Burton Cummings - Break it to them gently

Break it to them ^Agently when you tell my Mom and ^F#mDad When you see my baby ^Bmsister be as kind as you ^E7sus4can ^E7 And break it to my ^Agrandma who said that boy's ^Dmaj7wild and bad Break it to them ^Bmgently when you tell them that I ^E7sus4won't be comin' ^E7home ag^Aain

Cause I'm ^Drunnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a ^Afugitive ^DFightin' for my life and I don't know if I'll make it al^Aone ^DRunnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a ^Afugitive God I wanna go ^F#mhome Lord I wish I was ^Ahome^{D A D}

When you see my ^Alady with the twinkle in her ^F#meyes Tell it to her ^Bmsoftly and hold her if she ^E7sus4cries ^E7 Tell her that I ^Alove her and I will 'til the ^Dmaj7day I die Break it to her ^Bmgently when you tell her that I ^E7sus4won't be comin' ^E7home a^Again

^EI got in too deep with ^Astrangers ^EThinkin' they could help me find my ^Away ^DBut nobody warned me of the ^Adangers And it's ^F#malways the young and foolish that have to ^B7pay^E7

So break it to them ^Agently when you tell my mom and ^F#mdad Thank them for the ^Bmgood years and all the lovin' that I ^E7sus4had ^E7 And break it to my ^Agrandma, who said the boy is w^Dmaj7ild and bad Break it to them ^Bmgently when you tell 'em that I ^E7sus4won't be comin' ^E7home ag^Aain

^DRunnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a ^Afugitive ^DFightin' for my life and I don't know if I'll make it al^Aone ^DRunnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a ^Afugitive Lord I wanna go^F#m home Lord I wanna go ^Ahome

You gotta break it to them ^Dgently Break it to them ^Agently Gotta break it to them ^Dgently Gotta really try to ^Aroll 'em Gotta break it to them ^Dgently Gotta really try to ^Asoothe 'em Gotta really try to ^Dsoothe 'em Gotta really try to ^Aroll 'em You gotta roll it to my ^Dmother Gotta roll it to my ^Agrandma Roll it to my ^Dmother ^ARoll it to my mother and roll the old lady ^DRoll it to my grandma, she's ^Adamn near eighty (roll the old lady)