Shame On You
Amy Ray

Indigo Girls
Shaming of the Sun
1997

This was the Girls' first single from their latest album,
and I debated for a while on whether it was acoustic enough
and then said "close enough."  Hope you enjoy it...
Keep the acoustic very percussive through the song, because
that's how Amy does it.

Capo 1st

INTRO:

G		C	D
G		C	D


   G                                  C             D
My friends they wash the windows they shine in the sun
             G                                                C                  D
They tell me wake up early in the mornin' sometime see what a beautiful job we done
      G                                 C                D
I say let's put on some tunes sing along doolittle all day
   G                                            C                D
Go down to the riverside take off our shoes and wash these sins away

CHORUS
              G
The river said "la la la
    C          D
Said "shame on you"
              G
The river said "la la la
    C           D
Said "shame on you"


I go down to Chicano city park 'cause it makes me feel so fine
When the weeds go down you can see up close in the dead of the wintertime
But when the summer comes everything's in bloom and you wouldn't know it's there
The white folks like to pretend it's not but their music's in the air

CHORUS
You can hear 'em singin' "la la la
Said "shame on you"
You can feel 'em dancin' "la la la
Said "shame on you"


My friend Tanner she says "you know me and Jesus we're of the same heart
The only thing that keeps us distant is that I keep f*ckin' up"
I said come on down to Chicano city park and wash your blues away
The beautiful ladies walk right by you know I never know what to say

CHORUS
And they'll be singin' "la la la la la
Shame on you"
They'll be dancin' "la la la
Said "shame on you
Shame on you"


BANJO INTERLUDE & GUITAR SOLO

banjo-8 measures
G
G

guitar-16 measures
G		C	D
G		C	D
G		C	D
G		C	D


Let's go roadblock trippin' in the middle of the night up in Gainesville town
There'll be blue lights flashin' down the long dirt road when they ask me to step out
They say "we be looking for illegal immigrants can we check your car"
I say "you know it's funny I think we were on the same boat back in 1694"

CHORUS 3x
And I said "la la la la la
Shame on you"
They'll be dancin' "la la la
Said "shame on you
Shame on you"

end by playing G for 8 measures