What A Shame Chords

Capo   1
Key: Fm
 
Intro: 
Em  Em  G  D
Em  Em  G  D
 
Em
Two packs of cigarettes a day
    G
The strongest whiskey
   D
Kentucky can make
Em                       G
That's a recipe to put a vagabond
       D
On his hands and knees
Em
I watched it all up close,
                     G
I knew him more than most
                D
I saw a side of him he never showed
Em                       G
Full of sympathy for a world that
         D
Wouldn't let him be
 
 
Am
That's the man he was,
C        B
Have you heard enough?
 
 
Em      G             D
What a shame, what a shame,
                                  Em
To judge a life that you can't change
           G                       D
The choir sings, the church bells ring
                                 Em
So, won't you give this man his wings?
         G               D
What a shame to have to beg you to
                      C    B
See we're not all the same
       Em
What a shame
 
Em  G  D
Em  Em  G  D
 
          Em
There's a hard life for every silver spoon
         G                       D
There's a touch of grey for every shade of blue
Em
That's the way that I see life
             G
If there was nothing wrong,
                D
Then there'd be nothing right
Em
And for this working man they say could
       G
Barely stand
                     D             Em
There's gotta be a better place to land
                          G
Some kind of remedy for a world that
         D
Wouldn't let him be
 
 
Am
   That's the man he was,
C            B
   Have you heard enough?
 
 
Em      G             D
What a shame, what a shame,
                                  Em
To judge a life that you can't change
           G                       D
The choir sings, the church bells ring
                                 Em
So, won't you give this man his wings?
         G               D
What a shame to have to beg you to
                      C    B
See we're not all the same
 
        Am  G (Quickly alternate chords)
What a shame
 
Bridge:
 
G#m  A#m  B  D#m  C# x2 (Power chords sound nice here)
 
G#m     A#m      B          D#m      C#
God forgive the hands that laid you down,
 
They never knew how,
G#m      A#m      B         D#m       C#
But your broken heart can break the sound,
 
And change the season
B                                 C#
Now the leaves are falling faster, happily ever after
B
You gave me hope through your endeavors
    C#  D#m  Em  F#   G#  A#m B
And now you will live for  e    ver
 
(Chords are the same, but sing up an octave here)
 
Em       G          D
What a shame, what a shame,
                                 Em
To judge a life that you can't change
           G                      D
The choir sings, the church bells ring
                                 Em
So, won't you give this man his wings?
         G               D
What a shame to have to beg you to
                      Em
See we're not all the same
         G             D
What a shame, what a shame
                         Em
'Cause we're not all the same
         G             D
What a shame, what a shame
                         Em
'Cause we're not all the same
 
Em  G  D
Em  Em  G  D