Don McLean – Oh My What A Shame (Guitar)

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They were married in the old Church yard

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And they promised to be true to each other

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No matter how hard their lives might be

         Asus4        A            Am          A
But like meteors that fell through moments parallel

          Am      Am/G
They were soon to cross

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And on different plots of earth they both did fall

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Though their lives had really not been hard at all

Am           F
Oh my what a shame

Am           C
No one's to blame

                      G
It just happened that way

            Am              Am/G
And there's nothing you can say

     Am/F#            E
When two people say goodbye

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Two brothers, promised they'd return

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When the war that they were fighting was over

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But only one lived to keep his vow

        Asus4       A            Am                A
And the story I was told said he lived to be quite old

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Before time won out

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Someone asked if he knew what they both fought for

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But he could not recall he had ever been to war

Am           F
Oh my what a shame

Am           C
No one's to blame

                      G
It just happened that way

            Am              Am/G
And there's nothing you can say

     Am/F#            E
When two people say goodbye

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For there's nothing you can say when it's over

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And there's nothing you can do when it's done

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There's no battle you can win

            D/F#         F
And there's nothing to begin

           E
That's not begun

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On this moment, I recall your face

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And I wonder if you still think about me

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Occasionally I still think of you

      Asus4           A          Am              A
And I watch the river flow and I know I must let go

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But it's oh so hard

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For the waves are all around my small canoe

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I had always hoped this boat could carry two     

Am           F
Oh my what a shame

Am           C
No one's to blame

                      G
It just happened that way

            Am              Am/G
And there's nothing you can say

     Am/F#            E
When two people say goodbye