Jeannie needs
a shooter
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C F C
1. I was born down by the river where the dirty water flows,
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F
C
and
the cold wind cut through me, it cut right through my clothes.
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And the anger and the
yearning, like fever in my veins
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- F - C
set
the fire burning.
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C
2. She came down from Knightstown with her hands hard from the line,
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C
from
the first time I laid eyes on her I knew that she`d
be mine.
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Her father was a lawman, he
swore he`d shoot me dead,
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`cause
he knew I wanted Jeannie, and I`d have her like I
said.
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Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me,
C G
Jeannie needs a shooter !
C G F C
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side,
C G
Jeannie needs a shooter !
C F G - C
F G
Jeannie needs a shooter. Jeannie needs a shooter
!
+ instrumental = verse 2
C F C
3. We met down by the river on the final day in May,
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and
when I leaned down to kiss her, she did not turn away.
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I drew out all my money and
together we did vow,
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to
meet that very evening, and get away somehow.
C G F - C
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter like me,
C G
Jeannie needs a shooter !
C G F C
Jeannie needs a shooter, shooter on her side,
C G
Jeannie needs a shooter !
C F G - C
F G
Jeannie needs a shooter. Jeannie needs a shooter
!
C F C
4. The night was cold and rainy down by the borderline,
C F C
I was riding hard to meet her
when a shot rang out behind.
C F C
As I lay there in the darkness
with a pistol by my side,
C F C
Jeannie and her father rode
off into the night.
C G
Jeannie needs a shooter.
(orig. = capo 4th) (Warren Zevon)