Mortified Chords
Mortified by Caroline Herring is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Am, D, B7 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
th Fret
G
I should have been ashamed
I should have been mortified
I should have hung my head
C
Dug me a hole and climbed inside
Am
'Cause I was able
C D G
But the crumbs from the table kept me satisfied
Am C
No one should walk this path alone
D G
My path of loneliness and shame
Am
I thought my heart would turn to stone
C Am D
Before our eyes and with your blessing
C G Am D G
What made me a martyr
B7 Em
What makes me your outcast
C
I just wanted to feel something
D
I just wanted to feel something
G
But I should have been ashamed
Yeah, I should have been mortified
I should have hung my head
C
Dug me a hole and climbed inside
Am
'Cause I was able
C D G
But the crumbs from the table kept me satisfied
Am C
Hot off the press, come get the news
D G
Right from the source of the scandal
Am
About the dangers of the muse
C Am D
And temptations too great to handle
C G Am D G
What made me a martyr
B7 Em
What makes me your outcast
C
I just wanted to feel something
D
I just wanted to feel something
G
But I should have been ashamed
Yeah, I should have been mortified
I should have hung my head
C
Dug me a hole and climbed inside
Am
'Cause I was able
C D G
But the crumbs from the table kept me satisfied
Bridge:
Em
Do I sound mean
C
Do I sound rude
G
Do you think me petty
D
Think me cruel
Em C
Was I in love with you, or you, or you, or you
G D
I tried to be so true, so true, so true
G
But I should have been ashamed
I should have been mortified
I should have hung my head
C
Dug me a hole and climbed inside
Am
'Cause I was able
C D G
But the crumbs from the table kept me satisfied
OUTRO: (## fade to end ##)
I should have been ashamed
I should have been mortified
Yeah, I should have been ashamed