Capo 3rd
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Intro:
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Intro (2x):
G (once) Gsus4 (once) G
C (once) G (once) Am
G Gsus4 G
Well there’s three versions of this story mine &
C G Am
yours and then the truth
G Gsus4 G
And we can put it down to circumstance,
C G A
our childhood, then our youth
D7 Em C
Out of some sentimental gain I wanted you to feel my pain,
G Gsus4 G
but it came back return to sender
D7 Em C
I read your mind and tried to call, my tears could fill the Albert Hall,
D Dsus4 (let ring)
is this the sound of sweet surrender?
G Am7 C D
What a shame we never listened
G Am7 C D
I told you through the television
G Am7 C D
And all that went away was the price we paid
Em A7
People spend a lifetime this way
D
Oh what a shame.
G Gsus4 G
So I got busy throwing everybody
C G Am
underneath the bus
G Gsus4 G
And with your poster 30 foot high at the
C G A
back of Toys-R-Us
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/robbie_williams/shame_tab.html ]
D7 Em C
I wrote a letter in my mind, but the words were so unkind,
G Gsus4 G
about a man I can’t remember
D7 Em C
I don’t recall the reasons why, I must have meant them at the time,
D Dsus4 (let ring)
is this the sound of sweet surrender?
G Am7 C D
What a shame we never listened
G Am7 C D
I told you through the television
G Am7 C D
And all that went away was the price we paid
Em A7
People spend a lifetime this way
Em A7
And that’s how they stay
D
Oh what a shame.
G E7 A Am D7 G
Words come easy, when they’re true
G E7 A Am D7 G
Words come easy, when they’re true
G Am7 C D G
So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus
Am7 C D G
And with your poster 30 foot high at the back of Toys-R-Us
Am7 C D Dsus4 (let ring)
Now we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood then our youth.
G Am7 C D
What a shame we never listened
G Am7 C D
I told you through the television
G Am7 C D
And all that went away was the price we paid
Em A7
People spend a lifetime this way
Em A7
And that’s how they stay
Em A7
People spend a lifetime this way
D G Gsus4 G C G A
Oh what a shame, what a shame
Am G
Such a shame, what a shame
