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STABBING WESTWARD - SHAME
Intro is alternating octaves on an E chord. I play in Drop-D, so the tab would be
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--14-2-14-2--14-2-14--2-14-----------------------------------|
A|-2--14-2-14-2--14-2-14--2-14-----------------------------------|
D|-2--14-2-14-2--14-2-14--2-14-----------------------------------|
EI only see myself Dreflected in your eyes
ESo all that I believe I am Dessentially are lies
EAnd everything I've hoped to be Dor ever thought I was
EDied with your belief in me, Dso who the hell am I?
I don't Eknow if I am Creal without you
AWhat is left of Dme without you?
EI don't know what's Creal without you
AHow can I exDist without you?E  
EI'm wandering 'round confused, Dwondering why I try
EThe more that you deny my pain, Dthe more it intensifies
EI pray for someone to ache for me Dthe way I ache for you
EIf you ignore that I'm alive, DI've nothing to cling to
I don't Eknow if I am Creal without you
AWhat is left of Dme without you?
EI don't know what's Creal without you
AHow can I exDist without you?E  
EI stare into this mirror, Dso tired of this life
EIf only you would speak to me, Dor care if I'm alive
EOnce I swore I would die for you, Dbut I never meant it like this
EI never meant like this, Dno I never meant like this
I don't Eknow if I am Creal without you
AWhat is left of Dme without you?
EI don't know what's Creal without you
AHow can I exDist without you?E  
  C  AHow can I exDist without you?E  
  EHow can I exist without you?
Repeat intro. End on the low E.

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Shame

by Stabbing Westward

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STABBING WESTWARD - SHAME

Intro is alternating octaves on an E chord. I play in Drop-D, so the tab would be

E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-2--14-2-14-2--14-2-14--2-14-----------------------------------|

A|-2--14-2-14-2--14-2-14--2-14-----------------------------------|

D|-2--14-2-14-2--14-2-14--2-14-----------------------------------|

E D

I only see myself reflected in your eyes

E D

So all that I believe I am essentially are lies

E D

And everything I've hoped to be or ever thought I was

E D

Died with your belief in me, so who the hell am I?

E C

I don't know if I am real without you

A D

What is left of me without you?

E C

I don't know what's real without you

A D E

How can I exist without you?

E D

I'm wandering 'round confused, wondering why I try

E D

The more that you deny my pain, the more it intensifies

E D

I pray for someone to ache for me the way I ache for you

E D

If you ignore that I'm alive, I've nothing to cling to

E C

I don't know if I am real without you

A D

What is left of me without you?

E C

I don't know what's real without you

A D E

How can I exist without you?

E D

I stare into this mirror, so tired of this life

E D

If only you would speak to me, or care if I'm alive

E D

Once I swore I would die for you, but I never meant it like this

E D

I never meant like this, no I never meant like this

E C

I don't know if I am real without you

A D

What is left of me without you?

E C

I don't know what's real without you

A D E

How can I exist without you?

C A D E

How can I exist without you?

Repeat intro. End on the low E.

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