What A Shame chords by Shinedown

Chords with lyrics

Title: What A augmentedA Shame
Artist: Shinedown
Album: The Sound Of Madness

Wasn't happy with the other versions out there, so I decided to give it a shot myself.
This might (or might not) be the way it is played, but it sounds good when played
along to the record version.
Feel free to comment if you see (or hear) any mistakes.

Oh, and thanks to 365_days_gone for his (her?) Guitar Pro version that made my work much easier.

Tuned a half-step down

Intro: E MajorE x2

F# minorF#m
Two packs of cigarettes a day
  A augmentedA
The strongest whiskey
  F# minorF#m
Kentucky can make
             A augmentedA
That's a recipe to put a vagabond
    F# minorF#m
On his hands and knees

I watched it all up close,
           A augmentedA
I knew him more than most
        F# minorF#m
I saw a side of him he never showed
            A augmentedA
Full of sympathy for a world that
     E MajorE
Wouldn't let him be


B minorBm
  That's the man he was,
C#C#
  Have you heard enough?


E MajorE
What a shame, what a shame,
                 F# minorF#m
To judge a life that you can't change
      E MajorE
The choir sings, the church bells ring
                 F# minorF#m
So, won't you give this man his wings?
     E MajorE
What a shame to have to beg you to
           C#C#
See we're not all the same
    F# minorF#m
What a shame

E MajorE
E

     F# minorF#m
There's a hard life for every silver spoon
     E MajorE
There's a touch of grey for every shade of blue
F# minorF#m
That's the way that I see life
       A augmentedA
If there was nothing wrong,
        E MajorE
Then there'd be nothing right
F# minorF#m
And for this working man they say could
    A augmentedA
Barely stand
           F# minorF#m
There's gotta be a better place to land
             A augmentedA
Some kind of remedy for a world that
     E MajorE
Wouldn't let him be

B minorBm
  That's the man he was,
C#C#
  Have you heard enough?


E MajorE
What a shame, what a shame,
                 F# minorF#m
To judge a life that you can't change
      E MajorE
The choir sings, the church bells ring
                 F# minorF#m
So, won't you give this man his wings?
     E MajorE
What a shame to have to beg you to
           C#C#
See we're not all the same

    A augmentedA <----- The two chords alternate rapidly;
What a shame     I prefer playing power  chords

Bridge:

Eb MajorEb x2 <-- I also play this riff using power chords.

Eb MajorEb
God forgive the hands that laid you down,

They never knew how,
Eb MajorEb
But your broken heart can break the sound,

And change the season
Eb MajorEb
Now the leaves are falling faster, happily ever after
C#C#
You gave me hope through your endeavors
  C#C# <--- You can go above the 12th fret to make
And now you will live for-e--ver   it sound exactly like the original
                   song, but since I play it on an
                   acoustic, I go down for the last 3
                   chords.
E MajorE
What a shame, what a shame,
                 F# minorF#m
To judge a life that you can't change
      E MajorE
The choir sings, the church bells ring
                 F# minorF#m
So, won't you give this man his wings?
     E MajorE
What a shame to have to beg you to
           F# minorF#m
See we're not all the same
     E MajorE
What a shame, what a shame
             F# minorF#m
'Cause we're not all the same
     E MajorE
What a shame, what a shame
             F# minorF#m
'Cause we're not all the same

E MajorE