Shame and Scandal chords by
Madness

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Key: D major

Intro 1

I said

Verse 1
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, misery, shame and
G G 
 
D D 
 
scandal in the family
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, misery, shame and
G G 
 
scandal in the family

Verse 2
G G 
 
D D 
 
Down in Trinidad, there was a family
G G 
 
With much confusion as you will see
D D 
 
A mama and a papa and a
boy who was grown
He wanted to marry and have
G G 
 
wife of his own
D D 
 
He found a girl, she suited him nice
G G 
 
He went to his father to ask his advice
D D 
 
His father said, "son, I have to say no
The girl is your sister,
G G 
 
but your mama don't know"

Verse 3
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, misery, shame and
G G 
 
scandal in the family
I said
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, misery, shame and
G G 
 
scandal in the family

Verse 4
G G 
 
And then the weeks went by and
D D 
 
the summer came down
G G 
 
Soon, the best girl on the islands he found
D D 
 
He went to his papa to make it a date
His papa shook his head and
G G 
 
to this he did say
"You can't marry that girl,
D D 
 
I have to say no
Cause the girl is your sister,
G G 
 
D D 
 
but your mama don't know"

Verse 5
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, misery, shame and
G G 
 
scandal in the family
D D 
 
I said
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, misery, it's shame
G G 
 
and scandal in the family

Verse 6
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Oh,
he went to his mama,
D D 
 
he covered his head
G G 
 
He told his mom, what his father had said
His mother, she laughed,
D D 
 
she said, "go man go
Your daddy ain't your daddy,
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
but your daddy don't know"

Verse 7
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, misery, it's shame and
G G 
 
D D 
 
scandal in the family
Well
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, misery, shame and
G G 
 
scandal in the family

Verse 8
D D 
 
I said
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, misery, shame and
G G 
 
scandal in the family
D D 
 
I said
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, misery, it's shame
G G 
 
and scandal in the family

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