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What a Shame About Me |Am7/D | | | | |Am7/D | | | | |Am7/D | | | * | |Am7/D | | | |
Am7/DI was grinding through my day gig Stackin' cutouts at the Strand*
When in walks Franny from NYU We were quite an item back then
We Dm7/Gtalked about her films and shows and Cds And I don't know what else*
She said, yeah, Am7/DHollywood's been good to me But tell me - how about yourself
I'm still Cmaj7working on that F13novel But I'm Ebmaj7/Fjust about to qF13uit 'Cause I'm Dworrying about the Db7future now Or B7maybe this is Bbmaj7it Fmaj7 B7+9 Bbmaj7 E13-9 It's not all that I thought it would be Bb/C B7+9 Gsus4/Bb Bbmaj13 What a shame a bout me
Am7/D She said, talk to me, do you ever see Anybody else from our old crew*
Bobby Dakine won the Bunsen Prize Now he's coming out with something new
Dm7/GAlan owns a chain of Steamer Heavens And Barry is the software king* And Am7/Dsomebody told me in the early 80's
You were gonna be the Next Big Thing
Well now Cmaj7that was just a F13rumour But I Ebmaj7/Fguess I'm doin' F13fine DThree weeks out of the Db7rehab Living B7one day at a Bbmaj7time Fmaj7 B7+9 Bbmaj7 E13-9 Sneaking up on the new century Bb/C B7+9 Gsus4/Bb Bbmaj13 What a shame a bout me
Am7/D What a shame about Gm7/Cme I'm thinking of a Bbm7/Ebmajor Jane Street Fmaj9sunrise And the Bb13goddess on the Csus4/Ebfire esEbm7/Abcape was you
|Dbm7/Gb | |Abm7/Db | | |Dbm7/Gb | |Abm7/Db | | |Gbm7/B |Abm7/Db |
We Am7/Dboth ran out of small talk The connection seemed to go dead*
I was about to say, hey, have a nice life When she touched my hand and said:
You kDm7/Gnow I just had this great idea This could be very cool*
Why don't we grab a cab to my hotel
And make believe we're Am7/Dback at our old school
I said Cmaj7babe you look de F13licious And you're Ebmaj7/Fstanding very F13close But like Dthis is Lower Db7Broadway And you're B7talking to a Bbmaj7ghost Fmaj7 B7+9 Bbmaj7 E13-9 Take a good look it's easy to see What a Bbmaj7shame aEbmaj9bout me E7 F Bb/C B7+9 Gsus4/Bb Bbmaj13 What a shame a bout me
|Am7/D | | | | Shame! Shame about me… Repeat/fade ‘*‘lick Gsus4/Bb Csus4/Eb --16-s15--16-s15---------X--------X-------- --16-s15--16-s15---------1--------6------- --15-s14--15-s14---------0--------5------- -------------------------0--------5------- -------------------------1--------6------- -------------------------X--------X------- Repeat/fade Transcription and chart Peter Kruger casparus60@yahoo.com