I'm Livin' In Shame chords by Diana Ross, The Supremes
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Intro 1
(D major) (F sharp minor) (C major) (D major)
(B minor) (G major) (A major) (D major) (A major)
Verse 1
(A minor) Mom was cooking bread,
(F major) she wore a dirty raggety scarf
around (C major) her head.
Always had her stock (E minor) ings low,
rolled to her feet, she just (G major) didn't know.
She wore a sloppy (A minor) dress,
No mat (F major) ter how she tried,
she always (C major) looked a mess.
Out of the pot (E minor) she ate,
never used a fork or a (G major) dinner plate.
(B minor) I was always (A major) so ashamed for my
uptown friends to see her,
(B minor) Afraid one day when I (A major) was grown
that I would be her. (B minor)
(F sharp major)
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Verse 2
In a (B minor) col lege town, away (G major) from home,
a new identity (D major) I found.
Said I was born (F sharp minor) elite,
with maids and servants (A major) at my feet.
I must have (B minor) been insane,
I (G major) lied and said my mom died on
a weekend trip (D major) to Spain.
She nev (F sharp minor) er got out of the house,
never even boarded (A major) a train.
I (B minor) mar ried a guy, was (A major) livin' high,
I didn't want him to know her,
(D major) She (B minor) had a grandson, two (A major) years old,
I never even showed her.
I'm (D major)
Verse 3
Livin' In (F sharp minor) Shame, Momma,
I (D major) mis (C major) s you. (A minor) (C major) (B minor) (G major) (D major)
I'm Livin' In (F sharp minor) Shame, Momma,
I (D major) miss you.
Interlude 1
(B minor) (G major) (F sharp major) (F sharp minor) (E minor)
(A major) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (G major)
(A minor)
Verse 4
Came the telegram, (F major)
mom passed away while
making homemade (C major) jam.
Before (E minor) she died,
she cried to see me by (G major) her side.
She always (A minor) did her best,
Ah! (F major) cookin', cleanin',
always in the same (C major) old dress.
(E minor) Workin' hard down on her knees,
always (G major) try'n to please. (B minor) (A major)
Momma! Momma! Do you hear me, (B minor)
Momma! (A major)
Momma! Momma! (E flat major) (G minor) (E flat major) Do (B flat minor)
(E flat major) (B flatsus4) (E flat major) (G minor) (E flat major) you
(B flat minor) (B flatsus4) (A flat major) hear (E flat major) me,
Outro 1
Momma!
(G minor) (E flat major) (B flat minor) (A flat major) (B flatsus4) (B flat major) (E flat major)
(G minor) (E flat major)
I'm Livin' In Shame
Diana Ross, The Supremes
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