Chords for What a Shame About Me

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_ _ _ I _ _ [Dm] _
[Am] was grinding through my day gig, stacking cutouts at [A] the Strand. _
We didn't [Am] watch Franny from NYU.
[D] We were quiet and quiet and [Dm] back then. _
We talked about our films and shows and CDs.
[G] I [Dm] don't know what else.
She said, yeah, [Am] Hollywood's been good to me, but [D] tell me, how about your stand? _
[B] I'm still working on the novel, [Eb] but I'm just [F] about to quit.
[D] I'm worrying about the future [B] now, I want to be [Gm] visible.
[F] It's not all that I thought [Dm] it would [Db] be.
[C] What a shame about [D] me. _ _
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She said, talk [Am] to me, do you ever see anybody else from our old crew?
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_ Bob didn't kind [A] of want the fun surprise, [Dm] coming [Am] up with [A] something _ new.
[Dm] Alan holds a [F] tank of steam, oh heavens, [Dm] Barry is a software [G] king.
Then [Am] somebody told me in the early days, [D] it was going to [A] be the next big thing. _
[C] Well, now that was just a real [Cm] one, but I guess [F] I'm doing fine.
[D] Three weeks out of the [B] rehab, living one [Bb] day at a time, [F] sneaking up on that [B] new stage of being.
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[Bb] What a shame [A] about me. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] What a shame [Bb] about me.
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I'm thinking [Db] of a major James [C] Grittson night, and [Bb] I got us [Eb] under fire, and still it [Dbm] was you. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Am] both ran out of small talk, [D] our connection [Am] seemed [A] to go [Dm] dead.
I was about to say, hey, have a nice life, touched my hand and said, _
_ [Dm] I just had a great idea, _ it'd be very cool.
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[Am] Why don't we grab a [D] cab from my [Am] hotel and make a leave of back at our old school?
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[B] I said, Dave, you look [Cm] delicious and you're standing very close.
[D] Like this is lower [B] Broadway and you're talking to a [Bb] ghost.
[F] Hey, God, look, [B] it's easy to [Db] see.
What a shame [Eb] about [E] me.
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What a shame [Bm] about [D] me. _ _
_ [C] Shame.
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_ [D] Shame.
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A shame [C] about me.
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_ [A] Shame. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [A] Shame. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ A shame about me.
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[Am] _ Shame.
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Shame. _ _ _ _ _ _
A shame about me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] It's a shame, it's a shame, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
it's a shame. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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