It's A Shame - The Spinners

It’s A Shame

Spinners

(Garrett — Wonder — Wright)

Intro (two guitars):

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(bass drum, high-hat enter)

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G#m7 G#m7/C# (bass, tambourine enter)

Ooh-do-do-do Ooh-do-do-do

Verse 1 (guitars continue as above; chords indicated are composites of

all parts):

It’s a shame (sha-ame), the way you mess around with your man

It’s a shame (sha-ame), the way you hurt me

It’s a shame (sha-ame), the way you mess around with your man

I’m sitting all alone by the telephone

Waiting for your call when you don’t call at all

It’s a shame (sha-ame), the way you mess around with your man

It’s a shame (sha-ame), the way you play with my emotions

It’s a shame (sha-ame), the way you mess around with your man

You’re like a child at play on a sunny day

But you play with love and then you throw it away

Bridge:

Why do you use me try to confuse me

How can you stand to be so cruel

Why don’t you free me from this prison

Where I serve my time as your fool

It’s a shame (sha-ame), the way you mess around with your man

It’s a shame (sha-ame), the way you hurt me

It’s a shame (sha-ame), the way you mess around with your man

I try to stay with you show you love so true

But you won’t appreciate the love we try to make

Oh, it’s-a got to be a shame

Got to be a shame (sha-ame), the way you mess around with your man

Ohhh, it’s a shame (sha-ame), the way you hurt me

It’s a shame (sha-ame), the way you mess around with your man

You’ve got my heart in chains and I must complain

I just can’t be content oh, look at (unintelligible)

Coda: