Intro: Bb5 C5 Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 Eb5 C5 Well there?s three versions of this story mine & yours and then the truth Bb5 C5 Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 And we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood, then our youth F5 G5 ( Bb5 ) Eb5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 Out of some sentimental gain I wanted you to feel my pain, but it came back return to sender F5 G5 ( Bb5 ) Eb5 ( F5 F5 ) I read your mind and tried to call, my tears could fill the Albert Hall, is this the of sweet surrender? Bb5 C5 Eb5 F5 What a shame we never listened Bb5 C5 Eb5 F5 I told you through the television Bb5 C5 Eb5 F5 And all that went away was the price we paid G5 C5 People spend a lifetime this way F5 Oh what a shame. Bb5 C5 Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus Bb5 C5 Bb5 Eb5 C5 And with your poster 30 foot at the back of Toys-R-Us F5 G5 ( Bb5 ) Eb5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 I wrote a letter in my mind, but the words were so unkind, about a man I can?t remember F5 G5 ( Bb5 ) Eb5 F5 ( F5 F5 ) I don?t recall the reasons why, I must have meant them at the time, is this the sound of surrender? Bb5 C5 Eb5 F5 What a shame we never listened Bb5 C5 Eb5 F5 I told you through the television Bb5 C5 Eb5 F5 And all that went away was the price we paid G5 C5 People spend a lifetime this way G5 C5 And that?s how they stay F5 Oh what a shame. Bb5 G5 C5 C5 F5 Bb5 Words come easy, when they?re true Bb5 G5 C5 C5 F5 Bb5 Words come easy, when they?re true Bb5 C5 Eb5 F5 Bb5 So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus C5 Eb5 F5 Bb5 And with your poster 30 foot at the back of Toys-R-Us C5 Eb5 F5 F5 F5 Now we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood then our youth. Bb5 C5 Eb5 F5 What a shame we never listened Bb5 C5 Eb5 F5 I told you through the television Bb5 C5 Eb5 F5 And all that went away was the price we paid G5 C5 People spend a lifetime this way G5 C5 And that?s how they stay G5 C5 People spend a lifetime this way F5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 Eb5 C5 Oh what a shame, what a shame C5 Bb5 Such a shame, what a shame csmager 08/2010