Oh My What A Shame chords by Don McLean

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Verse 1
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They were married in the old church yard
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And they promised to
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be true to each other
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No matter how hard their lives might be
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But like meteors  that fell
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Through mo  ments parallel
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They were soon to cross
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And on different plots of earth
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They both did fall
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Though their lives had really not
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Been hard at all
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Oh my, what a

Verse 2
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shame no
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one's to blame
It just happened that way
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And there's nothing you can say
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When two people say goodbye oh my
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Verse 3
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Two brothers promised they'd return
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When the war that they
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were fighting was over
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But only one lived to keep his vow
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And the story    I was told said
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He lived to be quite old before
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time won out
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Someone asked if he knew what
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They both fought for
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But he could not recall he'd
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ever been to war
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Oh my, what a shame no

Verse 4
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one's to blame
It just happened that way
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And there's nothing you can say
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When two people say good
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bye oh my

Verse 5
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For there's nothing you can
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Say when it's over
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And there's nothing you can do
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when it's done
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There's no battle you can win
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And there's nothing to be
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gin that's not begun

Verse 6
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In this moment I recall
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your face
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And I wonder if you still think about me
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Occasionally I still think of you
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And I watch  the river flow and
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I know I must let go but it's oh
so hard
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For the waves are all around
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my small canoe
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I had always hoped this boat
could carry two
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Oh my, what a

Verse 7
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shame no
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one's to blame
It just happened that way
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And there's nothing you can say
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When two people say goodbye
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oh my
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