Chicago - We Both Reached For the Gun Chords

_ _ _ _ I bet you want to know why I shot the bastard.
_ _ Shut up, Tommy. _
_ [Ab] _ _ Mr.
Billy Flynn and the press conference ride.
[E] Notice how his mouth never moves.
[G] Almost.
_ _ [C] Where'd you come from? _ _
Mississippi.
And your parents?
[G] _
Very wealthy.
Where are they now?
Six feet under.
But she [Gb] was granted one more [C] start.
The convent [Dm] of the sacred [C] heart.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] When you get here. _
1920.
How old were [F] you?
Don't remember.
[Fm] Then what [C] happened?
I met a [G] mercenary.
[C] Stole my heart away.
Convinced me [Am] to elope one [C] day.
Oh, [G] dear.
I can't believe what you've been through.
[Ab] A convent [G] girl of runaway marriage.
Now tell us, Roxy, [C] _ who's Fred Kate Lee?
My ex-boyfriend.
Why'd you shoot [G] him?
I was leaving.
Was he angry?
Like a man, man.
Still, I said, Fred, move along.
She knew that she was doing [C] wrong.
Then describe it.
He came toward me.
With a pistol.
[Dm] From my [Fm] burro.
Did you bite [C] him?
Like a [G] tiger.
He had [C] strength that she had none.
And yet we'd both [A] reach for the [F] gun.
And yet we'd both _ reach for the gun.
the gun, the gun, the gun, oh yes, we [C] fought before the gun, [F] before the gun.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, we fought, oh yes, we fought, oh yes, we fought,
before the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, oh yes, we fought before the gun, before the gun.
[Bbm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] Understandable, understandable, [Fm] _
yes, it's [Bbm] perfectly [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab]
understandable.
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] Comprehensible, comprehensible, [Eb] _ [C] not a bit _ [G] _
_ reprehensible.
_ [C] It's all _ _ _ _ _ defensible. _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Db] How you _ feelin'? Very frightened.
Are you [Ab] sorry?
Are you kidding?
_ What's your statement?
All I say is, go my [F] choo-choo, jump the track, I'd give my life to [Ab] bring him [Db] back.
Stay away from jazz and liquor, and the men [Gb] who play for fun.
_ [Gbm] That's the thought [Db] that came [Ab] upon me when we both [Db] reached for the gun.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Understandable, [Ab] understandable, yes, [Bbm] it's perfectly [Eb] _ _ _ understandable. _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ Comprehensible, [Ab] _ comprehensible, [C] not a bit _ [G] _ reprehensible.
[Gm] _ It's all [C] _ _ _
_ _ defensible. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they [F] both, oh [C] yes, they both, oh yes, they both,
reached for the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, oh yes, they both, reached for the gun, for [F] the gun.
A little louder.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both, oh [C] yes, they both, oh yes, they both, reached for the gun, the gun, the gun, [Dm] the gun,
oh yes, they both, reached [F] for the gun, for the gun.
[Gb] There ya got it.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both, oh yes, they both, oh yes, they both,
reached for the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, oh yes, they both, reached for the gun, for the gun.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both, oh yes, they both, oh yes, they both, reached for the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,
the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, [Db] the gun, the gun, the gun. _ _ _
_ Both reached _ for the _ _ _ _ _ _ gun.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] Both reached [Gb] for the gun.
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