Life is
a gun
G - Em - G - Em (2x)
G
Em
1. Deep in the past we can trigger to the barrel blast,
G
Em
on the avenue where I would crash into you.
Em G C G
C G D
What’s done is done and life is a gun, life is a gun, on the run.
Em
G C G C G D
Oh, my dear, isn’t life a gun, a story shotgun that came undone,
G
we came undone.
G Em
2. New York’s cold, on the
road we became old,
G Em
standing still,
but I’m running against all my will.
+ CHORUS
G
Em
3. The well won path was
never something I would walk,
G Em
so lay it down, lay these guns in the ground.
Em G C G
C G D
What’s done is done and life is a gun, life is a gun, on the run.
Em
G C G C G D
Oh, my dear, isn’t life a gun, a story shotgun that came undone,
G - C - G
+ repeat last CHORUS +
We came undone.
- C G
- C - G C G
+ Oh, we came undone, oh, we came undone.
(orig. = capo 4th) (Jay
Malinowski)