D                                   G
Wrap you in their sweet perfume and love you 'til you die
      D                  A                  D
When push comes to shove, you're afraid of love
 
 
[Chorus]
G                     A
 When push comes to shove
D                     B
 When push comes to shove
E                     A                     D
 You're afraid of love when push comes to shove
 
G                     A
 When push comes to shove
D                     B
 When push comes to shove
E                     A                     D
 You're afraid of love when push comes to shove
 
 
[Outro]
D                     D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9b11--9b11r9-7---7---------7--7~~~~~~~~~~--------------------------------|
D|-----------------9---7h9p7h9-----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
************************************
 
| /  Slide up
| r  Release
| b  Bend
| h  Hammer-on
| ~  Vibrato
| p  Pull-off
 
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When Push Comes To Shove – Grateful Dead
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