Show me a Little Shame Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays447

Show me a Little Shame by Ben Harper is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, C7, Am and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: C  ...
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just before the verse,he plays that:
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|---0-2-|
E|-3-----|
couplet:
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                 C          G  F                                        
You, you've been looking at me  just a little too long,
    C     G              C       G  
now I can never look the same
C             G        F                                  
Blindness and kindness, there's no difference in the two 
           C         G               C     G
when I can no longer see the good in you 

             F         G      C      C7     
So won't you show me a little shame 
          F         G      C       G
Won't you show me a little shame 
couplet:
Now 'cause I'm, I'm a gentleman, before gentlewomen, so-called ladies keep
breakin my heart 
Show me your house, show me your home, show me how it could all fall apart 
refrain:
So won't you show me a little shame 
Won't you show me a little shame 
Won't you show me a little shame 
bridge:
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             Am                          C        
'Cause now I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
Am                         F   
I get through crying and I sat up and before I wept
G                              Am            G       F  
I get through thinking and the thoughts have left my head 
Bb                                                F           G                                 
I get through speaking and I can't remember not a word that I said 
couplet:
You change your mind so many times, I wonder if you have a mind at all 
And I rather be by myself than to have your lonesome company come to call 
refrain:
So won't you show me a little shame 
Won't you show me a little shame 
Won't you show me a little shame 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante