Im Livin In Shame

...I’M LIVIN’ IN SHAME... by The Supremes -------------------------................ *from ’Love Child’ (1968)* Intro: Verse 1: Mama was cookin’ bread She wore a dirty raggedy scarf a-round her head. Always had her stockings low rolled to her feet; just didn’t know. Verse 2: She wore a sloppy dress Oh no matter how she tried she always looked a mess. Out of the pot she ate; never used a fork or a dinner plate. Bridge 1: I was always so afraid my uptown friends would see her. Afraid one day when I was grown that I would be her. Interlude: Verse 3: In a college town A-way from home an identi-ty I found. That I was born elite with maids and servants at my feet.. Verse 4: I must have been insane; I lied and said mama died on a weekend trip to Spain. She never got out of the house; never even boarded a train. Bridge 2: Married a guy was living high; I didn’t want him to know her. She had a grandson two years old that I never even showed her. Chorus 1: I’m living in shame; Mama I miss you.    I know you’re not to blame; Mama I miss you.    Interlude: Break:       Verse 5: Came the telegram; Mama passed away while making home made jam. Be-fore she died she cried to see me by her side. Verse 6: She always did her best Ah cooked and cleaned and always in the same old dress. Working hard down on her knees; always trying to please. Bridge 3: Mama Mama Mama can you hear me? Mama Mama Mama can you hear me? *KEY CHANGE* ------------ Chorus 3: I’m living in shame; Mama I miss you.     I know you’re not to blame; Mama I miss you.     Coda: Won’t you for-give me Mama for all the wrong I’ve done? I know you’ve done your best oh I know you’ve done The very best you could; Mama I thought you understood... (Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS:                                        ---------------                                                                               EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE xx0232  xx0222  xx0212  320003  x02220  x02210  133211                                         EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE x32010  022000  x24432  x02223  244322  244222  355333                        EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE     x68886  x68786  x68686  466544  466444            Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY Bristol England 2007 ()