Shinedown - What A Shame
Intro: Fm Fm G# D# x2
Fm
Two packs of cigarettes a day
G#
The strongest whiskey
D#
Kentucky can make
Fm G#
That's a recipe to put a vagabond
D#
On his hands and knees
Fm
I watched it all up close,
G#
I knew him more than most
D#
I saw a side of him he never showed
Fm G#
Full of sympathy for a world that
D#
Wouldn't let him be
A#m
That's the man he was,
C# C
Have you heard enough?
Fm G# D#
What a shame, what a shame,
Fm
To judge a life that you can't change
G# D#
The choir sings, the church bells ring
Fm
So, won't you give this man his wings?
G# D#
What a shame to have to beg you to
C# C
See we're not all the same
Fm
What a shame
Fm G# D#
Fm Fm G# D#
Fm
There's a hard life for every silver spoon
G# D#
There's a touch of grey for every shade of blue
Fm
That's the way that I see life
G#
If there was nothing wrong,
D#
Then there'd be nothing right
Fm
And for this working man they say could
G#
Barely stand
D# Fm
There's gotta be a better place to land
G#
Some kind of remedy for a world that
D#
Wouldn't let him be
A#m
That's the man he was,
C# C
Have you heard enough?
Fm G# D#
What a shame, what a shame,
Fm
To judge a life that you can't change
G# D#
The choir sings, the church bells ring
Fm
So, won't you give this man his wings?
G# D#
What a shame to have to beg you to
C# C
See we're not all the same
A#m
What a shame
Bridge:
Am Bm C Em D x2
Am Bm C Em D
God forgive the hands that laid you down,
They never knew how,
Am Bm C Em D
But your broken heart can break the sound,
And change the season
C D
Now the leaves are falling faster, happily ever after
C
You gave me hope through your endeavors
D Em Fm G A Bm C
And now you will live for-e--ver
(Chords are the same, but sing up an octave here)
Fm G# D#
What a shame, what a shame,
Fm
To judge a life that you can't change
G# D#
The choir sings, the church bells ring
Fm
So, won't you give this man his wings?
G# D#
What a shame to have to beg you to
Fm
See we're not all the same
G# D#
What a shame, what a shame
Fm
'Cause we're not all the same
G# D#
What a shame, what a shame
Fm
'Cause we're not all the same
Fm G# D#
Fm Fm G# D#