Shame Chords

KeyEb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays559

Shame by Keith Urban is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords Eb, G, C, Ab, Bb, Gm and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Eb
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16
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(Intro) 
Eb 


(Verse) 
Eb 
What you heard is true.  
    G 
The disappointing truth  
      C 
Cause I don't like to lose  
Ab 
Shame on me shame on me  
Eb                  G 
Promises I made and bills I never paid  
C 
Another missed birthday  
Ab 
Shame on me, shame on me  
                          Eb 
Bridges that I burned and lovers that I hurt  
Bb 
Lessons never learned  
(no chord)  
Shame on me shame on me  


Eb                       Gm 
Hey I'm not trying to be perfect  
                   Cm 
It's not like it's worth it  
         Ab 
Everyone hurts the same  
Eb                       Gm 
Hey I'm not trying to be special  
                Cm 
Cause I aint no angel  
         Ab 
Everyone hurts the same  
       Eb 
What a shame  



(Verse) 
Eb 
I repeat my words  
Gm 
Sometimes they seem rehearsed  
    Cm 
And I speak out of turn  
Ab 
Shame on me shame on me  
                          Eb 
Bridges that I burned and lovers that I hurt  
Bb 
Lessons never learned  
 (no chord) 
Shame on me shame on me 

  
Eb                       Gm 
Hey I'm not trying to be perfect  
                   Cm 
It's not like it's worth it  
         Ab 
Everyone hurts the same  
Eb                       Gm 
Hey I'm not trying to be special  
                Cm 
Cause I aint no angel  
         Ab 
Everyone hurts the same, what a shame  


(bridge) 
          Bb  
That were hiding underneath our skin  
Cm                               Ab 
 And were scared to let somebody in  
  Bb                        Eb 
Nobody showed us how to live  



(Chorus-out) 
(no chord) 
Or how to be perfect  

It's not like it's worth it  
Eb                       Gm 
Hey I'm not trying to be perfect  
                   Cm 
It's not like it's worth it  
         Ab  
Everyone hurts the same  
Eb                       Gm 
Hey I'm not trying to be special  
                Cm 
Cause I aint no angel  
         Ab 
Everyone hurts the same  
       Eb 
What a shame  
                     Gm  
I'm not trying to be perfect  
                   Cm 
It's not like it's worth it  
         Ab  
Everyone hurts the same  
Eb                       Gm 
Hey I'm not trying to be special  
                Cm 
Cause I aint no angel  
         Ab 
Everyone hurts the same, what a 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.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante