What A Shame
ShinedownVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
--- x2
Two packs of cigarettes a day
The strongest whiskey
Kentucky can make
That's a recipe to put a vagabond
On his hands and knees
I watched it all up close,
I knew him more than most
I saw a side of him he never showed
Full of sympathy for a world that
Wouldn't let him be
That's the man he was,
Have you heard enough?
What a shame, what a shame,
To judge a life that you can't change
The choir sings, the church bells ring
So, won't you give this man his wings?
What a shame to have to beg you to
See we're not all the same
What a shame
There's a hard life for every silver spoon
There's a touch of grey for every shade of blue
That's the way that I see life
If there was nothing wrong,
Then there'd be nothing right
And for this working man they say could
Barely stand
There's gotta be a better place to land
Some kind of remedy for a world that
Wouldn't let him be
That's the man he was,
Have you heard enough?
What a shame, what a shame,
To judge a life that you can't change
The choir sings, the church bells ring
So, won't you give this man his wings?
What a shame to have to beg you to
See we're not all the same
- <----- The two chords alternate rapidly;
---- x2 <-- I also play this riff using power chords.
God forgive the hands that laid you down,
They never knew how,
But your broken heart can break the sound,
And change the season
Now the leaves are falling faster, happily ever after
You gave me hope through your endeavors
<--- You can go above the 12th fret to make
And now you will live for-e--ver it sound exactly like the original
song, but since I play it on an
acoustic, I go down for the last 3
chords.
What a shame, what a shame,
To judge a life that you can't change
The choir sings, the church bells ring
So, won't you give this man his wings?
What a shame to have to beg you to
See we're not all the same
What a shame, what a shame
'Cause we're not all the same
What a shame, what a shame
'Cause we're not all the same
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Readable chord sheet for What A Shame by Shinedown
[F#m]-[F#m]-[A]-[E] x2
[F#m]Two packs of cigarettes a day
The [A]strongest whiskey
Ken[E]tucky can make [F#m]
That's a recipe to put a [A]vagabond
On his [E]hands and knees [F#m]
I watched it all up close,
I knew him more than [A]most
I saw a side of [E]him he never showed [F#m]
Full of sympathy for a [A]world that
Wouldn't [E]let him be
[Bm] That's the man he was,
[D] Have you h[C#]eard enough?
[F#m]What a sh[A]ame, what a sh[E]ame,
To judge a life that you can't cha[F#m]nge
The choir s[A]ings, the church bells r[E]ing
So, won't you give this man his w[F#m]ings?
What a sh[A]ame to have to b[E]eg you to
See we're not all the [D]same [C#]
What a [F#m]shame
[F#m] [A] [E]
[F#m] [F#m] [A] [E]
There's a [F#m]hard life for every silver spoon
There's a[A] touch of grey for every[E] shade of blue
[F#m]That's the way that I see life
If there was [A]nothing wrong,
Then there'd be [E]nothing right
[F#m]And for this working man they say could
Barely [A]stand
There's gotta be a be[E]tter place to [F#m]land
Some kind of remedy for a [A]world that
Wouldn't [E]let him be
[Bm] That's the man he was,
[D] Have you h[C#]eard enough?
[F#m]What a sh[A]ame, what a sh[E]ame,
To judge a life that you can't cha[F#m]nge
The choir s[A]ings, the church bells r[E]ing
So, won't you give this man his w[F#m]ings?
What a sh[A]ame to have to b[E]eg you to
See we're not all the [D]same [C#]
[Bm]-[A] <----- The two chords alternate rapidly;
[Bbm]-[Cm]-[C#]-[Fm]-[Eb] x2 <-- I also play this riff using power chords.
[Bbm]God forg[Cm]ive the [C#]hands that l[Fm]aid you [Eb]down,
They never knew how,
[Bbm]But your [Cm]broken h[C#]eart can br[Fm]eak the s[Eb]ound,
And change the season
[C#]Now the leaves are falling faster, [Eb]happily ever after
[C#]You gave me hope through your endeavors
[Eb] [Fm] [F#m] [Ab] [Bb] [Cm] [C#] <--- You can go above the 12th fret to make
And now you will live for-e--ver it sound exactly like the original
song, but since I play it on an
acoustic, I go down for the last 3
chords.
[F#m]What a sha[A]me, what a [E]shame,
To judge a life that you can't ch[F#m]ange
The choir s[A]ings, the church bells [E]ring
So, won't you give this man his w[F#m]ings?
What a sh[A]ame to have to b[E]eg you to
See we're not all the [F#m]same
What a sh[A]ame, what a sh[E]ame
'Cause we're not all the [F#m]same
What a sh[A]ame, what a sh[E]ame
'Cause we're not all the [F#m]same
[F#m] [A] [E]
[F#m] [F#m] [A] [E]