Chords for Bullets in the Gun
Tempo:
120.15 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
D
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
And I'm gonna do a whole song.
[E]
[A] [E]
[E]
[A] ♪ [E] Yeah they used to call me lightning ♪
♪ I was always quick to strike ♪
♪ Had everything I own in the saddles on my back ♪
♪ I had a reputation for never staying very long ♪
♪ Just like a wild and restless drifter [B] ♪
cowboy in a song.
[E] I met a dark-haired beauty with a leather
waistcoat down [D] in southern Arizona in a little border town.
[C#m] She had to dance for
money in that dusty old saloon.
I [E] dropped a dollar in the jukebox, played that
girl a tune, yeah.
[A] Never see it coming, it [D] just hits you by [A] surprise.
[E] It's that cold
place in your soul, [B] that fire in her [D] eyes that makes you come together [A] like wild
horses when they run.
[E] Now the cards are on the table [D] and the bullets in the gun.
[E]
She's sitting on my lap, we still had shots to kill [Bm] when a man pulled up along the bar
in a Cadillac DeVille.
[A] Grabbed her by her raven hair and threw her in the floor.
Said [E] no free rides for the cowboys, [D] that ain't what I pay you for, no.
[E] She jumped up and
grabbed my pistol, stuck it in the fat man's back.
[D] Said open up the safe and put your
money in the sack.
[A] Tied his hands behind him and put a blindfold on his eyes.
[E] If you're
dumb enough to chase this man, [D] you're dumb enough to die.
[E]
[A] Never see it coming, [D] it just
hits you [A] by surprise.
[E] It's that cold place in your soul, [B] that fire in her eyes [A] that makes you
come together like wild horses when they run.
[E] Now the cards are on the table [D] and
the bullets in the gun.
Yeah.
[Em] [Bm]
[D] [A]
[Em] [Bm]
[D] [E]
We rode across the border down into Mexico [D] when you're running
from the law.
Ain't that where everybody goes.
[A] We came to a town with a name I couldn't spell.
[E] She gave me what I came for [B] in that Mexican motel.
[Bm] [E]
I woke up sirens in the sound of running feet.
[D] There were 50 Federales locked and loaded in the street.
[A] She grabbed my 44, I grabbed the money in the sack.
[E] She kissed me for the last time [D] and we headed out the back.
[E] Every gun was on us and every
heartbeat pounded.
There was only one thing left to do when they got you all surrounded.
[C#m] She fired
that old pistol, but we didn't stand to hear prayer.
[E] Money hit the gravel, [Bm] bullets filled the air.
[A] Never see it coming, [D] it just hits you [A] by surprise.
[E] It's that cold place in your soul, [B] that fire in her eyes [D] that makes you come together [A] like wild horses when they run.
[E] Now the cards are on the table [A] and bullets in the gun.
[E]
Bullets in the gun.
[A] Bullets [E] in the gun.
Bullets [A] in the gun.
[E]
[Em]
[E]
[A] [E]
[E]
[A] ♪ [E] Yeah they used to call me lightning ♪
♪ I was always quick to strike ♪
♪ Had everything I own in the saddles on my back ♪
♪ I had a reputation for never staying very long ♪
♪ Just like a wild and restless drifter [B] ♪
cowboy in a song.
[E] I met a dark-haired beauty with a leather
waistcoat down [D] in southern Arizona in a little border town.
[C#m] She had to dance for
money in that dusty old saloon.
I [E] dropped a dollar in the jukebox, played that
girl a tune, yeah.
[A] Never see it coming, it [D] just hits you by [A] surprise.
[E] It's that cold
place in your soul, [B] that fire in her [D] eyes that makes you come together [A] like wild
horses when they run.
[E] Now the cards are on the table [D] and the bullets in the gun.
[E]
She's sitting on my lap, we still had shots to kill [Bm] when a man pulled up along the bar
in a Cadillac DeVille.
[A] Grabbed her by her raven hair and threw her in the floor.
Said [E] no free rides for the cowboys, [D] that ain't what I pay you for, no.
[E] She jumped up and
grabbed my pistol, stuck it in the fat man's back.
[D] Said open up the safe and put your
money in the sack.
[A] Tied his hands behind him and put a blindfold on his eyes.
[E] If you're
dumb enough to chase this man, [D] you're dumb enough to die.
[E]
[A] Never see it coming, [D] it just
hits you [A] by surprise.
[E] It's that cold place in your soul, [B] that fire in her eyes [A] that makes you
come together like wild horses when they run.
[E] Now the cards are on the table [D] and
the bullets in the gun.
Yeah.
[Em] [Bm]
[D] [A]
[Em] [Bm]
[D] [E]
We rode across the border down into Mexico [D] when you're running
from the law.
Ain't that where everybody goes.
[A] We came to a town with a name I couldn't spell.
[E] She gave me what I came for [B] in that Mexican motel.
[Bm] [E]
I woke up sirens in the sound of running feet.
[D] There were 50 Federales locked and loaded in the street.
[A] She grabbed my 44, I grabbed the money in the sack.
[E] She kissed me for the last time [D] and we headed out the back.
[E] Every gun was on us and every
heartbeat pounded.
There was only one thing left to do when they got you all surrounded.
[C#m] She fired
that old pistol, but we didn't stand to hear prayer.
[E] Money hit the gravel, [Bm] bullets filled the air.
[A] Never see it coming, [D] it just hits you [A] by surprise.
[E] It's that cold place in your soul, [B] that fire in her eyes [D] that makes you come together [A] like wild horses when they run.
[E] Now the cards are on the table [A] and bullets in the gun.
[E]
Bullets in the gun.
[A] Bullets [E] in the gun.
Bullets [A] in the gun.
[E]
[Em]
Key:
E
A
D
B
Bm
E
A
D
_ _ _ _ And _ _ I'm gonna do a whole song. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ ♪ [E] Yeah they used to call me lightning ♪
♪ I was always quick to strike ♪
♪ Had everything I own in the saddles on my back ♪
♪ I had a reputation for never staying very long ♪
♪ Just like a wild and restless drifter [B] ♪
cowboy in a song. _ _ _
[E] I met a dark-haired beauty with a leather
waistcoat down [D] in southern Arizona in a little border town.
[C#m] She had to dance for
money in that dusty old saloon.
I [E] dropped a dollar in the jukebox, played that
girl a tune, yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Never see it coming, it [D] just hits you by [A] surprise.
[E] It's that cold
place in your soul, [B] that fire in her [D] eyes that makes you come together [A] like wild
horses when they run.
[E] Now the cards are on the table [D] and the bullets in the gun. _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
She's sitting on my lap, we still had shots to kill [Bm] when a man pulled up along the bar
in a Cadillac DeVille.
[A] Grabbed her by her raven hair and threw her in the floor.
Said [E] no free rides for the cowboys, [D] that ain't what I pay you for, no.
_ _ [E] She jumped up and
grabbed my pistol, stuck it in the fat man's back.
[D] Said open up the safe and put your
money in the sack.
_ [A] Tied his hands behind him and put a blindfold on his eyes.
[E] If you're
dumb enough to chase this man, [D] you're dumb enough to die.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Never see it coming, [D] it just
hits you [A] by surprise.
[E] It's that cold place in your soul, [B] that fire in her eyes [A] that makes you
come together like wild horses when they run.
[E] Now the cards are on the table [D] and
the bullets in the gun.
Yeah. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ We rode across the border down into Mexico [D] when you're running
from the law.
Ain't that where everybody goes.
[A] We came to a town with a name I couldn't spell.
[E] She gave me what I came for [B] in that Mexican motel.
[Bm] _ _ _ [E] _
I woke up sirens in the sound of running feet.
[D] There were 50 Federales locked and loaded in the street.
[A] She grabbed my 44, I grabbed the money in the sack.
[E] She kissed me for the last time [D] and we headed out the back.
[E] Every gun was on us and every
heartbeat pounded.
There was only one thing left to do when they got you all surrounded.
[C#m] She fired
that old pistol, but we didn't stand to hear prayer.
[E] Money hit the gravel, _ [Bm] bullets filled the air.
_ _ _ [A] Never see it coming, [D] it just hits you [A] by surprise.
[E] It's that cold place in your soul, [B] that fire in her eyes [D] that makes you come together [A] like wild horses when they run.
[E] Now the cards are on the table [A] and bullets in the gun.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ Bullets in the gun. _ _
[A] _ _ Bullets [E] in the gun. _ _
_ _ Bullets [A] in the gun. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ ♪ [E] Yeah they used to call me lightning ♪
♪ I was always quick to strike ♪
♪ Had everything I own in the saddles on my back ♪
♪ I had a reputation for never staying very long ♪
♪ Just like a wild and restless drifter [B] ♪
cowboy in a song. _ _ _
[E] I met a dark-haired beauty with a leather
waistcoat down [D] in southern Arizona in a little border town.
[C#m] She had to dance for
money in that dusty old saloon.
I [E] dropped a dollar in the jukebox, played that
girl a tune, yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Never see it coming, it [D] just hits you by [A] surprise.
[E] It's that cold
place in your soul, [B] that fire in her [D] eyes that makes you come together [A] like wild
horses when they run.
[E] Now the cards are on the table [D] and the bullets in the gun. _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
She's sitting on my lap, we still had shots to kill [Bm] when a man pulled up along the bar
in a Cadillac DeVille.
[A] Grabbed her by her raven hair and threw her in the floor.
Said [E] no free rides for the cowboys, [D] that ain't what I pay you for, no.
_ _ [E] She jumped up and
grabbed my pistol, stuck it in the fat man's back.
[D] Said open up the safe and put your
money in the sack.
_ [A] Tied his hands behind him and put a blindfold on his eyes.
[E] If you're
dumb enough to chase this man, [D] you're dumb enough to die.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Never see it coming, [D] it just
hits you [A] by surprise.
[E] It's that cold place in your soul, [B] that fire in her eyes [A] that makes you
come together like wild horses when they run.
[E] Now the cards are on the table [D] and
the bullets in the gun.
Yeah. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ We rode across the border down into Mexico [D] when you're running
from the law.
Ain't that where everybody goes.
[A] We came to a town with a name I couldn't spell.
[E] She gave me what I came for [B] in that Mexican motel.
[Bm] _ _ _ [E] _
I woke up sirens in the sound of running feet.
[D] There were 50 Federales locked and loaded in the street.
[A] She grabbed my 44, I grabbed the money in the sack.
[E] She kissed me for the last time [D] and we headed out the back.
[E] Every gun was on us and every
heartbeat pounded.
There was only one thing left to do when they got you all surrounded.
[C#m] She fired
that old pistol, but we didn't stand to hear prayer.
[E] Money hit the gravel, _ [Bm] bullets filled the air.
_ _ _ [A] Never see it coming, [D] it just hits you [A] by surprise.
[E] It's that cold place in your soul, [B] that fire in her eyes [D] that makes you come together [A] like wild horses when they run.
[E] Now the cards are on the table [A] and bullets in the gun.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ Bullets in the gun. _ _
[A] _ _ Bullets [E] in the gun. _ _
_ _ Bullets [A] in the gun. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _