{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1878728,"song":"What A Shame","artist":"Shane Smith & the Saints","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11421733-what-a-shame-chords-by-shane-smith-the-saints/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1878728?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":111,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf my life road on a ship I’d chase down some hurricanes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwe’d have stories once those howling winds had passed[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd if I’d wanted my whole life to be laid out in black and white[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’d have turned my weathered sails sometime ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut I stayed steady on that stream(?), river rocks, and gasoline[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBumping curbs on every turn we would make[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe friends we’d made and lovers past, bail bond loans and Sunday mass[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey have opened up a newer life to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell what a shame a cryin’ shame 9 to 5 it’s all the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut you won’t take those wasted hours to your grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd O good God don’t rest my soul and let my sails fall to a fold[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’m still running in a race and wishing on a falling star[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd how much money meets your desire and how much heat can you take before you feel the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don’t think it’s worth the pain but who am I to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBecause I feel like every other day I sing another sad song about living free[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI lose another little piece of the puzzle that got me here[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnother roadhouse fight cast down by sin, another blowout 10 miles from town again[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnother sold out night that makes it worth the fight for the life I wanna live[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf I'd love the lord by, sing loud till they turn out your very last light[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen your gone what do you have but the song you sang[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd there ain’t no one who can hold me back, I can’t change my ways once I’ve felt like that[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFind love and a life worth remembering[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat a shame a cryin’ shame 9 to 5 it’s all the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut you won’t take those wasted hours to your grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd as I watch my hour glass grains of sand are like days of past[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBrace the storm this is your love, your life, your task[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd as I watch my hour glass grains of sand are like days of past[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBrace the storm this is your love, your life, your task[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC - G - D - Em - C - G - D x2\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nC - G - D - Em - C - G - D\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nC - G - D - Em - C - G - D x2\n\n\n[Chorus 3]","chords":["C","G","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}