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Shame Acoustic
Sister Hazel
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Song: Shame - Acoustic
Band: Sister Hazel
From: Before the Amps - Originally from "Absolutely"
Chords Interpreted By: Ben Mc
Hello All,
My brother recently put me onto these guys by giving me the before the amps
CD, (thanks Scotty) I loved this song and thought I would put my
interpretation of it down. Here it is, questions or comments to:
bjmcnamara@dodo.com.au
Enjoy
PS I have not tabbed the solo (which is a absolute ripper) but just do
your own thing in C minor and you'll get close.
Chords:
Csus2: X 3 5 5 3 3
Fm : X 3 3 5 6 3
A# : 6 8 8 7 6 6
A : 5 7 7 6 X X
G# : 4 6 6 5 X X
G : 3 5 5 4 X X
[Intro]
Slide down from the 15th Fret on the A string into the Csus
Csus2, Fm, A# Csus2 X 2
-Hammer on the Csus2 twice and the Fm - listen to the song for the rythym
[Verse] (Same Chords as the intro)
Csus Fm
If you lead when you're standing
A# Csus Csus Fm
Every where you'd go you will bleed where you land and
A# Csus
Everyone will know
Csus Fm A# Csus
If you need a hand surely you will know
Csus Fm A# Csus
It was me who was standing and filling for your show
[Pre Chorus]
A# A G# G
I been seeing you and me in a space that can only grow
Everyone knows
[Chorus]
Csus Fm
I gave you everything
A# Csus
You got the best of me
Csus Fm A# Fm
So hey hey what a shame
Csus Fm
I was the only one
A# Csus
Who didn't know what you had done
Csus Fm A# G
hey hey what a shame
all you ever do is blame
[Pre Verse]
Intro/Verse Chords With hammer ons on the notes above the bar and a slide
from the 1st to the third Fret on the A string (5th) on the Csus - can be a
stretch - can do the same C on the 8th fret for this part and just slide
from the 6th Fret to the 8 on the E string.
Csus, Fm, A# Csus (with slide X 2)
Csus, Fm, A#, Csus into Verse
[Verse 2]
Csus Fm
If you fall for illusions
A# Csus
Pause it on the frame
Csus Fm
You will draw the conclusion
A# Csus
That everyone's the same
Csus Fm
I was a fool from the get go
A# Csus
And you would think I'd see
Csus Fm
All the things I should let go
A# Csus
And things that I don't need anymore
[Pre Chorus]
A# A G# G
I been seeing you and me in a space that can only grow
Everyone knows
[Chorus]
Csus Fm
I gave you everything
A# Csus
You got the best of me
Csus Fm A# Fm
So hey hey what a shame
Csus Fm
I was the only one
A# Csus
Who didn't know what you had done
Csus Fm A# G
hey hey what a shame
all you ever do is blame
[Solo]
Fm Csus G (two measures of the G) X 3
A# G (two measures each) then end to the breakdown on a Csus
Play the Csus hammered on on every 8th or so during the breakdown solo
(about 4 times) and finish with it at the end of the solo then go strait
into the chorus
[Chorus X 2] No G at the end of the first - just do a Csus instead
Csus Fm
I gave you everything
A# Csus
You got the best of me
Csus Fm A# Fm
So hey hey what a shame
Csus Fm
I was the only one
A# Csus
Who didn't know what you had done
Csus Fm A# Csus
hey hey what a shame
Csus Fm
I gave you everything
A# Csus
You got the best of me
Csus Fm A# Fm
So hey hey what a shame
Csus Fm
I was the only one
A# Csus
Who didn't know what you had done
Csus Fm A# G
hey hey what a shame
all you ever do is blame
[Outro] Same as the Pre Verse - Hammer on the Csus and Fm and do the 2
slides up to the 3rd fret on the A string (5th) on the Csus in the middle -
End on the Csus
Csus, Fm, A#, Csus (with the 5th string slides)
Csus, Fm, A#, Csus
Thats it!
Peace
BJM