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Subject: j/Jesus.And.Mary.Chain/BluesFromAGun.crd
To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 93 9:31:01 CST
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11b-CRI]


Blues From a Gun

by William Reid and Jim Reid
performed by The Jesus and Mary Chain on the album Automatic

Intro chords:

F# (244322@1)A (x02220@1) E2---5---0------------------------------| (022100@1)2---5---0------------------------------|
3---6---1------------------------------|
4---7---2------------------------------|
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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# (244322@1)B (x2444x@1) C# (x43121@1)E (022100@1)E(barre) (022100@1)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 (244322@1)don't care about the state of my hair

       BI (x2444x@1)get something out of nothing that just wasn't there

         F# (244322@1)              E (022100@1)                  F#And (244322@1)your kiss kiss kiss is never gonna blow me away

F#Dreams (244322@1)of escape keep me awake

    BI'm (x2444x@1)never gonna get out and make it away

      F# (244322@1)               E (022100@1)             F#I'm (244322@1)a stone dead tripper dying in a fantasy

       BLike (x2444x@1)a cracked open sky it helps you to die

                                                      F#Don't (244322@1)split it, scrape it - you're screamin automatic pain

       EYou're (022100@1)too young kid you're gonna get hit

                                                         F#Looks (244322@1)like you're never gonna make it off the government list

Chord instrumental:

B (x2444x@1)    C# (x43121@1)     E(barre) (022100@1)    B (x2444x@1)        F# (244322@1)Repeat intro

F#I (244322@1)don't mind about the state of my mind

        BBut (x2444x@1)you know it's good for nothing and I left you behind

       F# (244322@1)                    B (x2444x@1)                   F#It's (244322@1)a sick sick city but it's never gonna make me insane

F#If (244322@1)you're talking for real then go cut a deal

       BYou're (x2444x@1)facing up to living out the way that you feel

        F# (244322@1)                      B (x2444x@1)                       F#And (244322@1)you shake shake shake cuz you know you'll never make it away


       BLike (x2444x@1)a cracked open sky it helps you to die

                                                      F#Don't (244322@1)split it, scrape it - you're screamin automatic pain

       EYou're (022100@1)too young kid you're gonna get hit

                                                         F#Looks (244322@1)like you're never gonna make it off the government list

Instrumental chord stuff (sorry. no lead tab)

F# (244322@1)    B (x2444x@1)                   C# (x43121@1)          F#Well (244322@1)I guess that's why I've always got the blues

       B (x2444x@1)                    C# (x43121@1)          F#Yeah (244322@1)I guess that's why I've always got the blues