• Song:

    Shame

  • Artist:

    The Avett Brothers

  • Album:

    Emotionalism

Capo 1 (Optional)

G (320003@1)                  AmOkay (x02210@1)so I was wrong about
                          DMy (xx0232@1)reasons for us fallin' out
                            GOf (320003@1)love I want to fall back in


G (320003@1)                         AmMy (x02210@1)life is different now I swear
                            DI (xx0232@1)know now what it means to care
                          GAbout (320003@1)somebody other than myself


G (320003@1)                         AmI (x02210@1)know the things I said to you
                       DThey (xx0232@1)were untender and untrue
                             GI'd (320003@1)like to see those things undo


G (320003@1)                             AmSo (x02210@1)if you could find it in your heart
                       DTo (xx0232@1)give a man a second start
                               GI (320003@1)promise things won't end the same

(Chorus)
G (320003@1)                 CShame, (x32010@1)boatloads of shame
          Am (x02210@1)             DDay (xx0232@1)after day, more of the same
G (320003@1)                    CBlame, (x32010@1)please lift it off
               Am (x02210@1)                DPlease (xx0232@1)take it off, please make it stop


G (320003@1)                     AmOkay (x02210@1)so I have read the mail
                         D (xx0232@1)The stories people often tell
                       GAbout (320003@1)us that we never knew


G (320003@1)                            AmBut (x02210@1)their existence will float away
                              D (xx0232@1)And just like every word they say
                               GAnd (320003@1)we will hold hands as they fade


(Chorus)
G (320003@1)                 CShame, (x32010@1)boatloads of shame
          Am (x02210@1)             DDay (xx0232@1)after day, more of the same
G (320003@1)                   CBlame, (x32010@1)please lift it off
               Am (x02210@1)                DPlease (xx0232@1)take it off, please make it stop

(Bridge)
C (x32010@1)                     BmI (x24432@1)felt so sure of everything
                       EmMy (022000@1)love to you so well received
                                AAnd (x02220@1)I just strutted around your town
                          CKnowing (x32010@1)I didn't let you down
                                  BmThe (x24432@1)truth be known, the truth be told
                            EmMy (022000@1)heart was always fairly cold
                        APosing (x02220@1)to be as warm as yours
                          CMy (x32010@1)way of getting in your world
                              BmBut (x24432@1)now I'm out and I've had time
                    
To look around and think
                      Am (x02210@1)And sink into another world
        D (xx0232@1)             
That's filled with guilt and overwhelming

(Chorus)
G (320003@1)                 CShame, (x32010@1)boatloads of shame
          Am (x02210@1)             DDay (xx0232@1)after day, more of the same
G (320003@1)                   CBlame, (x32010@1)please lift it off
               Am (x02210@1)                DPlease (xx0232@1)take it off, please make it stop


G (320003@1)                      AmAnd (x02210@1)everyone they have a heart
                             DAnd (xx0232@1)when they break and fall apart
                            GAnd (320003@1)need somebody's helping hand


G (320003@1)                        AmI (x02210@1)used to say just let 'em fall
                         DIt (xx0232@1)wouldn't bother me at all
                           (G)
I couldn't help them now I can





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