WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Johnny Cash - Hidden Shame Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
B E E
I'm sorry to say that you don't know me
E E A A
I'm sad in ways you never understood
A A D D
Each time I try to tell the ugly truth
D D D
You always let it pass you by
D D
You said I'd never tell you a lie
B B
Just because I could
B B E E
Did you really think I was a bad man
E E A A
You always said that that should be my middle name
A A D
But you don't know the half of it
D D D
You don't know how that name fits
D B D B
You don't know my hidden shame
[Chorus]
E C#m
Hidden shame, shame, shame
D B
That I can't get free
E C#m
From the blame and the torture
D B
And the misery
D B D B
Must it be my secret for eternity
D B D B B B
Until you know my hidden shame, you really don't know me
[Verse 2]
B B E E
Well, there's a different kind of prison
E E A A
And it don't even have to look much like a cell
A A D
It's already on your mind
D D
Boy, we can see it in your eyes
D B B
So, here's the bars and walls as well
B B E E
Well, you know I'm never coming home, babe
E E A A
You said you'd stand by me until I cleared my name
A A D
Sure, it's easy to be strong
D D
When you know the charge is wrong
D D
But the days and weeks get long
D B D B
When you've got a hidden shame
[Chorus]
E C#m
Hidden shame, shame, shame
D B
That I can't get free
E C#m
From the blame and the torture
D B
And the misery
D B D B
Must it be my secret for eternity
D B D B
Until you know my hidden shame, you really don't know me
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
B B E E
I had a friend when I was just a boy
E E A A
We were like brothers, we would run and hide
A A D D
And we went walking on a high hillside
D D D
And I really don't how it happened
D D D D
He turned to me and had this strange look in his eye
D D D
And not a single word was spoken
D D D D
I must have pushed him, but I don't remember why
D D D D
And all at once, he lay there broken
D B D B
And I walked down without him and I didn't even sigh
[Chorus]
E C#m
Hidden shame, shame, shame
D B
That I can't get free
E C#m
From the blame and the torture
D B
And the misery
D B D B
Must it be my secret for eternity
D B D B B B
Until you know my hidden shame, you really don't know me
[Verse 4]
B B E E
They say you always hurt the one you love
E E A A
And I'm not saying if I did or if I didn't
A A D D
But like my shame, that kind of love is always hidden
D D D D
They locked me up here for the ideas in my head
D B D B
They never got me for the thing I really did
[Chorus]
E C#m
Hidden shame, shame, shame
D B
That I can't get free
E C#m
From the blame and the torture
D B
And the misery
D B D B
Must it be my secret for eternity
D B D B
Until you know my hidden shame, you really don't know me
B B B
You really don't know me
B B
You really don't know me
[Outro]
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