The Supremes - I'm Livin' in Shame

      
 
 ...I'M LIVIN' IN SHAME... by The Supremes

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 *from 'Love Child' (1968)*
 
 Intro:
 
 D, Dmaj7, D7, G
 
 A 
  
 Verse 1:
 
 Am                      
  Mama was cookin' bread,
 F                               
  She wore a dirty raggedy scarf,
   C              
 A-round her head,
                Em            
 Always had her stockings low,
 Rolled to her feet;
      G           
 Just didn't know.
 
 Verse 2:
 
            Am           
 She wore a sloppy dress,
       F                    
 Oh no matter how she tried,
            C             
 She always looked a mess,
            Em          
 Out of the pot she ate,
                        G            
 Never used a fork or a dinner plate.
 
 Bridge 1:
 
 Bm            A7        
  I was always so afraid,
                         D       
 My uptown friends would see her.
 Bm                   A7          
  Afraid one day when I was grown,
              D      
 That I would be her.
 
 Interlude:
 
 F# 
  
 Verse 3:
 
      Bm           
 In a college town,
   G             
 A-way from home,
           D          
 An identi-ty I found,
            F#m        
 That I was born elite,
 With maids and servants,
 A           
  At my feet.
 
 Verse 4:
 
             Bm          
 I must have been insane,
   G                       
 I lied and said mama died,
              D             
 On a weekend trip to Spain.
     F#m                        
 She never got out of the house,
            A               
 Never even boarded a train.
 
 Bridge 2:
 
 Bm                  A7          
  Married a guy, was living high,
                      D        
 I didn't want him to know her.
     Bm              A7            
 She had a grandson, two years old,
                   D          
 That I never even showed her.
 
 Chorus 1:
 
 D              Dmaj7 
  I'm living in shame,
 D7 G, Gm
 Mama, I miss you.
 
 D                     Dmaj7 
  I know you're not to blame,
 D7 G, Gm
 Mama, I miss you.
 
 Interlude:
 
 F# 
  
 Break:
 
 Em A, C D, G
 
 Verse 5:
 
          Am       
 Came the telegram;
 F                 
  Mama passed away,
              C             
 While making home made jam.
    Em                      
 Be-fore she died she cried,
           G           
 To see me by her side.
 
 Verse 6:
 
            Am           
 She always did her best,
    F                  
 Ah cooked and cleaned,
                   C              
 And always in the same old dress.
 Em                               
  Working hard, down on her knees,
        G                
 Always trying to please.
 
 Bridge 3:
 
 Bm    
  Mama,
 A7    
  Mama,
 D                     
  Mama can you hear me?
 
 Bm    
  Mama,
 A7    
  Mama,
 D                     
  Mama can you hear me?
 
 *KEY CHANGE*

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 Chorus 3:
 
 Eb             Ebmaj7 
  I'm living in shame,
 Eb7 G#, G#m
 Mama, I miss you.
 
 Eb                       Ebmaj7 
  I know you've done your best,
 Eb7 G#, G#m
 Mama, I miss you.
 
 Coda:
 
               Eb           
 Won't you for-give me mama,
             Ebmaj7          
 For all the wrong I've done?
               Eb7            
 I know you've done your best,
    G#            G#m  
 Oh I know you've done,
          Eb             
 The very best you could,
                    Ebmaj7       
 Mama I thought you understood...
 
 (Fade)
 
 CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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 D Dmaj7 D7 G A 
      
 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 
 xx0232 xx0222 xx0212 320003 x02220
 
 Am F C Em Bm 
      
 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 
 x02210 133211 032010 022000 x24432
 
 A7 F# F#m Gm Eb 
      
 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 
 x02223 244322 244222 355333 6654xx
 
 Ebmaj7 Eb7 G# G#m 
     
 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 
 x68786 x68686 466544 466444
 
 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)