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Ballad of the Self Loading Pistol-Bruce Springsteen Tabbed by:Nick V. E-mail:BlindTerry333@gmail.com Another solo song from 1972. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuwErcjTX0Y Tuning:EADGBE Capo IV F# G A e|-x---3---0---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3---3---2---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-2---0---2---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-4---0---2---------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-2---2---0---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-x---3---x---------------------------------------------------------------------| F# G F# G
F#Father,G I have coF#me toG tell F#you about Gsomething I done F# G F#Well, as the night reared its light hGead into a baby'F#s sunG F#We rolled down into the toGwn from where the Black Throats coF#me G And you know there was aF# robberGy, there was a holdF#up G Oh, there was a shoF#otoGut, and there was a kilF#lingG And there's blood on my haAnds Today I killed F#a maGn F# G
F#Well noGw, sister,F# you Gknow mF#e well G F# G F#And youG ask me, wF#ell, Ghow itF# was I felGt F# G F#Well, sGhe had an F#appetGite foF#r loving oGnly a fading beauF#ty couldG possess F#She kneGw just whaF#t sheG wanteF#d and she Gwouldn't take lesF#s G I figured it was a small tF#own,G it was at sunF#down G It was just a small crowd of people arounF#d G Oh, but he wouldn't put his gF#uns dowGn No, he wouldn't put his guF#ns dowGn Woah, he wouldn't put his gunF#s downG Now, his blood's on my hAands Today I killed a maF#n G F#
And papa, you shoGwed me the beauty of bucksDhot The love soAng a bulleF#t sings as she whistlesD And showed me the stoAry of the self-loading pistF#ol G
F#Well noGw, father,F# I haGve comF#e to tell Gyou about somethiF#ng IG done F#He had a widow running through town sGcreaming F# G F#He had a brother and his tears were sGtreaming F# G Now I'm moving on the boF#rder wiGth a rifle on my shF#ouldeGr 'Cause daddy, you showedF# me theG beauty of buckshotF# G The love soAng a bulleF#t sings as she whistlesD And showed me the stoAry of the self-loading pistF#ol G And I just come to tellF# youG that it don't hurt no morF#e G No, it don't hurt no mF#ore G'cause your son, he's an outF#law G Oh, your son, he's an outlawF# G Yes, your son, he's an outlawF# G Oh, your son, he's an outlawF# G Now, your son, he's an outlaF#w G Oh, your son, he's an outlawF# G Now, his blood feels good on my Ahands Today I killed a maF#n G F#
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