Under the gun (1999) (video)

D - Bm - D - Bm

D

1. I still can picture him, his hands in his back pockets,

G

he wasn't much for words, but when the wise kids made a racket.

D Em

He'd just have to go downtown, throw his weight around

D

before starting over.

D

2. Say: "Did you hear I've got a band ? Some guys I know from L.A."

G

We'll, I own the Rio Grande, I'll pay you back next Friday.

D Em

You know it sure isn't big, just some cats I dig.

D

they said they'd do the gig"

Bm F#m G

Oh, desperado, why don't you spend your life in Colorado ?

D Em D

Oh, restless shadow, out in the blue hills you're feeling hollow.

Bm F#m G

Oh, El Diablo, why did you spend your life in California ?

D Em D

I should have warned you, no place to go now, but falling over.

Em G

+ Some hands can't makе it on the run,

G D

under the gun, not for thе younger.

Em D

Oh, Jack Daniels, I feel your hunger.

D

3. I know you did your best, but you thought that you did not,

G

I wish that I had known before I heard the last shot.

D Em D

You know, it's not a sin, that little badge of tin, just a momento.

D

4. So sad you loved in vain, my comrades lost in battle,

G

the music wars are done from London to Seattle.

D Em D

We all pay to play and all our yesterdays are starting over.

Bm F#m G

Oh, desperado, why don't you spend your life in Colorado ?

D Em D

Oh, restless shadow, out in the blue hills you're feeling hollow.

Bm F#m G

Oh, El Diablo, why did you spend your life in California ?

D Em D

I should have warned you, no place to go now, but falling over.

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+ Ready to die, now he's ready to die, he’s ready to die.

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(orig. = capo 3rd) (Blondie)