* The Castellows – Shelter
* Standard tuning.
Capo 3rd fret
* Debut live
performance at Cleveland House of Blues, March 15, 2024
* check out video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah6dWu_ybTk
* a better quality video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEBzzPBMm34
This is based on the live debut of the unreleased song Shelter (although it could be "Sheltered"). I'll repeat my Youtube Description:
The Castellows played this unreleased song Shelter (or perhaps "Sheltered") during their "A Little Goes a Long Way" debut EP tour. The chords and lyrics are also below (so we can all play along!). The intro by Lily and Ellie provides some background on the inspiration for the song. As the gals in the band (Lily Balkcom, Ellie Balkcom, and Powell Balkcom) were home-schooled, Ellie notes such kids are called 'sheltered', a as a derogatory term, e.g., poorly-adjusted, poorly developed, etc.. Well if home-schooling produces such poised and talented young people, being 'sheltered' and nurtured in they way the gals have been could never be a criticism. We all see the Instagram right? Working the farm, hunting, fishing, riding, the song-writing/recording/touring. The ladies are clearly role models IMHO, showing home-schooling must. So as Mick would say Gimme Shelter :) Bravo to Mr. and Mrs. Balkcom - it must not be easy but boy it appears to have been well worth it. Thanks in advance for any corrections :)
Intro
Em7 G/D C9
Verse 1
Am D
G C
Sleepin’ on a pull-out
mattress in a town where no one knows my name
Am D G C
Nothin’ but a dream
and a blue ridge(?), and a cloth in a picture frame.
C9 D G C9
Went to college for
a piece of paper, I didn’t even learn a thing.
Am G D
I went to school at
home so I taught myself to sing.
Chorus
C Em G C
Maybe I’m sheltered,
maybe I’m foolish, maybe I don’t understand.
C Em G C
Maybe I’m a princess
in your El Camino driving through the promised land.
Em G
Through the promised
land, past the silos, that’s where we go.
C D
Runnin’ wild and free,
but you can shelter me.
Instrumental
Em7 G/D C9
Verse 2
Am
D
G C
I’ve got a
rhinestone sewn on a Sunday dress and light shinin' off the dirt.
Am D G
C
My sisters say the “You’re
a little too wild”, they don’t want me to get hurt.
C9 D G C9
I’ll take my soul on
this rabbit trail, I’ll take off in this plane.
Am G D
Even though those
City lights won’t call my name.
Chorus
C Em G C
Maybe I’m sheltered,
maybe I’m foolish, maybe I don’t understand.
C Em G C
Maybe I’m a princess
in your El Camino driving through the promised land.
Em G
Through the promised
land, past the silos, that’s where we go.
C D
Runnin’ wild and free,
but you can shelter me.
Instrumental
Em7 G/D C9
Oooo oooo
oooo oooo, ooo you can shelter me
Oooo oooo
oooo oooo, ooo
Chorus
C Em G C
Maybe I’m sheltered,
maybe I’m foolish, maybe I don’t understand.
C Em G C
Maybe I’m a princess
in your El Camino driving through the promised land.
Em G
Through the promised
land, past the silos, that’s where we go.
C D
Runnin’ wild and free,
but you can shelter me.
Outro
Em7 G/D C9
Oooo oooo
oooo oooo, ooo you can shelter me
Oooo oooo
oooo oooo, ooo