Shame Chords

KeyBb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays384

Shame by Robbie Williams is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, Cm, Bb/D, Eb, Cm7, C, F7, Gm, Bb/F, Fsus4 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bb
Text
16
Speed
  			(intro) Bb Cm Bb/D 
        Eb Bb/D Cm7 

Bb     Cm            Bb/D			   Eb                                     Cm7 
  Well there’s three versions of this story mine & yours and then the truth 
Bb    Cm     Bb/D			      Eb         Bb/D                    C 
  And we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood, then our youth 
F7			                 Gm	                   (Bb/F)           Eb				      Bb Cm Bb/D 
Out of some sentimental gain I wanted you to feel my pain, but it came back return to sender 
F7			      Gm	                   (Bb/F)               Eb                                                     (Fsus4 F) 
I read your mind and tried to call, my tears could fill the Albert Hall, is this the  of sweet surrender? 

                Bb    Cm7     Eb  F 
What a shame we never listened 
                       Bb  Cm7   Eb  F 
I told you through the television 
                   Bb          Cm7      Eb   F 
And all that went away was the price we paid 
               Gm            C 
People spend a lifetime this way 
          Fsus4 
Oh what a shame. 

Bb   Cm    Bb/D			   Eb   Bb/D      Cm7 
  So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus 
Bb    Cm        Bb/D	              Eb                          C 
 And with your poster 30 foot at the back of Toys-R-Us 
F7		                        Gm	               (Bb/F)                                                  Bb   Cm  Bb/D 
I wrote a letter in my mind, but the words were so unkind, about a man I can’t remember 
F7		           Gm	                      ( Bb/F )  Eb                F        (Fsus4 F) 
I don’t recall the reasons why, I must have meant them at the time, is this the sound of surrender? 

                Bb    Cm7     Eb  F 
What a shame we never listened 
                       Bb  Cm7   Eb  F 
I told you through the television 
                   Bb          Cm7      Eb   F 
And all that went away was the price we paid 
               Gm            C 
People spend a lifetime this way 
    Gm              C 
And that’s how they stay 
          F 
Oh what a shame. 

Bb    Gm   C     Cm7  F       Bb 
Words come easy, when they’re true 
Bb    Gm   C     Cm7  F       Bb 
Words come easy, when they’re true 

Bb         Cm7           Eb        F              Bb 
  So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus 
              Cm7       Eb          F              Bb 
And with your poster 30 foot at the back of Toys-R-Us 
           Cm7            Eb                F 
Fsus4 F 
Now we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood then our youth. 

                Bb    Cm7     Eb  F 
What a shame we never listened 
                       Bb  Cm7   Eb  F 
I told you through the television 
                   Bb          Cm7      Eb   F 
And all that went away was the price we paid 
               Gm            C 
People spend a lifetime this way 
    Gm              C 
And that’s how they stay 
               Gm            C 
People spend a lifetime this way 
          F             Bb   Cm Bb/D   Eb 
C 
Oh what a shame, what a shame 
Cm                   Bb 
Such a shame, what a shame 
    	

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