Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

--- x2

Two packs of cigarettes a day

 The strongest whiskey

 Kentucky can make

 That's a recipe to put a vagabond

 On his hands and knees

I watched it all up close,

 I knew him more than most

 I saw a side of him he never showed

 Full of sympathy for a world that

 Wouldn't let him be

That's the man he was,

Have you heard enough?

What a shame, what a shame,

 To judge a life that you can't change

 The choir sings, the church bells ring

 So, won't you give this man his wings?

 What a shame to have to beg you to

 See we're not all the same

 What a shame

 There's a hard life for every silver spoon

 There's a touch of grey for every shade of blue

That's the way that I see life

 If there was nothing wrong,

 Then there'd be nothing right

And for this working man they say could

 Barely stand

 There's gotta be a better place to land

 Some kind of remedy for a world that

 Wouldn't let him be

That's the man he was,

Have you heard enough?

What a shame, what a shame,

 To judge a life that you can't change

 The choir sings, the church bells ring

 So, won't you give this man his wings?

 What a shame to have to beg you to

 See we're not all the same

  - <----- The two chords alternate rapidly;

What a shame i prefer playing power chords

Bridge

---- x2 <-- I also play this riff using power chords.

God forgive the hands that laid you down,

They never knew how,

But your broken heart can break the sound,

And change the season

Now the leaves are falling faster, happily ever after

You gave me hope through your endeavors

  <--- You can go above the 12th fret to make

And now you will live for-e--ver it sound exactly like the original

song, but since I play it on an

acoustic, I go down for the last 3

chords.

What a shame, what a shame,

 To judge a life that you can't change

 The choir sings, the church bells ring

 So, won't you give this man his wings?

 What a shame to have to beg you to

 See we're not all the same

 What a shame, what a shame

 'Cause we're not all the same

 What a shame, what a shame

 'Cause we're not all the same