{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1723817,"song":"Ballad Of The Self Loading Pistol","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1723817-ballad-of-the-self-loading-pistol-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1723817?type=chord","rating":0.06254,"votes":0,"content":"[tab]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n           Ballad of the Self Loading Pistol - Bruce Springsteen\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTabbed by: Nick V.\r\nE-mail: BlindTerry333@gmail.com[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Asus2[/ch]  [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\ne|-0------0------|\r\nB|-0------3------|\r\nG|-2------2------|\r\nD|-2------0------|\r\nA|-0-------------|\r\nE|---------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Asus2[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nFather,   I have come[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Asus2[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nTo tell you,   about something I done[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nWell as the night reared its light head into a baby's sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Asus2[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nWe rolled down into the town from where the Black Throats come[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you know there was a robbery,  there was a holdup[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh there was a shootout,   and there was a killing[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd there's blood on my hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nToday I killed a man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Asus2[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nWell now, sister,   you know me well[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Asus2[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nAnd you ask me,    well how it was I felt[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nWell, she had an appetite for loving only a fading beauty could possess[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]Asus2[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nShe knew just what she wanted and she wouldn't take less[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI figured it was a small town, it was at sundown[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt was just a small crowd of people around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, but he wouldn't put his guns down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNo, he wouldn't put his guns down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWoah, he wouldn't put his guns down[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nNow, his blood's on my hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nToday I killed a man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Asus2[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd papa, you showed me the beauty of buckshot[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe love song a bullet sings as she whistles[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]B[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nAnd showed me the story of the self-loading pistol[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Asus2[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nWell now, father,   I have come[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nTo tell you   about something I done[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Asus2[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nHe had a widow    running through town screaming[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Asus[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nHe had a brother      and his tears were streaming[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]Asus2[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nNow I'm moving on to Boulder    with a rifle on my shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'Cause daddy, you showed me the beauty of buckshot[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe love song a bullet sings as she whistles[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nAnd showed me the glory of the self-loading pistol[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nAnd I just come to tell you that it don't hurt no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nNo, it don't hurt no more 'cause your son, he's an outlaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nOh, your son, he's an outlaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nYes, your son, he's an outlaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nOh, your son, he's an outlaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nNow, your son, he's an outlaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, your son, he's an outlaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Asus2[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd this blood feels good on my hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nToday I killed a man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]Asus2[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions, comments, insults...BlindTerry333","plain_text":"[Intro]\n| E | Asus2 | E | Asus2\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nE | Asus2 | E | Asus2 | E | Asus2 | E |\n\n\nQuestions, comments, 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