Show me a Little Shame Chords
by Ben Harper
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.
Intro: C ...
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just before the verse,he plays that:
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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