Shame Scandal chords by Madness

Chords with lyrics

D7D7   G+G  D7D7            G+G
I said oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family
D7D7   G+G  D7D7            G+G
Oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family

verse 1

    G+G           D MajorD
Down in Trinidad, there was a family
   D7D7        G+G
With much confusion as you will see
            D MajorD
A augmentedA mama and a papa and a boy who was grown
  D7D7            G+G
He wanted to marry and have wife of his own
           D MajorD
He found a girl, she suited him nice
  D7D7          G+G
He went to his father to ask his advice
             D MajorD
His father said, "son, I have to say no
  D7D7              G+G
The girl is your sister, but your mama don't know"

D7D7   G+G  D7D7            G+G
Oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family
    D7D7   G+G  D7D7            G+G
I said oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family

verse 2

       G+G           D MajorD
And then the weeks went by and the summer came down
D7D7             G+G
Soon, the best girl on the islands he found
            D MajorD
He went to his papa to make it a date
  D7D7             G+G
His papa shook his head and to this he did say
               D MajorD
"You can't marry that girl, I have to say no
     D7D7              G+G
Cause the girl is your sister, but your mama don't know"

D7D7   G+G  D7D7            G+G
Oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family
    D7D7   G+G  D7D7            G+G
I said oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family

verse 3

    G+G          D MajorD
Oh, he went to his mama, he covered his head
  D7D7           G+G
He told his mom, what his father had said
                  D MajorD
His mother, she laughed, she said, "go man go
   D7D7                G+G
Your daddy ain't your daddy, but your daddy don't know"

D7D7   G+G  D7D7            G+G
Oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family
   D7D7   G+G  D7D7            G+G
Well oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family
    D7D7   G+G  D7D7            G+G
I said oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family
    D7D7   G+G  D7D7            G+G
I said oh, misery, shame and scandal in the family