Gun Shy
(10,000 Maniacs)
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this is my rendition of the version that's on the In My Tribe album
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[Intro Chords]
G G G G
Am G D D
G
I always knew that you would take yourself far from home
Am G D
As soon as, as far as you could go
G
By the quarter inch cut of your hair and the army issued
Am G D
green For the past six weeks I can tell Where you've been
[Chorus #1]
G D C
For I knew, I could see it was all cut and dried
G Am G
to me There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside
D G D
your veins There is a world outside of this room
C G Am G
And when you meet it promise me that you won't meet
D
It with your gun
G Am
now, you are one, one of the brave few It's awful sad we
G D G
need Boys like you I hope the day never comes for here’s
Am G
your live round, son Stock and barrel, safety trigger
D
Here's your gun
[Chorus #2]
G D C
For I knew, I could see it was all cut and dried
G Am G
to me There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside
D G D
your veins There is a world outside of this room
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C G Am G
And when you meet it promise me you won't meet
D G C
It with your gun taking aim no I don’t mean to argue
G C
That they've made a decent boy of you I don't
G D C
mean to spoil your home coming, but Baby brother you
G
would expect me to.
[4 bars of G]
Am G D
Stock and barrel, safety trigger here’s your gun
G
So now does your heart pitter-pat with that patriotic sound
Am G D
When you see the stripes of Old Glory waving
[Chorus #3]
G D C G
For I knew I could see It was all cut and dried to me
Am G
There was soldier's blue blood Streaming inside your
D G D
veins There's a world outside of this room And when
C G Am G
you meet it promise me you won't meet it With
D G C
your gun, taking aim For I don't mean, to argue That
G C G
they've made a decent boy of you I don't mean to spoil
D C D
your home coming My baby brother Jude
G C G C
No I don't mean to hurt you By saying this again
G D C
They're so good at making soldiers But they're not
G
as good at making Men
