...JAMES AND THE COLD GUN... by Kate Bush
----------------------------.............

*from 'The Kick Inside' (1978)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: Bb)


Intro:

Am  G, Dm7 (x4)

Verse 1:

Am  G      Dm7
     James,
        Am    G  Dm7
Come on home.
Am      G
 You've been,
     Dm7
Gone too long, baby.
Am  G
 We can't,
        Dm7
Let our hero,
Am     G    Dm7
 Die a-lone.

            Am
We miss you day,
    G     Dm7
And night,
Am   G
 You left town to,
Dm7
 Live by the rifle.
Am   G          Dm7
 You left us to fight,
       E7
But it just ain't right,
To take away the light.

Bridge 1:

F         C
 Remember Genie,
G            Dm
 From the ca-sino?
F              C
 She's still a-waiting,
        G
In that big brass bed.

F              C
 The boys from your gang,
G             Dm
 Are knocking whisky back,
F              C
 'Til they get out of hand,
    G
And wish they were dead.

F             Dm
 They're only lonely for,
    C              G
The life that they led,
           F
With their old friends.

Chorus 1:

Am    G  F
 Ooh...
     Em7     Am   G  F
Wooh-hoo-ooh-hoo,
         Em7
Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo,
    Am   G  F
Hoo hoo,
         Em7     (C)
Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo, hoo.

C      Dm
 James,
        F
Are you selling,
     E7       (Am)
Your soul to a cold gun?
Selling your soul to a...
Ooh, James,
Are you selling,
Your soul to a cold gun?

Interlude:

Am  G, Dm7 (x2)

Verse 2:

Am     G  Dm7
 Where,
          Am     G  Dm7
Lies your heart?
Am        G
 It's not there,
       Dm7
In the buckskin, baby.
Am        G
 It's not there,
       Dm7
In the gin,
               Am
That makes you laugh,
G         Dm7
 Long and loud.

         Am
You're a coward,
G       Dm7
 James;
Am      G
 You're running,
  Dm7
A-way from humanity.
Am      G
 You're running,
Dm7
 Out on reality.
E7
 It won't be funny,
When they rat-a-tat-
Tat you down.

Bridge 2:

F         C
 Remember Genie,
G            Dm
 From the ca-sino?
F              C
 She's still a-waiting,
        G
In that big brass bed.

F              C
 The boys from your gang,
G             Dm
 Are knocking whisky back,
F              C
 'Til they get out of hand,
    G
And wish they were dead.

F             Dm
 They're only lonely for,
    C              G
The life that they led,
           F
With their old friends.

Chorus 2:

Am    G  F
 Ooh...
     Em7     Am   G  F
Wooh-hoo-ooh-hoo,
         Em7
Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo,
    Am   G  F
Hoo hoo,
         Em7     (C)
Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo, hoo.

C      Dm
 James,
        F
Are you selling,
     E7
Your soul...
Dm
 To...
       Am   G, Dm7
A cold gun?

Outro:

Am  G, Dm7

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   Am      G       Dm7     E7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02210  320003  xx0211  020100

   F       C       Dm      Em7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 133211  x32010  xx0231  022030


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)