Intro: BbCmBbEbBbCmBbCmBbEbCm
Well there?s three versions of this story mine & yours and then the truth
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And we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood, then our youth
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Out of some sentimental gain I wanted you to feel my pain, but it came back return to sender
F7Gm (Bb/F)Eb (FF)
I read your mind and tried to call, my tears could fill the Albert Hall, is this the of sweet surrender?
BbCmEbF
What a shame we never listened
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I told you through the television
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And all that went away was the price we paid
GmC
People spend a lifetime this way
F
Oh what a shame.
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So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus
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And with your poster 30 foot at the back of Toys-R-Us
F7Gm (Bb/F)BbCmBb
I wrote a letter in my mind, but the words were so unkind, about a man I can?t remember
F7Gm ( Bb ) EbF (FF)
I don?t recall the reasons why, I must have meant them at the time, is this the sound of surrender?
BbCmEbF
What a shame we never listened
BbCmEbF
I told you through the television
BbCmEbF
And all that went away was the price we paid
GmC
People spend a lifetime this way
GmC
And that?s how they stay
F
Oh what a shame.
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Words come easy, when they?re true
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Words come easy, when they?re true
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So I got busy throwing everybody underneath the bus
CmEbFBb
And with your poster 30 foot at the back of Toys-R-Us
CmEbFFF
Now we can put it down to circumstance, our childhood then our youth.
BbCmEbF
What a shame we never listened
BbCmEbF
I told you through the television
BbCmEbF
And all that went away was the price we paid
GmC
People spend a lifetime this way
GmC
And that?s how they stay
GmC
People spend a lifetime this way
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Oh what a shame, what a shame
CmBb
Such a shame, what a shame
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.