Chord/Tab song: It's a Shame About Ray

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Subject: "It's A Shame About Ray" by the Lemonheads.
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"It's A Shame About Ray" -- Lemonheads.
Transcribed (heh) by Johnny Birchett

Easy song, but really good.

The chords are A, E, D, G, D/F#, and an F riff.

a D/F# is ----------- just in case some of you don't know.

| | | | | |

-----------

T | | 1 | 2

-----------

| | | | 3 |

-----------

T thumb


The riff goes like this:

e|--------| Eight beats.
B|--------|
G|--------|

D|---2-32-|

A|--3----3|
E|1-------|

THE SONG
{First Verse:

[A]I've never [E]been too good with [D]names.

[A]The cellar [E]door was open, [G]I could never [D/F#]stay away.

[A]I know it's [E]probably not my [D]place.

[A]It's either [E]or I'm hopin' [G]for a simple [D/F#]way of sayin'...


[A]It's a [E]shame about [D]Ray.

[A]In the [E]stone under the [G]dust his name is [D/F#]still engraved.

[A]Some things [E]need to go aw[D]ay.

A E G D/F#
It's a shame about Ray.

{Second Verse:

[A]If I [E]make it through to[D]day,

[A]I'll know tom[E]orrow not to [G]put my feelings [D/F#]out on display.

[A]I'll put the [E]cobwebs back in [D]place.

[A]I've never [E]been to good with [G]names, but I re[D/F#]member faces.



-Marc-