Gun Shy
(10,000 Maniacs)

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this is my rendition of the version that's on the In My Tribe album
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[Intro Chords]
G (320003@1)G (320003@1)G (320003@1)G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)
GI (320003@1)always knew that you would take yourself far from home

   Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)              DAs (xx0232@1)soon as, as far as you could go

          GBy (320003@1)the quarter inch cut of your hair and the army issued 

              Am (x02210@1)                 G (320003@1)               Dgreen (xx0232@1)For the past six weeks I can tell Where you've been


	[Chorus #1]
  		G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)For I knew, I could see it was all cut and dried 

	   G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)                 G (320003@1)                   
	to me There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside 
	 
            D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)your veins There is aworld (x02210@1)outside of this room 

                   C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)And when you meet it promise me that you won't meet 

	             D (xx0232@1)It with your gun


     G (320003@1)                                    Amnow, (x02210@1)you are one, one of the brave few It's awful sad we

G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)
need Boys like you I hope the day never comes for here's

                               Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)                 
your live round, son Stock and barrel, safety trigger 


            DHere's (xx0232@1)your gun



	[Chorus #2]
	      G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)For I knew, I could see it was all cut and dried 

	   G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)                 G (320003@1)                   
	to me There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside 
	 
            D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)your veins There is aworld (x02210@1)outside of this room 

                   C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)And when you meet it promise me you won't meet 

	             D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)       
	It with your gun taking aim no I don't mean to argue

                   G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)                    
	That they've made adecent (x02210@1)boy of you I don't 

        G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)             C (x32010@1)           
	mean to spoil your home coming, but Baby brother you 

	                G (320003@1)would expect me to.



[4 bars of G]

          Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)                 DStock (xx0232@1)and barrel, safety trigger here's your gun 


       G (320003@1)                                                
So now does your heart pitter-pat with that patriotic sound 

         Am (x02210@1)               G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)         
When you see the stripes of Old Glory waving




	[Chorus #3]
      G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)                  GFor (320003@1)I knew I could see It was all cut and dried to me 

          Am (x02210@1)                 GThere (320003@1)was soldier's blue blood Streaming inside your 

D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)                   Dveins (xx0232@1)There's a world outside of this room And when 

C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)
you meet it promise me you won't meet it With 

     D (xx0232@1)                         G (320003@1)      Cyour (x32010@1)gun, taking aim For I don't mean, to argue That 

        G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)   
they've made a decent boy of you I don't mean to spoil 

     D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)          Dyour (xx0232@1)home coming My baby brother Jude

           G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)         CNo (x32010@1)I don't mean to hurt you By saying this again 

           G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)                  C (x32010@1)          
They're so good at making soldiers But they're not

                  Gas (320003@1)good at making Men