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Artist: David Sylvian Song: The boy with the gun Tabbed by: DJ 4th Nov 2012 Tuning: Standard A beautiful song, in contrast to it's subject about a crazy lone gunman ****
| Em/_/_/ /_/_/ | D/_/_/ /_/_/ |Cmaj7 /_/_/ /_/_/ | Bm7/_/_/ /B7_/_/ | (Twice)
Em He knows Em7well his.Dsus2.. wicked ways, a.Cmaj7.. course of bitter - Cadd9ness, Em A grudge held fEm7rom hisDsus2... childhood days, as ifCmaj7...life had loved himCadd9 less, Am Reading down his.Am6.. list of names, he..Am7. ticks them, one by oDne, Fm He points the barrel Gmat the sky,Ab firing shots off.Bb.. at the sun, Esus4 Em D Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Emsus2 Em D | /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | I am the law, and I am the king-------------, Cmaj7 I am the wisdom, liB7sten to me sEming!
Em He carves Em7out the.Dsus2.. victims names, in the Cmaj7wooden butt of theCadd9... gun, Em He leans well Em7back aDsus2 - gainst the tree, he Cmaj7knows his kingdoms Cadd9come, He'll.Am.. breath a sigh, self -Am6 satisfied, the.Am7.. work is in good haDnds, Fm He shoots the coins in - Gmto the air, andAb...follows where theBb...money lands, Esus4 Em D Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Emsus2 Em D | /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | I am the law, and I am the king-------------, Cmaj7 I am the wisdom, liB7sten to me sEming!
Em He pauses Em7at the.Dsus2.. city's edge, of heCmaj7llfire and of Cadd9stone, Em He summons Em7up the.Dsus2.. devil there, to give him.Cmaj7.. courage of hisCadd9 own, He'll.Am.. free the sinners.Am6.. of deceit, they'll.Am7.. hear his name and rDun, Fm His justice is his Gmown reward, Ab measured out be - nBbeath the sun!
|Esus4 /_/_/ Em/_/_/ | Dsus2/_/_/ /_/_/ |
Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em Dsus2 I am the law, and I am the king--------------, (My name, my name's------ on the gun----!)
Cmaj7 I am the wisdom, lBm7isten--- B7to me-- sEming! Dsus2 (My name, my name's------ on the gun----!)
Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em Dsus2 I am the law, and I am the king-----------------,
Cmaj7 I am the wisdom, lBm7isten B7to me sEming!|Dsus2 /_/_/ /_/_/ |Cmaj7 /_/_/ /_/_/ | Bm7/_/_/ B7/_/_/ |
||: Em/_/_/ /_/_/ |Dsus2 /_/_/ /_/_/ |Cmaj7 /_/_/ /_/_/ | Bm7/_/_/ /B7_/_/ :||(Three times)
| /Em_/_/ /_/_/ |Dsus2 /_/_/ /_/_/ | Cmaj7 Bm7 The wB7ork has jEmust--- begun, Dsus2 The boy with the Cmaj7gun! | Bm7/_/_/ B7/_/_/ |
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||: Em/__/__/ /__/__/ | D/_Dsus2_/__/ Am/__/__/ :|| Em/ ||
**** Em = 022000 Fm = 133111 D = xx0232 Gm = 355333 Cmaj7 = x35500 Ab = 466544 Bm7 = x20202 Bb = 688766 B7 = x21202 Esus4 = 022200 Em7 = 022030 Emsus2 = 022002 Dsus2 = xx0230 Cadd9 = x32020 Am = x02210 Am6 = x02212 Am7 = x02213