It's A Shame About Peik chords by Eden Prairie

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Em

Difficulty: Novice

intro:
8x | Em          | Em       Am |
   | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  |

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

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

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

4x | Em          | Em       Am |
   | 1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  |

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

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

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

solo:
G  D  Em  C  G  D  Em  C  G  D  Em  C  G  D  Em  Em

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