Piano Notes for Shadow Of Mine
This post provides the melody notes (right hand letter notes) and chords (left hand notes) for the song Shadow Of Mine by Alec Benjamin.
Key Information for the Song Shadow Of Mine by Alec Benjamin
Key Signature: Three sharps (F#, C#, G#)
Scale: F# minor / A Major Scale (three black keys)
A Major Scale Notes: A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#
The relative minor of A major is F# minor (same notes but arranged in a different order).
F# minor Scale Notes: F#, G#, A, B, C#, D, E
Tempo: 162 bpm
Time Signature: 3/4
Difficulty Level: Beginner, Intermediate
How to Play Shadow Of Mine Piano Notes
Symbols Used in the Song
Asterisk: star symbol (*): Indicates an octave.
Asterisk after a note (e.g., C*): Indicates a higher octave note.
Asterisk before a note (e.g., *C): Indicates a lower octave note.
Notes in Brackets: (): Play quickly or fast (16th note of sheet music).
Wavy Lines: Tilde (~): Sustained Notes (quarter note, half note, or a whole note of sheet music).
Vertical Bar: Pipe Symbol (|): Indicates a chord change.
Chords: Bold red text inside square brackets [chord]. Play the chords for the song Shadow Of Mine at this point in the song.
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Shadow Of Mine Piano Notes and Chords
Intro Music
C#* D* C#* B A~
[B] B~ F#~ F#~ [B] B~ F#~ F#~
[F#] A~ F#~ F#~ [F#] A~ F#~ F#~
[B] B~ F#~ F#~ [B] C#*~ F#~ F# B
[F#] A~ F#~ F#~ [F#] A~ F#~ F#~
Verse 1
Booked a trip to Texas, thought I’d start again
Switched out my addresses and ghosted all my friends
Thought I could escape what I could not transcend
Found myself back in the same old place again
[B] A~ F# A~ F# [B] A~ C#*~~
Booked a trip to Texas,
[F#] A~ F# A~ F# [F#] A~~~
thought I’d start again
[B] A~ F# A~ F# [B] A~ C#*~
Switched out my addresses
F#~ [F#] A~ F# A~ F# [F#] A~~~
and ghosted all my friends
[B] C#*~ D* C#*~ D* [B] E*~
Thought I could escape
D* C#*~~ [F#] A~ A~ C#*~ [F#] C#*~
what I could not transcend
B~ A~ [E] B~ C#* B~ A [E] B~ C#* B~ A [E] B~~~
Found myself back in the same old place again
Chorus
Everywhere I go, my shadow, it follows behind
Doesn’t matter where I travel, my shadow, it finds me
Something that I’ve come to realize after all this time
I can’t escape my shadow, I can’t escape my shadow
C#* D* C#* B A F# [B] B~ F#~ F#~ [B] B~ F#~ F#~ [F#] A~~~
Everywhere I go, my shadow, it follows behind
[F#] C#* D* C#* B A F# [B] B~ F#~ F#~ [B] B~ F#~ F#~ [F#] A~ F#~~
Doesn’t matter where I travel, my shadow, it finds me
[F#] C#* D* C#* B C#* D* [B] E* D* C#*~ A~ [B] A~ A~ D*~ [F#] C#*~~~
Something that I’ve come to realize after all this time
[F#] C#* D*~ E*~ D* [E] C#*~ B~~
I can’t escape my shadow,
[E] C#* D*~ E*~ D* [E] C#*~ B~ B C#* [E] D*~~~
I can’t escape my shadow
Verse 2
Maybe I’m the nexus, the common thread that binds
The problems in my hеad and the world that lives outside
I thought I could еscape, but it’s fate I’ve come to find
My devil is the devil that’s inside
[B] A~ F# A~ F# [B] A~ C#*~~ [F#] A~ F# A~ F# [F#] A~~~
Maybe I’m the nexus, the common thread that binds
[B] A~ F# A~ F# [B] A~ C#*~ F# A~ [F#] F# A~ F# [F#] A~~~
The problems in my hеad and the world that lives outside
[B] C#* D*~ C#*~ D* [B] E*~ D*~ C#*~ [F#] A~ F# A~ C#* [F#] C#*~~~
I thought I could еscape, but it’s fate I’ve come to find
F# [E] B C#* B~~ A [E] B C#* B~ A~ [E] A B~ B~~
My devil is the devil that’s inside
Chorus
Everywhere I go, my shadow, it follows behind
Doesn’t matter where I travel, my shadow, it finds me
Something that I’ve come to realize after all this time
I can’t escape my shadow, I can’t escape my shadow
C#* D* C#* B A F# [B] B~ F#~ F#~ [B] B~ F#~ F#~ [F#] A~~~
Everywhere I go, my shadow, it follows behind
[F#] C#* D* C#* B A F# [B] B~ F#~ F#~ [B] B~ F#~ F#~ [F#] A~ F#~~
Doesn’t matter where I travel, my shadow, it finds me
[F#] C#* D* C#* B C#* D* [B] E* D* C#*~ A~ [B] A~ A~ D*~ [F#] C#*~~~
Something that I’ve come to realize after all this time
[F#] C#* D*~ E*~ D* [E] C#*~ B~~
I can’t escape my shadow,
[E] C#* D*~ E*~ D* [E] C#*~ B~ B C#* [E] D*~~~
I can’t escape my shadow
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