...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 (x02210@1)G (320003@1)    Dm7
     James,
        Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)Dm7
Come on home.
Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)You've been,
     Dm7
Gone too long, baby.
Am  G
 We can't,
        Dm7
Let our hero,
Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)  Dm7
 Die a-lone.

            AmWe (x02210@1)miss you day,
    G (320003@1)   Dm7
And night,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)You left town to,
Dm7
 Live by the rifle.
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)        Dm7
 You left us to fight,
       E7But (020130@1)it just ain't right,
To take away the light.

Bridge 1:

F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)Remember Genie,
G (320003@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)From the ca-sino?
F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)She's still a-waiting,
        GIn (320003@1)that big brass bed.

F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)The boys from your gang,
G (320003@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)Are knocking whisky back,
F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)'Til they get out of hand,
    GAnd (320003@1)wish they were dead.

F (133211@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)They're only lonely for,
    C (x32010@1)            GThe (320003@1)life that they led,
           FWith (133211@1)their old friends.

Chorus 1:

Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Ooh...
     Em7     Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)FWooh-hoo-ooh-hoo, (133211@1)         Em7
Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo,
    Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)FHoo (133211@1)hoo,
         Em7     (C)
Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo, hoo.

C (x32010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)James,
        FAre (133211@1)you selling,
     E7 (020130@1)     (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 (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)Dm7
 Where,
          Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)Dm7
Lies your heart?
Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)It's not there,
       Dm7
In the buckskin, baby.
Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)It's not there,
       Dm7
In the gin,
               AmThat (x02210@1)makes you laugh,
G (320003@1)       Dm7
 Long and loud.

         AmYou're (x02210@1)a coward,
G (320003@1)     Dm7
 James;
Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)You're running,
  Dm7
A-way from humanity.
Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)You're running,
Dm7
 Out on reality.
E7 (020130@1)It won't be funny,
When they rat-a-tat-
Tat you down.

Bridge 2:

F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)Remember Genie,
G (320003@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)From the ca-sino?
F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)She's still a-waiting,
        GIn (320003@1)that big brass bed.

F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)The boys from your gang,
G (320003@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)Are knocking whisky back,
F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)'Til they get out of hand,
    GAnd (320003@1)wish they were dead.

F (133211@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)They're only lonely for,
    C (x32010@1)            GThe (320003@1)life that they led,
           FWith (133211@1)their old friends.

Chorus 2:

Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)F (133211@1)Ooh...
     Em7     Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)FWooh-hoo-ooh-hoo, (133211@1)         Em7
Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo,
    Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)FHoo (133211@1)hoo,
         Em7     (C)
Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo, hoo.

C (x32010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)James,
        FAre (133211@1)you selling,
     E7Your (020130@1)soul...
Dm (xx0231@1)To...
       Am (x02210@1) G, Dm7
A cold gun?

Outro:

Am  G, Dm7

(Repeat to Fade)


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

   Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)     Dm7     E7 (020130@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02210  320003  xx0211  020100

   F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)    Em7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 133211  x32010  xx0231  022030


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