...I'M LIVIN' IN SHAME... by The Supremes
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*from 'Love Child' (1968)*
Intro:
D, Dmaj7, D7, G
A
Verse 1:
Am
Mama was cookin' bread,
F
She wore a dirty raggedy scarf,
C
A-round her head,
Em
Always had her stockings low,
Rolled to her feet;
G
Just didn't know.
Verse 2:
Am
She wore a sloppy dress,
F
Oh no matter how she tried,
C
She always looked a mess,
Em
Out of the pot she ate,
G
Never used a fork or a dinner plate.
Bridge 1:
Bm A7
I was always so afraid,
D
My uptown friends would see her.
Bm A7
Afraid one day when I was grown,
D
That I would be her.
Interlude:
F#
Verse 3:
Bm
In a college town,
G
A-way from home,
D
An identi-ty I found,
F#m
That I was born elite,
With maids and servants,
A
At my feet.
Verse 4:
Bm
I must have been insane,
G
I lied and said mama died,
D
On a weekend trip to Spain.
F#m
She never got out of the house,
A
Never even boarded a train.
Bridge 2:
Bm A7
Married a guy, was living high,
D
I didn't want him to know her.
Bm A7
She had a grandson, two years old,
D
That I never even showed her.
Chorus 1:
D Dmaj7
I'm living in shame,
D7 G, Gm
Mama, I miss you.
D Dmaj7
I know you're not to blame,
D7 G, Gm
Mama, I miss you.
Interlude:
F#
Break:
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Em A, C D, G
Verse 5:
Am
Came the telegram;
F
Mama passed away,
C
While making home made jam.
Em
Be-fore she died she cried,
G
To see me by her side.
Verse 6:
Am
She always did her best,
F
Ah cooked and cleaned,
C
And always in the same old dress.
Em
Working hard, down on her knees,
G
Always trying to please.
Bridge 3:
Bm
Mama,
A7
Mama,
D
Mama can you hear me?
Bm
Mama,
A7
Mama,
D
Mama can you hear me?
*KEY CHANGE*
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Chorus 3:
Eb Ebmaj7
I'm living in shame,
Eb7 G#, G#m
Mama, I miss you.
Eb Ebmaj7
I know you've done your best,
Eb7 G#, G#m
Mama, I miss you.
Coda:
Eb
Won't you for-give me mama,
Ebmaj7
For all the wrong I've done?
Eb7
I know you've done your best,
G# G#m
Oh I know you've done,
Eb
The very best you could,
Ebmaj7
Mama I thought you understood...
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D Dmaj7 D7 G A
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 xx0222 xx0212 320003 x02220
Am F C Em Bm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 133211 032010 022000 x24432
A7 F# F#m Gm Eb
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02223 244322 244222 355333 6654xx
Ebmaj7 Eb7 G# G#m
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x68786 x68686 466544 466444
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
