Robbie Williams / Gary Barlow - Shame
Version 1 from csmager is already great, so go ahead and go vote for it!
I just modified it slightly and play it on capo one, so the chords are all a half
step lower than in his version.
Chords used:
A - x02220
Asus4 - x02240
B - x24442
Bm - x24432
Bm7 - x24232
B7 - x24242
D - xx0232
E - 022100
E7 - 020100
Esus4 - 022200
F#m - 244222
F#7 - 242322
Intro (2x):
A (once) Asus4 (once) A
D (once) A (once) Bm
A Asus4 A
Well there’s three versions of this story mine &
D A Bm
yours and then the truth
A Asus4 A
And we can put it down to circumstance,
D A B
our childhood, then our youth
E7 F#m D
Out of some sentimental gain I wanted you to feel my pain,
A Asus4 A
but it came back return to sender
E7 F#m D
I read your mind and tried to call, my tears could fill the Albert Hall,
E Esus4 (let ring)
is this the sound of sweet surrender?
A Bm7 D E
What a shame we never listened
A Bm7 D E
I told you through the television
A Bm7 D E
And all that went away was the price we paid
F#m B7
People spend a lifetime this way
E
Oh what a shame.
A Asus4 A
So I got busy throwing everybody
D A Bm
underneath the bus
A Asus4 A
And with your poster 30 foot high at the
D A B
back of Toys-R-Us
E7 F#m D
I wrote a letter in my mind, but the words were so unkind,
A Asus4 A
about a man I can’t remember
E7 F#m D
I don’t recall the reasons why, I must have meant them at the time,
E Esus4 (let ring)
is this the sound of sweet surrender?
A Bm7 D E
What a shame we never listened
A Bm7 D E
I told you through the television
A Bm7 D E
And all that went away was the price we paid
F#m B7
People spend a lifetime this way
F#m B7
And that’s how they stay
E
Oh what a shame.
A F#7 B Bm E7 A
Words come easy, when they’re true
A F#7 B Bm E7 A
Words come easy, when they’re true
A Bm7 D E A
So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus
Bm7 D E A
And with your poster 30 foot high at the back of Toys-R-Us
Bm7 D E Esus4 (let ring)
Now we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood then our youth.
A Bm7 D E
What a shame we never listened
A Bm7 D E
I told you through the television
A Bm7 D E
And all that went away was the price we paid
F#m B7
People spend a lifetime this way
F#m B7
And that’s how they stay
F#m B7
People spend a lifetime this way
E A Asus4 A D A B
Oh what a shame, what a shame
Bm A
Such a shame, what a shame
