Chords for When the Pin Hits the Shell
Tempo:
81.05 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Dm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gb] You can't lie to your mama, [C] you can't lie to your race, [E] you can't lie to nobody [Bb] with
that cold steel in your face.
[F]
And the same God you were so [C] afraid is gonna send you to
hell.
[F]
It's the same one you're gonna answer [Bb] to when the pen hits the shell.
[F]
Well your
sister's been blaming [C] everybody.
[F] And I don't blame her man, I guess I'd [Bb] do the same.
[F] If
you were my brother man, I'd probably [C] stand by you.
[F] But you ain't man, so I gotta go [Bb] my
way.
[G] And I [Dm] ain't gonna crawl up on no high horse, [C] cause I got thrown off of one when
I [F] was young.
And I ain't no cowboy, so [Bb] I ain't going where I don't belong.
[Dm] It wouldn't
do you no good to let you know [C] that it damn near killed me too.
So [F] I ain't gonna mourn
for you man, now that you're [F] gone.
[Dm] [C] [F]
[C]
[Dm] [F]
Yeah and you will like our pills and our whiskey.
But
you don't want your head full of either one when [Bb] the house gets quiet and dark.
[F] Feeling
good it used to come so [C] damn easy.
The rips in [F] trains from second street to [Bb]
Avalon.
[Dm] Take
a trip down to the lane.
Don't [C] see no friendly faces.
All [F] the houses have been painted and
[Bb] nobody knows your name.
[Dm] Cause it's enough to make a man not want to [C] be nobody's daddy.
Well all he [F] thinks he's gotta lift a hand down is guilt [Bb] and shame.
And I ain't [Gm] gonna
crawl up on no high horse, [Dm] cause I got thrown off of [F] one when I was young.
And I ain't no
cowboy, so [Bb] I ain't going where I don't belong.
[Gm] It wouldn't do you no good to let you [Dm] know
that it damn near killed me too.
So I ain't gonna mourn for you man, now [Bb] that you're gone.
You [Gm] [Dm]
[F] [C]
[Gm] [Dm]
[F] [C]
[F] can't lie to your mama.
[C] You can't lie to your race.
[F] But you can't lie to nobody
[Bb] with that cold steel in your face.
[F] And the same God you were so [C] afraid is gonna send
you [F] to hell.
Is the same one you're gonna answer to [Bb] when the pen hits the shed.
[F] [Eb]
[C]
[G]
that cold steel in your face.
[F]
And the same God you were so [C] afraid is gonna send you to
hell.
[F]
It's the same one you're gonna answer [Bb] to when the pen hits the shell.
[F]
Well your
sister's been blaming [C] everybody.
[F] And I don't blame her man, I guess I'd [Bb] do the same.
[F] If
you were my brother man, I'd probably [C] stand by you.
[F] But you ain't man, so I gotta go [Bb] my
way.
[G] And I [Dm] ain't gonna crawl up on no high horse, [C] cause I got thrown off of one when
I [F] was young.
And I ain't no cowboy, so [Bb] I ain't going where I don't belong.
[Dm] It wouldn't
do you no good to let you know [C] that it damn near killed me too.
So [F] I ain't gonna mourn
for you man, now that you're [F] gone.
[Dm] [C] [F]
[C]
[Dm] [F]
Yeah and you will like our pills and our whiskey.
But
you don't want your head full of either one when [Bb] the house gets quiet and dark.
[F] Feeling
good it used to come so [C] damn easy.
The rips in [F] trains from second street to [Bb]
Avalon.
[Dm] Take
a trip down to the lane.
Don't [C] see no friendly faces.
All [F] the houses have been painted and
[Bb] nobody knows your name.
[Dm] Cause it's enough to make a man not want to [C] be nobody's daddy.
Well all he [F] thinks he's gotta lift a hand down is guilt [Bb] and shame.
And I ain't [Gm] gonna
crawl up on no high horse, [Dm] cause I got thrown off of [F] one when I was young.
And I ain't no
cowboy, so [Bb] I ain't going where I don't belong.
[Gm] It wouldn't do you no good to let you [Dm] know
that it damn near killed me too.
So I ain't gonna mourn for you man, now [Bb] that you're gone.
You [Gm] [Dm]
[F] [C]
[Gm] [Dm]
[F] [C]
[F] can't lie to your mama.
[C] You can't lie to your race.
[F] But you can't lie to nobody
[Bb] with that cold steel in your face.
[F] And the same God you were so [C] afraid is gonna send
you [F] to hell.
Is the same one you're gonna answer to [Bb] when the pen hits the shed.
[F] [Eb]
[C]
[G]
Key:
F
C
Bb
Dm
Gm
F
C
Bb
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] You can't lie to your mama, [C] you can't lie to your race, [E] you can't lie to nobody [Bb] with
that cold steel in your face.
[F]
And the same God you were so [C] afraid is gonna send you to
hell.
[F]
It's the same one you're gonna answer [Bb] to when the pen hits the shell.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well your
sister's been blaming [C] everybody.
_ [F] And I don't blame her man, I guess I'd [Bb] do the same.
[F] If
you were my brother man, I'd probably [C] stand by you.
[F] But you ain't man, so I gotta go [Bb] my
way.
[G] And I [Dm] ain't gonna crawl up on no high horse, [C] cause I got thrown off of one when
I [F] was young.
And I ain't no cowboy, so [Bb] I ain't going where I don't belong.
[Dm] It wouldn't
do you no good to let you know [C] that it damn near killed me too.
So [F] I ain't gonna mourn
for you man, now that you're [F] gone.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah and you will like our pills and our whiskey.
_ But
you don't want your head full of either one when [Bb] the house gets quiet and dark.
[F] Feeling
good it used to come so [C] damn easy.
_ The rips in [F] trains from second street to [Bb]
Avalon.
_ [Dm] Take
a trip down to the lane.
Don't [C] see no friendly faces.
All [F] the houses have been painted and
[Bb] nobody knows your name.
[Dm] Cause it's enough to make a man not want to [C] be nobody's daddy.
Well all he [F] thinks he's gotta lift a hand down is guilt [Bb] and shame.
_ And I ain't [Gm] gonna
crawl up on no high horse, [Dm] cause I got thrown off of [F] one when I was young.
And I ain't no
cowboy, so [Bb] I ain't going where I don't belong.
[Gm] It wouldn't do you no good to let you [Dm] know
that it damn near killed me too.
So I ain't gonna mourn for you man, now [Bb] that you're gone.
You _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] can't lie to your mama.
[C] You can't lie to your race.
[F] But you can't lie to nobody
[Bb] with that cold steel in your face.
[F] And the same God you were so [C] afraid is gonna send
you [F] to hell.
Is the same one you're gonna answer to [Bb] when the pen hits the shed.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
that cold steel in your face.
[F]
And the same God you were so [C] afraid is gonna send you to
hell.
[F]
It's the same one you're gonna answer [Bb] to when the pen hits the shell.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well your
sister's been blaming [C] everybody.
_ [F] And I don't blame her man, I guess I'd [Bb] do the same.
[F] If
you were my brother man, I'd probably [C] stand by you.
[F] But you ain't man, so I gotta go [Bb] my
way.
[G] And I [Dm] ain't gonna crawl up on no high horse, [C] cause I got thrown off of one when
I [F] was young.
And I ain't no cowboy, so [Bb] I ain't going where I don't belong.
[Dm] It wouldn't
do you no good to let you know [C] that it damn near killed me too.
So [F] I ain't gonna mourn
for you man, now that you're [F] gone.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah and you will like our pills and our whiskey.
_ But
you don't want your head full of either one when [Bb] the house gets quiet and dark.
[F] Feeling
good it used to come so [C] damn easy.
_ The rips in [F] trains from second street to [Bb]
Avalon.
_ [Dm] Take
a trip down to the lane.
Don't [C] see no friendly faces.
All [F] the houses have been painted and
[Bb] nobody knows your name.
[Dm] Cause it's enough to make a man not want to [C] be nobody's daddy.
Well all he [F] thinks he's gotta lift a hand down is guilt [Bb] and shame.
_ And I ain't [Gm] gonna
crawl up on no high horse, [Dm] cause I got thrown off of [F] one when I was young.
And I ain't no
cowboy, so [Bb] I ain't going where I don't belong.
[Gm] It wouldn't do you no good to let you [Dm] know
that it damn near killed me too.
So I ain't gonna mourn for you man, now [Bb] that you're gone.
You _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] can't lie to your mama.
[C] You can't lie to your race.
[F] But you can't lie to nobody
[Bb] with that cold steel in your face.
[F] And the same God you were so [C] afraid is gonna send
you [F] to hell.
Is the same one you're gonna answer to [Bb] when the pen hits the shed.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _