What A Shame

C | G | D | Em | C | G | D 2x C G D Em If my life road on a ship I’d chase down some hurricanes C G D we’d have stories once those howling winds had passed C G D Em And if I’d wanted my whole life to be laid out in black and white C G D I’d have turned my weathered sails sometime ago C G D Em But I stayed steady on that stream(?), river rocks, and gasoline C G D Bumping curbs on every turn we would make C G D Em The friends we’d made and lovers past, bail bond loans and Sunday mass C G D They have opened up a newer life to me C G D Em Well what a shame a cryin’ shame 9 to 5 it’s all the same C G D But you won’t take those wasted hours to your grave C G D Em And O good God don’t rest my soul and let my sails fall to a fold C G D I’m still running in a race and wishing on a falling star C | G | D | Em | C | G | D C G D Em And how much money meets your desire and how much heat can you take before you feel the fire C G D I don’t think it’s worth the pain but who am I to say C G D Em Because I feel like every other day I sing another sad song about living free C G D I lose another little piece of the puzzle that got me here C G D Em Another roadhouse fight cast down by sin, another blowout 10 miles from town again C G D Another sold out night that makes it worth the fight for the life I wanna live C G D Em If I'd love the lord by, sing loud till they turn out your very last light C G D When your gone what do you have but the song you sang C G D Em And there ain’t no one who can hold me back, I can’t change my ways once I’ve felt like that C G D Find love and a life worth remembering C G D Em What a shame a cryin’ shame 9 to 5 it’s all the same C G D But you won’t take those wasted hours to your grave C G D Em And as I watch my hour glass grains of sand are like days of past C G D Brace the storm this is your love, your life, your task C | G | D | Em | C | G | D 2x C G D Em And as I watch my hour glass grains of sand are like days of past C G D Brace the storm this is your love, your life, your task