One Mans Shame Chords
One Mans Shame by William Elliott Whitmore is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Originally recorded with banjo, but sounds good on guitar as well. Pretty simple progression,
especially if you go with regular strumming instead of the cool little banjo riff that goes over the Cm.
Cm
Don't alter my altar, don't desecrate my shrine
F Cm
My church is the water and my home is underneath the shady pines
Cm
Don't underestimate the spine in a poor man's back
G Cm
when it's against the wall and his future's black
F Cm
One man's story is another man's shame
F Cm
I ain't bound for glory, I'm bound for flames
F Cm
Take to the woods boy, and cover up your tracks
F G Cm
Go away child, go away child and don't look back
F G Cm
Cm
Sad is the lullaby from a mother's heart and soul
F Cm
when she knows her child has strayed from the fold
Cm
The parish will perish by death's cruel hand
G Cm
and finish the job that fate began
Cm
And all that static in the attic, that's just an old drunk ghost
F Cm
His chains are rattlin' but his end is close
Cm
Ain't no hell below, ain't no heaven above
G Cm
I came for the drinks but I stayed for the love
F Cm
One man's story is another man's shame
F Cm
I ain't bound for glory, I'm bound for flames
F Cm
Take to the woods boy, and cover up your tracks
F G Cm
Go away child, go away child and don't look back
F G Cm
Cm
Don't alter my altar, don't desecrate my shrine
F Cm
My church is the water and my home is underneath the shady pines
Cm
Don't underestimate the spine in a poor man's back
G Cm
when it's against the wall and his future's black
F Cm
One man's story is another man's shame
F Cm
I ain't bound for glory, I'm bound for flames
F Cm
Take to the woods boy, and cover up your tracks
F G Cm
Go away child, go away child and don't look back
F Cm
Take to the woods boy, and cover up your tracks
F G Cm
Go away child, go away child and don't look back
F G Cm
Go away child, go away child and don't look back