Key: F# major
Intro 1
Em
F#m
Bm
Em
F#m
Bm
G
Em
F#m
A
Bm
Em
C
Edim
Em
A
Em
It's a shame
Verse 1
D
The way you mess around
F#m
Bm
with your man
Em
Asus4
It's a shame the way
A
F#m
Bm
you hurt me
B
Em
It's a shame
D
The way you mess around with your man
Bm
G
I'm sitting all alone, by the telephone
Em
Waiting for your call,
Asus4
when you don't call at all
Bm
Em
It's a shame
Verse 2
(shame)
D
The way you mess around
F#m
Bm
with your man
Em
It's a shame (shame)
A
F#m
The way you play with my emotions
Bm
Em
A
It's a shame (shame)
The way you mess around
Bm
with your man
G
D
You're like a child at play,
G
on a sunny day
Em
But you play with love,
A
and then you throw it away
Asus4
Bm
Why do you
Verse 3
Em
Bm
use me,
Asus4
A
D
try to confuse me?
Bm
Em
How can you stand to
Asus4
A
D
be so cruel?
Bm
A
F
Why don't you free me,
Bb
Dm
from this prison
C
Em
Where I serve my time
Asus4
as your fool?
Em
It's a shame
Verse 4
A
(shame)
D
The way you mess around with your man
Bm
Em
It's a shame (shame)
A
F#m
Bm
The way you hurt me
Em
A
It's a shame (shame)
D
The way you mess around with your man
Bm
G
I try to stay with you,
Gm
G
show you love so true
Em
But you won't appreciate,
G
A
Asus4
the love we try to make
Verse 5
Em
F#m
Oh, it's got to be a shame
Bm
Uh
Verse 6
Em
A
Em
Why do you use me,
A
D
try to confuse me?
Bm
Em
A
F#m
How can you stand to be so cruel?
Bm
F
Why don't you free me,
Bb
Dm
from this prison
Bb
C
Em
A
G
Asus4
Served my time as your fool?
Verse 7
Em
Asus4
Got to be a (shame) shame
Em
D
The way you mess around
Bm
with your man
Em
Oh, it's a (shame) shame
Asus4
F#m
The way you hurt me
Bm
Em
Oh, it's a shame
A
(shame) baby, baby
Em
D
The way you mess around
with your man
Bm
G
You've got my heart in chains,
Gm
G
and I must complain
Em
A
I just can't be confined, oh,
Asus4
Bm
Em
and I can't find the time
Oh, oh-oh
D
(Shame)
Bm
Em
It's a shame (shame)
Asus4
D
It's a shame the way you hurt me,
F#m
yeah
A
B
Em
Oh (shame)
A
D
Gotta, gotta,
Bm
gotta, gotta be a shame, oh, yeah
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