Its A Shame chords by First Aid Kit

• Capo on 4th

Intro: C

verse 1
C         F         C
Lately, I?ve been thinking about the past
     F       C
How there is no holding back
  F    C    G
No point in wasting sorrow
  F             C
On things that won?t be here tomorrow

verse 2
C          F        C
But you and I, well we don?t need to speak
    F       C
It?s a secret that we keep
    F    C  G
How do you and I decide?
F               C
Just say when and we?ll say goodnight

F      C  G  F
Tell me it?s oka-----y
         C  G  F
To live life this wa-----y
      C      G
Sometimes I want you to stay
       F   C
I know it?s a shame
F   C
Shame
F   C   G
Shame

C

Verse 3
C      F       C
Now I spend so much of my time
   F     C
Going out of my mind
    F    C   G
Try so hard to be amused
F              C
But what you cannot gain you lose

verse 4
C     F        C
In LA, the sun?s almost too bright
 F       C
I cannot get it right
  F   C   G
The emptiness I feel
F            C
And now none of it seems real

F     C  G  F
Maybe it?s alri----ght
          C  G  F
If I just spend the ni----ght
         C         G
Sometimes I just can?t bear to walk away
       F   C
I know it?s a shame
F   C
Shame
F   C  G
Shame

C

Bridge
F  C     G
Who have I become?
F  C   G  D7
Who will I beeeeecome tomorrow?

F       C  G  F
Tell me it?s oka-----y
        C  G  F
If I ask you to sta-----y
       C              G
Sometimes the night cuts through me like a knife
       F   C
I know it?s a shame
C       F   C
I know it’s a shame
C       F   C   G
I know it’s a shame

Outro
F  C
Sha--me
F  C   G
Sha--me

C (strum once)