Shame

Capo 1 G# A#m Okay so I was wrong about D# My reasons for us fallin’ out G# Of love I want to fall back in G# A#m My life is different now I swear D# I know now what it means to care G# About somebody other than myself G# A#m I know the things I said to you D# They were untender and untrue G# I’d like to see those things undo G# A#m So if you could find it in your heart D# To give a man a second start G# I promise things won’t end the same G# C# Shame, boatloads of shame A#m D# Day after day, more of the same G# C# Blame, please lift it off A#m D# Please take it off, please make it stop G# A#m Okay so I have read the mail D# The stories people often tell G# About us that we never knew G# A#m But their existence will float away D# And just like every word they say G# And we will hold hands as they fade G# C# Shame, boatloads of shame A#m D# Day after day, more of the same G# C# Blame, please lift it off A#m D# Please take it off, please make it stop C# Cm I felt so sure of everything Fm My love to you so well received A# And I just strutted around your town C# Knowing I didn’t let you down Cm The truth be known, the truth be told Fm My heart was always fairly cold A# Posing to be as warm as yours C# My way of getting in your world D# But now I’m out and I’ve had time To look around and think A#m And sink into another world D# That’s filled with guilt and overwhelming G# C# Shame, boatloads of shame A#m D# Day after day, more of the same G# C# Blame, please lift it off A#m D# Please take it off, please make it stop G# A#m And everyone they have a heart D# And when they break and fall apart G# And need somebody’s helping hand G# A#m I used to say just let ’em fall D# It wouldn’t bother me at all G# I couldn’t help them now I can