Blues From a Gun The Jesus and Mary Chain
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Blues From a Gun
by William Reid and Jim Reid
performed by The Jesus and Mary Chain on the album Automatic
Intro chords:
[F#] [A] [E]
2---5---0----------------------------- 2---5---0---------------------------- 3---6---1--------------------------- 4---7---2--------------------------- ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
Intro:
F# / /A F# / / /E F# repeat as necessary
Easy to do: Start with the F# and slide up to A and down to E
Verse chords:
F# B C# E E (barre)
2---2---4---0--7------------------------ 2---4---6---0--9----------------------- 3---4---6---1--9---------------------- 4---4---6---2--9---------------------- 2---2---4---2--7----------------------- 2-----------0------------------------
[F#]I don't care about the state of my hair
I get s[B]omething out of nothing that just wasn't there
And your [F#]kiss kiss kiss is [E]never gonna blow me a[F#]way
[F#]Dreams of escape keep me awake
I'm [B]never gonna get out and make it away
I'm a [F#]stone dead tripper [E]dying in a fanta[F#]sy
Like a [B]cracked open sky it helps you to die
Don't split it, scrape it - you're screamin automatic [F#]pain
You're [E]too young kid you're gonna get hit
Looks like you're never gonna make it off the government [F#]list
Chord instrumental:
B C# E (barre) B F#
Repeat intro
[F#]I don't mind about the state of my mind
But you [B]know it's good for nothing and I left you behind
It's a [F#]sick sick city but it's [B]never gonna make me in[F#]sane
[F#]If you're talking for real then go cut a deal
You're [B]facing up to living out the way that you feel
And you [F#]shake shake shake cuz you [B]know you'll never make it [F#]away
Like a [B]cracked open sky it helps you to die
Don't split it, scrape it - you're screamin automatic [F#]pain
You're [E]too young kid you're gonna get hit
Looks like you're never gonna make it off the government [F#]list
Instrumental chord stuff (sorry. no lead tab)
[F#]Well I g[B]uess that's why I've a[C#]lways got the [F#]blues
Yeah I [B]guess that's why I've a[C#]lways got the [F#]blues
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