Shame Of The Nation chords by New Order

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

E minorEm A minorAm Am7Am7
E minorEm A minorAm
E minorEm A minorAm Am7Am7

🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm
State of the nation
C majorC  E minor 7Em7
Our salvation
E minorEm Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7        CM7 E minor 7Em7
    State of the nation

🎸 Verse :
E minorEm
You can walk, or you can run
C majorC         BaugBaug
You don't have to be someone
E minorEm
I went on a summer cruise
CM7         E minor 7Em7
Upon an ocean born to lose
E minorEm
My brother said that he was dead
A minorAm
I saw his face and shook my head
E minorEm
Can you see where we can't be
C majorC        Am7Am7
We're losing our blood in the sea

🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm
'Cause it's the state of the nation (state of the nation)
        C majorC          CM7
That's holding our salvation (our salvation)
       E minorEm
Yes, it's the state of the nation (state of the nation)
        CM7
That's causing death inflation
E minorEm
Oh, the state of the nation
      C majorC
Is causing death inflation

E minorEm C majorC CM7 E minor 7Em7
E minorEm CM7 Am7Am7 Bm7Bm7

🎸 Verse :
E minorEm
From my home I traveled far
CM7      E minor 7Em7
I drove in my stolen car
E minorEm
When it broke down, I kissed the ground
    C majorC         CM7   E minor 7Em7
'Cause I don't kiss when you're around
E minorEm
I don't find that I have been
  CM7
The portrait of an only son
E minorEm
If that's the case, then who could tell
C majorC    CM7
Where my story had begun?

🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm
'Cause it's the state of the nation (state of the nation)
          C majorC     E minor 7Em7
That's holding our salvation (our salvation)
E minorEm
Yes, it's the state of the nation (state of the nation)
          C majorC    E minorEm
That's holding our salvation
     E minorEm
Yes, the state of the nation
        CM7    E minor 7Em7
That's causing death inflation
E minorEm
Oh, the state of the nation (state of the nation)
        A minorAm     Am7Am7 E minorEm
That's causing death inflation
E minorEm
State of the nation
E minorEm
State of the nation
C majorC
State of the nation
CM7
State of the nation
E minorEm
State of the nation
E minorEm
State of the nation
A minorAm
State of the nation
Am7Am7
State of the nation

Instr:
E minorEm A minorAm Bm7Bm7 D MajorD
E minorEm A minorAm CM7 E minor 7Em7
E minorEm A minorAm Am7Am7
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm
E minorEm C majorC G+G Dsus2Dsus2

E minorEm A minorAm
E minorEm A minorAm
E minorEm A minorAm

E minorEm C majorC BB E minorEm
Em C majorC Bm7Bm7 D MajorD
E minorEm C majorC Bm7Bm7
E minorEm C majorC Bm7Bm7 D MajorD
E minorEm CM7 Bm7Bm7 D MajorD
E minorEm CM7 B minorBm D MajorD
E minorEm CM7 Bm7Bm7 D MajorD
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm C majorC E minor 7Em7


🎸 Verse :
E minorEm
Even now, I'm all alone
 CM7            E minor 7Em7
Behind a wall that's made of stone
 E minorEm
I think about where we have been
CM7                D MajorD
And all the sights that could be seen
 E minorEm
I know it all could be worthwhile
  C majorC      Am7Am7
If only I could force a smile
E minorEm
Now we turn our backs to the sea
  Am7Am7
The shame of a nation we'll never be

🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm
'Cause it's the state of the nation (state of the nation)
        C majorC       E minor 7Em7
That's holding our salvation (our salvation)
       E minorEm
Yes, it's the state of the nation (state of the nation)
        C majorC     CM7
That's holding our salvation
    E minorEm
Oh, the state of the nation (state of the nation)
      C majorC          E minor 7Em7
Is causing death inflation (of our salvation)
     E minorEm
Yes, the state of the nation
      C majorC       E minor 7Em7
Is causing death inflation

🎸 Outro:
E minorEm Am7Am7
E minorEm Am7Am7
E minorEm
Em C majorC CM7 E minor 7Em7
E minorEm C majorC CM7 E minor 7Em7
E minorEm C majorC CM7 E minor 7Em7
E minorEm C majorC CM7 E minor 7Em7