Its A Shame About Peik chords by Eden Prairie

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E minorEm

Difficulty: Novice

intro:
8x | E minorEm     | E minorEm    A minorAm |
  | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 |

verse 1:
E minorEm      E minorEm     A minorAm E minorEm       E minorEm  A minorAm
Peik had only one good eye  and a troubled mind
E minorEm          E minorEm        A minorAm E minorEm       E minorEm  A minorAm
He lost the other eye fighting the sheriff in the jail one night
E minorEm          E minorEm     A minorAm E minorEm       E minorEm   A minorAm
Homeless for the past fourty years,  carried all he owned
E minorEm              E minorEm     A minorAm E minorEm         E minorEm A minorAm
How he made it through those winter nights I guess I’ll never know

pre-chorus:
C majorC          D MajorD       E minorEm      G+G
When they found that poor young girl dead in the woods
  C majorC        D MajorD        E minorEm            G+G
It didn’t take too long before poor Peik had his neck in the noose
C majorC       D MajorD
It was on the news

chorus:
G+G          D MajorD
Crowd was standing, Peik was on the landing
E minorEm        C majorC         G+G     D MajorD        E minorEm
Took the dive one minute to midnight Oh it’s a shame about old Peik
G+G          D MajorD
When the light died  in his one eye
E minorEm         C majorC
Couldn’t shake the feeling it wasn’t right
G+G     D MajorD        E minorEm
Oh it’s a shame about old Peik

4x | E minorEm     | E minorEm    A minorAm |
  | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 |

verse 2:
E minorEm            E minorEm     A minorAm  E minorEm        E minorEm  A minorAm
The girl she came from a foreign country, she was pale and fair
E minorEm       E minorEm     A minorAm  E minorEm       E minorEm  A minorAm
Everybody just loved her accent and her frizzy hair
E minorEm         E minorEm    A minorAm E minorEm       E minorEm  A minorAm
Peik was seen maybe once or twice following her around
E minorEm          E minorEm     A minorAm E minorEm        E minorEm  A minorAm
But she always *just smiled at him and never put him down

pre-chorus:
C majorC          D MajorD       E minorEm     G+G
When they found her body laying in the shallow grave
C majorC           D MajorD         E minorEm         G+G
Seemed right then and there they knew on who they’d pin the blame
C majorC       D MajorD
And a plan was made

chorus:
G+G          D MajorD
Crowd was standing, Peik was on the landing
E minorEm        C majorC         G+G     D MajorD        E minorEm
Took the dive one minute to midnight Oh it’s a shame about old Peik
G+G         D MajorD
When the light died in his one eye
E minorEm         C majorC
Couldn’t shake the feeling it wasn’t right
G+G     D MajorD        E minorEm
Oh it’s a shame about old Peik

solo:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD E minorEm E minorEm

outro:
A minorAm     D MajorD      E minorEm          G+G
The morning paper had a whole page picture of Peik
  A minorAm       D MajorD        G+G       E minorEm
The mayor said the sheriff was the one to congratulate
A minorAm       D MajorD        G+G     E minorEm
The Main Street ladies all went out to celebrate
A minorAm      D MajorD          G+G    E minorEm
But a guilty conscience kept the sheriff awake
C majorC     D MajorD        G+G
Oh it’s a shame about old Peik