Chords for What a Shame

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[Fm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] He _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ packs a [F] cigarette today, [Ab] the strongest whiskey [Eb] Kentucky can make.
[F] _ That's a recipe _ to put [Ab] a vagabond on his [Eb] hands and knees.
[F] I watched it all up close.
I knew him more than [Ab] most.
I saw a side of [Eb] him it never [F] showed.
Full of sympathy for [Ab] a world that wouldn't let me.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ That's the man he was, [Db] _ _ have you [C] heard it [Bb] now?
_ [F] _ _ What a [Ab] shame, what a [Eb] shame, to judge a life that you can't [F] change.
The quiet [Ab] seats, the judge [Eb] bells ring, so won't you give this man his [F] wings?
What a [Ab] shame, to have [Eb] to beg you to see we're all the [Db] _ same. _
[C] _ What a [F] shame. _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Fm] There's a hard [F] light for every silver spoon.
[Ab] There's a touch of gray for [Eb] every shade of blue.
_ [Fm] _ That's the [F] way that I see life.
If [Ab] there was nothing wrong, then [Eb] there'd be nothing right.
[F] And for this working man they said could barely [Ab] stand, there's gotta be [Eb] a better place [F] to land.
So you got a remedy [Ab] for a world that wouldn't [Eb] let him be.
[Bb] _ _ That's the man he was, [Db] _ _ have [C] you heard it [Bb] now?
[F] _ _ What [Ab] a shame, what [Eb] a shame, to judge a life that you [F] can't change.
The quiet [Ab] seats, the judge [Eb] bells ring, so won't you give this man [F] his wings?
What [Ab] a shame, to have [Eb] to beg you to see we're all [Db] the same. _
[C] _ _ What [Bb] a shame. _
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[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] God [Bm] forgive [C] the hands [Em] that laid [D] you down.
They never knew [A] how [Bm] much a [C] broken heart [Em] can break [D] the sound. _
Changed the season, [C] _ now the leaves are falling faster.
[D] _ _ Happily ever after, [C] you gave me hope through your endeavors.
[D] And [E] now you [G] will [A] live _ [Bm] forever.
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[F] _ _ _ [Ab] What a shame, [Eb] what a shame, to judge a life that you [F] can't change.
The [Ab] quiet seats, the judge [Eb] bells ring, so won't you give this man [F] his wings?
[Ab] What a shame, _ _
[Eb] _ to have to beg you to see we're all [F] the same.
[Ab] What a shame, _ [Eb] what a shame, _ cause we're all [F] the same.
[Ab] What a shame, _ [Eb] what a shame, _ _ cause we're all [F] the same. _ _ _ _ _
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