The Gaslight Anthem – Aint That A Shame (Guitar)

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Chords

I'd imagine the repeating riff on the Am chord is probably played a little different, but you can get it to sound close enough by hammering the D and G strings on and off during the Am chord. Am - x02210 F - x33210 C - x32010 G - 320010 Dm - xx0231 [Intro] Am F C G (x2) [Verse]
          Am                      
Well, I'm tired of hearing voices, I don't wanna hear no more.

    F                            C              G
So call somebody, baby… I'll be useless in the morning.

    Am                 
My heart is all in tatters, I ain't nobody's saint.

         F                        C             G
I'm just trying not to call you, trying not to call you.
[Pre-chorus]
       Am                Dm
And I learned the rules out with the wolves.

      C                  G
I'm vicious now, honey, cruel and unprincipled.

      Am                    Dm                 C    G  F
With tears in my eyeballs, wine on my lips, uh huh.
[Chorus]
     C        
And all my love, my love, is a plague.

G
Ain't that a shame? Ain't that a shame?

   Am 
I throb and wince and weep, just the same…

   F                  C 
I can't feel a thing

G             Am
ain't that a shame?
[Verse]
        Am
Now somebody hit the lights, get the ropes and medicines

     F                          C              G
And think about it, sugar, and how it's gonna end.

Am                         
Last night I was freezing, tonight I'm soaking wet.

        F                         C      G     Am
Well, I must've had a fever, salivating in my bed.
[Pre-chorus]
Am                       Dm
And I learned the rules out with the wolves.

     C                   G
I'm vicious now, honey, dumb and insatiable.

      Am                         Dm                 C    G  F
With tears in my eyeballs, your name on my lips, uh huh.
[Chorus]
    C        
And all my love, my love, is a plague.

G
Ain't that a shame? Ain't that a shame?

   Am 
I throb and wince and weep, just the same…

   F                  C 
I can't feel a thing

G             Am
ain't that a shame?
[Interlude] C [Bridge]
     C       G            Am                   F 
And all my love, she's a plague… ain't that a shame?

                           C
And you know you're gonna wait so long, time slips away.

          G
Till you can't feel the kick, my, how we've changed. 

   Am                                      F              C  G
I stood on the platform, waiting in vain… blue light, my baby…
[Outro]
    C 
And all my love, my love is a plague.

G
Ain't that a shame, ain't that a shame?

Am
Like poisonous fingers right in your veins,

F
Who do you love? Who do you blame?

C
Nobody knows what trouble I'm in.

G
Ain't that a shame, ain't it a shame?

Am
My poisonous fingers inside your veins,

           F                 C  
They gonna get you someday…

     G             Am
Now ain't that a shame?