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Eminor

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1/129

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 129Position: 3

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Intro]
e|---3b---0---0-------------------|---3b---0---0-------------------------|
B|---0------3---0-----------------|---0------3---0-----------------------|
G|----------------0-2-0-----------|----------------0-2-0-----------------|
D|----------------------2---------|--------------------0-2---------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------0-3-3--|-0----------------------0-3-0-3-------|
e|---3b---0---0-------------------|--3b---0---0--------------------------|
B|---0------3---0-----------------|--0------3---0------------------------|
G|----------------0-2-------------|---------------0-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-0------|
D|--------------------0-0-2-------|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2----|
A|--------------------------------|---------------------------------2----|
E|-0------------------------0-3-3-|-0------------------------------------|
EmShame, Shame, Cwhat kind of man Emcould I be,
Emplayed your mind, played your heart,
CI played it all Emfor me,
Gkept you frightened, Akept you fighting,
Cfor something you would C7never see,
Emkept you trying, left you crying,
Cand I did it all Emfor me,
e|---3b---0---0-------------------|---3b---0---0-------------------------|
B|---0------3---0-----------------|---0------3---0-----------------------|
G|----------------0-2-0-----------|----------------0-2-0-----------------|
D|----------------------2---------|--------------------0-2---------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------0-3-3--|-0----------------------0-3-0-3-------|
EmCry, GCry, ASing your Emdying sound,
GI know AI will Conly bring you Emdown,
EmShame, Shame, Cwhat kind of man Emcould I be,
EmShame, Shame, CWhat kind of man Emcould I be,
GKept you frightened, Akept you fighting,
Cfor something you would C7never see,
Emkept you trying, left you crying,
Cbut I could never let Emyou free,
EmShame Shame, Cwhat kind of man Emcould I be,
EmShame Shame, Cwhat kind of man Emcould I be,
e|---3b---0---0-------------------|--3b---0---0--------------------------|
B|---0------3---0-----------------|--0------3---0------------------------|
G|----------------0-2-------------|---------------0-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-0------|
D|--------------------0-0-2-------|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2----|
A|--------------------------------|---------------------------------2----|
E|-0------------------------0-3-3-|-0------------------------------------|
EmCry, GCry, ASing your Emdying sound,
GI know AI will Conly bring you Emdown,
EmShame, Shame, Cwhat kind of man Emcould I be,
EmShame, Shame, CWhat kind of man Emcould I be,
EmShame, Shame, Cwhat kind of man Emcould I be,
EmShame, Shame, CWhat kind of man Emcould I be,
[Outro]
e|---3b---0---0--------------------0-|
B|---0------3---0------------------0-|
G|----------------0-2-0------------0-|
D|----------------------2----------2-|
A|---------------------------------2-|
E|-0----------------------0-3-3-3--0-|
************************************
| b  Bend
************************************

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Shame

by Rusty Cage

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[Intro]

e|---3b---0---0-------------------|---3b---0---0-------------------------|

B|---0------3---0-----------------|---0------3---0-----------------------|

G|----------------0-2-0-----------|----------------0-2-0-----------------|

D|----------------------2---------|--------------------0-2---------------|

A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

E|-0-----------------------0-3-3--|-0----------------------0-3-0-3-------|

e|---3b---0---0-------------------|--3b---0---0--------------------------|

B|---0------3---0-----------------|--0------3---0------------------------|

G|----------------0-2-------------|---------------0-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-0------|

D|--------------------0-0-2-------|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2----|

A|--------------------------------|---------------------------------2----|

E|-0------------------------0-3-3-|-0------------------------------------|

Em C Em

Shame, Shame, what kind of man could I be,

played your mind, played your heart,

C Em

I played it all for me,

G A

kept you frightened, kept you fighting,

C C7

for something you would never see,

kept you trying, left you crying,

C Em

and I did it all for me,

e|---3b---0---0-------------------|---3b---0---0-------------------------|

B|---0------3---0-----------------|---0------3---0-----------------------|

G|----------------0-2-0-----------|----------------0-2-0-----------------|

D|----------------------2---------|--------------------0-2---------------|

A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

E|-0-----------------------0-3-3--|-0----------------------0-3-0-3-------|

Em G A Em

Cry, Cry, Sing your dying sound,

G A C Em

I know I will only bring you down,

Em C Em

Shame, Shame, what kind of man could I be,

Em C Em

Shame, Shame, What kind of man could I be,

G A

Kept you frightened, kept you fighting,

C C7

for something you would never see,

kept you trying, left you crying,

C Em

but I could never let you free,

Em C Em

Shame Shame, what kind of man could I be,

Em C Em

Shame Shame, what kind of man could I be,

e|---3b---0---0-------------------|--3b---0---0--------------------------|

B|---0------3---0-----------------|--0------3---0------------------------|

G|----------------0-2-------------|---------------0-2-2-2-2-0-2-0-0------|

D|--------------------0-0-2-------|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2----|

A|--------------------------------|---------------------------------2----|

E|-0------------------------0-3-3-|-0------------------------------------|

Em G A Em

Cry, Cry, Sing your dying sound,

G A C Em

I know I will only bring you down,

Em C Em

Shame, Shame, what kind of man could I be,

Em C Em

Shame, Shame, What kind of man could I be,

Em C Em

Shame, Shame, what kind of man could I be,

Em C Em

Shame, Shame, What kind of man could I be,

[Outro]

e|---3b---0---0--------------------0-|

B|---0------3---0------------------0-|

G|----------------0-2-0------------0-|

D|----------------------2----------2-|

A|---------------------------------2-|

E|-0----------------------0-3-3-3--0-|

************************************

| b Bend

************************************

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