Artist: The Beatles Song: Happiness Is A Warm Gun Album: The Beatles [The White Album] (1968) URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE2Vdcv9Q_o; Tempo: 4|4 & 6|4 Style: Tri-segmented Ballad Tuning: Standard Chords EADGBe Am7: X02010 Am6: X02212 Em9: 020002 Em: 022000 Dm6: XX0201 Am* XXX210 A7: X02020 C: X32010 Am: X02210 F: 133211 G: 320033 Am/C: X32210 F/C: X33211 G/B: X20033 Fm/C: X33111 VERSE 1: Am7 Am6 Em9 Em She's not a girl who misses much, Am7 Am6 Em9 Em Do do do do do do do do, oh yeah. Dm6 She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand, Am* Like a lizard on a window pane. Dm6 The man in the crowd with the multicoloured mirrors, Am* On his hobnail boots. Dm6 Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy, Am* Working overtime. Dm6 A soap impression of his wife which he ate, Am* And donated to the National Trust. INSTRUMENTAL: |A7 |A7 |C |Am | BRIDGE: A7 I need a fix cos I'm going down, A7 Down to the bits that I left uptown. C Am I need a fix cos I'm going down CHORUS: (3X) A7 C Mother Superior jump the gun, A7 G7 Mother Superior jump the gun. VERSE 2: C Am F G Happiness is a warm gun (Happiness bang, bang, shoot, shoot, C Am F G Happiness is a warm gun, mama (Happiness bang, bang, shoot, shoot). C Am F G When I hold you in my arms (Oo-oo oh yeah), C Am F G And I feel my finger on your trigger (Oo-oo oh yeah). C Am F G I know no one can do me no harm (Oo-oo oh yeah), C Am/C F/C G/B Because happiness is a warm gun, mama (Happiness bang, bang, shoot, shoot). C Am F G Happiness is a warm gun. Yes it is (Happiness bang, bang, shoot, shoot), Fm/C NC Happiness is a warm'. Yes it is, gun (Happiness bang, bang, shoot, shoot). CODA: C Am F G C Well, don't you know happiness is a warm gun, mama? (Happiness is a warm gun, yeah). [End] Notes. 1. John got the idea to this title from headline in a gun magazine, which read "Happiness Is Warm Gun In Your Hand." The song itself was really three unfinished song ideas put together, and it was a complicated and long process to get it recorded. It worked out in the end though, after 70 takes, thanks to a joint team effort from all four members. http://www.thebeatlesonline.com/pages/beatles_happinessisawarmgun.htm 2. The title carries sexual connotations, of course, the kind that would typically amuse John. The BBC even banned the song for this reason. The lyrics have some odd references to real people and places, "Mother Superior," for example, was one of John's nicknames for Yoko Ono. http://www.thebeatlesonline.com/pages/beatles_happinessisawarmgun.htm