Johnny Cash – Hidden Shame (Guitar)

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[Intro] | B | B | B | B | [Verse 1]
             B                  E      E
I'm sorry to say that you don't know me

E           E              A     A
 I'm sad in ways you never understood

A            A               D    D
 Each time I try to tell the ugly truth

D           D               D
 You always let it pass you by

             D                D
You said I'd never tell you a lie

       B       B
Just because I could

B               B             E      E
 Did you really think I was a bad man

E           E                     A            A
 You always said that that should be my middle name

A              A                D
 But you don't know the half of it

          D                 D      D
You don't know how that name fits

D         B       D      B
You don't know my hidden shame
[Chorus]
       E             C#m
Hidden shame, shame, shame

       D         B
That I can't get free

         E             C#m
From the blame and the torture

        D   B
And the misery

        D     B           D    B
Must it be my secret for eternity

          D              B                 D          B    B    B
Until you know my hidden shame, you really don't know me
[Verse 2]
B                B                 E     E
 Well, there's a different kind of prison

E             E            A                A
 And it don't even have to look much like a cell

A       A             D
 It's already on your mind

            D              D
Boy, we can see it in your eyes

    D                   B        B
So, here's the bars and walls as well

B                   B            E         E
 Well, you know I'm never coming home, babe

E                E            A                A
 You said you'd stand by me until I cleared my name

A           A           D
 Sure, it's easy to be strong

         D                  D
When you know the charge is wrong

        D                  D
But the days and weeks get long

D           B     D      B
When you've got a hidden shame
[Chorus]
       E             C#m
Hidden shame, shame, shame

       D         B
That I can't get free

         E             C#m
From the blame and the torture

        D   B
And the misery

        D     B           D    B
Must it be my secret for eternity

          D              B                 D          B
Until you know my hidden shame, you really don't know me
[Instrumental] | B | B | B | B | | B | B | B | B | | B | B | [Verse 3]
B        B                 E      E
 I had a friend when I was just a boy

E             E                  A       A
 We were like brothers, we would run and hide

A            A            D        D
 And we went walking on a high hillside

D             D            D
 And I really don't how it happened

D             D                D                  D
 He turned to me and had this strange look in his eye

D          D                D
 And not a single word was spoken

D            D                 D              D
 I must have pushed him, but I don't remember why

D           D                  D     D
 And all at once, he lay there broken

    D                 B             D           B
And I walked down without him and I didn't even sigh
[Chorus]
       E             C#m
Hidden shame, shame, shame

       D         B
That I can't get free

         E             C#m
From the blame and the torture

        D   B
And the misery

        D     B           D    B
Must it be my secret for eternity

          D              B                 D          B    B    B
Until you know my hidden shame, you really don't know me
[Verse 4]
B             B               E       E
 They say you always hurt the one you love

E            E           A           A
 And I'm not saying if I did or if I didn't

A            A                   D              D
 But like my shame, that kind of love is always hidden

D               D               D           D
 They locked me up here for the ideas in my head

D           B              D              B
 They never got me for the thing I really did
[Chorus]
       E             C#m
Hidden shame, shame, shame

       D         B
That I can't get free

         E             C#m
From the blame and the torture

        D   B
And the misery

        D     B           D    B
Must it be my secret for eternity

          D              B                 D          B
Until you know my hidden shame, you really don't know me

B           B            B
 You really don't know me

B           B
 You really don't know me
[Outro] | B | B | B | B |