Tears for Fears - Shame (Cry Heaven): Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Shame (Cry Heaven)" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Shame (Cry Heaven) Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Tears for Fears

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Shame (Cry Heaven)" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Gm
What kind of promise is unbreakable?
                                  Cm
What kind of passion is hard to resist?
What kind of man turns his back on the real and the physical?
What kind of love is this?

What kind of truth is invisible?
What kind of future does not exist?
And when things fall apart and the center's not holding
What kind of love is this?

Chorus:
     Cm
Cry heaven
       D#             Gm           Cm
Right now, someone is echoing the silence
       D#              Gm                  Cm
Right now, someone is waiting for another pin to drop
Right now, someone is praying for patience to go on living
Right now, someone is saying, "Just make it stop"
Right now
Shame, shame, shame

Too many words are unspoken
Too many moments and lives we've missed
There's a line to be drawn between endless and infinite
What kind of love is this?

Chorus:
Cry heaven, cry heaven
Right now, someone is echoing the silence
Right now, someone is waiting for another pin to drop
Right now, someone is praying for patience to go on living
Right now, someone is saying, "Just make it stop"
Right now
Pray for me, pray for me, pray for me

Right now, someone is echoing the silence
Right now, someone is waiting for another pin to drop
Right now, someone is praying for patience to go on living
Right now, someone is saying, "Just make it stop"
Right now


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D#

Guitar chord D#

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Shame (Cry Heaven)" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Shame (Cry Heaven)" by Tears for Fears.