Sniper
Words and Music by Harry Chapin
I tabbed out the intro for Harry Chapin's epic song "Sniper" off his second album.
(capo 3rd fret)
standard tuning
Intro: (played fast, repeat a couple times)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------2------2-------2------2---------2------2------2------2--------------|
D|-----2------2-------2------2---------2------2------2------2----------------|
A|----------0------3-------0----------------0------3------0------------------|
E|-3--------------------------------3----------------------------------------|
then play this once, and the first intro again:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----2--------2------2------2---------2----2------2--------2---------------|
G|---2--------2------2------2---------2----2------2--------2-----------------|
D|-----------------2----------------------------2----------------------------|
A|---------2-------------2---------------2--------------2--------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------0-----------------------------------------|
A (x02220@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em A (x02220@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em A (x02220@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em A (x02220@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1)name="chord_320003@1">G FIt (133211@1)is an early Monday morning.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) CThe (x32010@1)sun is becoming bright on the land.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) FNo (133211@1)one is watching as he comes a walking.
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) ATwo (x02220@1)bulky suitcases hang from his hands.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) FHe (133211@1)heads towards the tower that stands in the campus.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) CHe (x32010@1)goes through the door, he starts up the stairs.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)FThe (133211@1)sound of his footsteps, the sound of his breathing,
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) AThe (x02220@1)sound of the silence but no one was there.
D - Am - D - Am
D (xx0232@1) AmI (x02210@1)didn't really know him.
D (xx0232@1)AmHe (x02210@1)was kind of strange.
D (xx0232@1) AmAlways (x02210@1)sort of sat there.
D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C - Em- (022000@1)AHe (x02220@1)never seemed to change.
A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)FHe (133211@1)reached the catwalk. He put done his burden.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
The four sided clock began to chime.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
Seven AM, the day is beginning.
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) ASo (x02220@1)much to do and so little time.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)FHe (133211@1)looks at the city where no one had known him.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) CHe (x32010@1)looks at the sky where no one looks down.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) FHe (133211@1)looks at his life and what it has shown him.
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) AHe (x02220@1)looks for his shadow it cannot be found.
D - Am - D - Am
D (xx0232@1)AmHe (x02210@1)was such a moody child,
D (xx0232@1) Amvery (x02210@1)hard to touch.
D (xx0232@1) AmEven (x02210@1)as a baby
D (xx0232@1) Amhe (x02210@1)never smiled too much.
C (x32010@1) F#mNo (244222@1)no. No no.
F#mYou (244222@1)bug me, she said.
F#mYour (244222@1)ugly, she said.
F#mPlease (244222@1)hug me, I said.
GBut (320003@1)she just sat there
BmWith (x24432@1)the same flat stare
G (320003@1) EmThat (022000@1)she saves for me alone
BmWhen (x24432@1)I'm home.
GWhen (320003@1)I'm home.
ATake (x02220@1)me home.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1)name="chord_320003@1">G FHe (133211@1)laid out the rifles, he loaded the shotgun,
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) CHe (x32010@1)stacked up the cartridges along the wall.
A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) GHe (320003@1)knew he would need them for his conversation.
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) AIf (x02220@1)it went as it he planned, then he might use them all.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) FHe (133211@1)said Listen you people I've got a question
A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) CYou (x32010@1)won't pay attention but I'll ask anyhow.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) FI (133211@1)found a way that will get me an answer.
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DBeen (xx0232@1)waiting to ask you 'till now.
ARight (x02220@1)now!
AAm (x02220@1)I?
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) FI (133211@1)am a lover whose never been kissed.
AAm (x02220@1)I?
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) FI (133211@1)am a fighter whose not made a fist.
AAm (x02220@1)I?
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) FIf (133211@1)I'm alive then there's so much I've missed.
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AHow (x02220@1)do I know I exist?
AAre (x02220@1)you listening to me?
AAre (x02220@1)you listening to me?
AAm (x02220@1)I?
Am - Am/G - Am - Am/G
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) FThe (133211@1)first words he spoke took the town by surprise.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) FOne (133211@1)got Mrs. Gibbons above her right eye.
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)FIt (133211@1)blew her through the window wedged her against the door.
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) AReality (x02220@1)poured from her face, staining the floor.
D - Am - D - Am
D (xx0232@1)AmHe (x02210@1)was kind of creepy,
D (xx0232@1) AmSort (x02210@1)of a dunce.
D (xx0232@1) AmI (x02210@1)met him at the corner bar.
D (xx0232@1) AmI (x02210@1)only dated the poor boy once,
C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) AThat's (x02220@1)all. Just once, that was all.
ABill (x02220@1)Whedon was questioned as stepped from his car.
ATom (x02220@1)Scott ran across the street but he never got that far.
AThe (x02220@1)police were there in minutes, they set up baricades.
C (x32010@1) GHe (320003@1)spoke right on over them in a half-mile circle.
D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) AmIn (x02210@1)a dumb struck city his pointed questions were sprayed.
Am - Am/G - Am - Am/G
AmHe (x02210@1)knocked over Danny Tyson as he ran towards the noise.
AmJust (x02210@1)about then the answers started comming. Sweet, sweet joy.
AmThudding (x02210@1)in the clock face, whining off the walls,
AmReaching (x02210@1)up to where he sat there, answering calls.
AmThirty-seven (x02210@1)people got his message so far.
AmYes, (x02210@1)he was reaching them right were they are.
AThey (x02220@1)set up an assault team. They asked for volunteers.
AThey (x02220@1)had to go and get him, that much was clear.
AAnd (x02220@1)the word spread about him on the radios and TV's.
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D(optional) (xx0232@1)In appropriately sober tone they asked "Who can it be?"
D - Am - D - Am
D (xx0232@1) AmHe (x02210@1)was a very dull boy,
D (xx0232@1) Amvery (x02210@1)taciturn.
D (xx0232@1) AmNot (x02210@1)much of a joiner,
D (xx0232@1) Amhe (x02210@1)did not want to learn.
c F#m
No no.No no.
F#mThey're (244222@1)coming to get me, they don't want to let me
F#m (244222@1) GStay (320003@1)in the bright light too long.
F#mIt's (244222@1)getting on noon now, it's goin to be soon now.
F#m (244222@1) GBut (320003@1)oh, what a wonderful sound!
GMama, (320003@1)won't you nurse me?
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) A7Rain (x02020@1)me down the sweet milk of your kindness.
GMama, (320003@1)it's getting worse for me.
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) A7Won't (x02020@1)you please make me warm and mindless?
GMama, (320003@1)yes you have cursed me.
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) A7I (x02020@1)never will forgive you for your blindness.
BmI (x24432@1)hate you!
AThe (x02220@1)wires are all humming for me.
AAnd (x02220@1)I can hear them coming for me.
ASoon (x02220@1)they'll be here, but there's nothing to fear.
ANot (x02220@1)any more though they've blasted the door.
Am - Am/G - Am - Am/G
AmAs (x02210@1)the copter dropped the gas he shouted "Who cares?" .
AmThey (x02210@1)could hear him laughing as they started up the stairs.
AmAs (x02210@1)they stormed out on the catwalk, blinking at the sun,
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) EmWith (022000@1)their final fusillade his answer had come.
Em - Em/F# - Em/G - Em/Ab
AAm (x02220@1)I?
A (x02220@1) EmThere (022000@1)is no way that you can hide me.
AAm (x02220@1)I?
A (x02220@1) EmThough (022000@1)you have put your fire inside me.
AAm (x02220@1)I?
A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1)C#mYou've (x13321@4)given me my answer can't you see?
BmI (x24432@1)was!
GI (320003@1)am!
Em (022000@1) Cand (x32010@1)now I Will Be
AI (x02220@1)WILL BE!!!
Chapin chords from Chapinmusic.com
