Deer Tick – Ashamed (Guitar)

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Versions (2)

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[Intro] C [Verse 1]
C
I am the boy your mother wanted you to meet but I am 

Am
  broken and torn with heels at my feet

    F
And with your purest light why don't you shine on me

        C
Well, I should have been an angel but I'm too dumb to speak

C
  Now as she gets nearer, the visions get clearer

Am
  I'm kneeling, weeping. I will hold her dear

    F                                                      C
Oh, if your eyes water, you've got your favorite number to spin
[Chorus]
    Am     F        C    G  C
And oh, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

              Am              F
What a crying shame, a crying shame

           C   G  C
What we became
[Verse 2]
C
 Murdered my throat, screaming bloody all night

Am
Hit him with a book and how he crumbles

F
Oh, you should have seen how the arches tumble

       C
They're golden no more, now I'm smiling in my blood

C
  I'm caught in a whirlwind

              Am
I'm going to heaven

                                            F
I'm standing on trial and it's painted on canvas

                                      C
An eternal testament to how we are so animalistic
[Chorus]
     Am    F        C    G  C
And oh, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

              Am              F
What a crying shame, a crying shame

           C   G  C
What we became
[Verse 3]
C
 I bowed my head in the morning light and said goodnight

Am
  I held her hand and I, I kissed her eyes

F
Stumbled down the stairs and hang myself on high

      C
And I started for the town, lyin' in the front yard and died