Verse 
A 
Remember back in school we learned the golden rule 
    D                                   A 
Do unto others as you'd have and do to you 
         D                     A              D 
You're supposed to love me as much as I love you 
         E                         A 
It's a shame that ain't the way it is 
 A 
Lovers in a movie on that great big screen 
     D                                                  A 
He treats her like she's a queen she treats him like a king 
          D               A                  D 
Wouldn't that be nice if life is lived that way 
        E                           A 
It's a shame that ain't the way it is 
 

[Refrão]
     D                                            A 
I'd like to start each morning with good morning dear 
     D                                 A 
And end each night with the goodnight kiss 
     D                                        A 
But all I have is your memory with me laying here 
        E                          A 
It's a shame but that's the way it is 

Verse 
   A 
A love song tells a story of a good love going bad 
       D                                                A 
Then paints a pretty pictures of that same love coming back 
   D                 A         D                      A 
I wish that I could sing it I wish that I could paint it 
        E                          A 
It's a shame that ain't the way it is 


[Refrão]
     D                                            A 
I'd like to start each morning with good morning dear 
     D                                 A 
And end each night with the goodnight kiss 
     D                                        A 
But all I have is your memory with me laying here 
        E                          A 
It's a shame but that's the way it is 
        E                          A 
It's a shame but that's the way it is