Ashamed Chords
by Deer Tick
Ashamed by Deer Tick is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C
C
I am the boy your mother wanted you to meet but I am
Am
broken and torn with heels at my feet
F
And with your purest light why don't you shine on me
C
Well I should have been an angel but I'm too dumb to speak
C
Now as she gets nearer, the visions get clearer
Am
I'm kneeling, weeping. I will hold her dear
F C
Oh, if your eyes water, you've got your favorite number to spin
Am F C G C
And oh,ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Am F
what a crying shame, a crying shame
C G C
What we became
C
Murdered my throat, screaming bloody all night
Am
Hit him with a book and how he crumbles
F
Oh you should have seen the arches tumble
C
Their golden no more, now I'm smiling in my blood
C
I'm caught in a whirlwind
Am
I'm going to heaven
F
I'm standing on trial and it's painted on canvas
C
An eternal testament to how we are so animalistic
Am F C G C
And oh,ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Am F
what a crying shame, a crying shame
C G C
What we became
C
I bow my head in the morning light and say goodnight
Am
I held her hand and I, I kissed her eyes
F
Stumbled down the stairs and hang my self on high
C
And I started for the town that i have a front yard and died