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By Eugene Kelly
and Francis McGee
This song (Son of a gun) is from the "Incesticide"
album and wasn't written by Kurt but it is in one
of his records, so let's begin.
Intro
Fdbk.
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(the giutar goes slower in the verse)
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Up, up, up and down.
Turn, turn, turn around
Round, round, round a bout and over again.
gun, gun son of a gun.
You are the only one
that makes any difference
to what I say.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nirvana/son_of_a_gun_tab.html ]
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The sun shines in the bedroom
when we play.
The rain, it always starts
when you go away
The sun shines in the bedroom
when we play.
The rain, it always starts
when you go away
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Up, up, up and down.
Turn, turn, turn around
Round, round, round a bout and over again.
gun, gun son of a gun.
You are the only one
that makes any difference
to what I say.
w/rhy. fig 2
The sun shines in the bedroom
when we play.
The rain, it always starts
when you go away
The sun shines in the bedroom
when we play.
The rain, it always starts
when you go away
Interlude
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Up, up, up and down.
Turn, turn, turn around
Round, round, round a bout and over again.
gun, gun son of a gun.
You are the only one
that makes any difference
to what I say.
w/rhy. fig 2
The sun shines in the bedroom
when we play.
The rain, it always starts
when you go away
The sun shines in the bedroom
when we play.
The rain, it always starts
when you go away
And it ends like this.-
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