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The Boy With The Gun

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The Boy With The Gun - David Sylvian
Chords
Em-022000
Dsus2-xx0230
Cmaj7-x35500
Bm7-x20202
B7-x21202
Cadd9-x32030
Am-x02210
Am6-x02212
Am7-x02213
D7-xx0212
Emadd9-x22002
C-x32010
@ The Boy With The Gun
Em Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7 B7
Em Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7 B7
EmHe knows well his Dsus2wicked ways
A Cmaj7course of bitter-neCadd9ss
EmA grudge held from his Dsus2childhood days
As if Cmaj7life had loved him leCadd9ss
AmReading down his Am6list of names
He Am7ticks them one by oD7ne
FmHe points the barrel Gmat the sky
AbFiring shots off Bbat the sun
Em Dsus2
Cmaj7I am the law ,and I Bm7am the KiB7ng
Em Dsus2
Cmaj7I am the wisdom, lisBm7ten to B7me sinEmg"
He carves out the victim's names
In the wooden butt of the gun
He leans well back against the tree
He knows his Kingdom's come
He'll breath a sigh self satisfied
The work is in good hands
He shoots the coins into the air
And follows where the money lands
"I am the law, and I am the King
I am the wisdom, listen to me sing"
He pauses at the city's edge
Of hellfire and of stone
He summons up the devil there
To give him courage of his own
He'll free the sinners of deceit
They'll hear his name and run
His justice is his own reward
Measured out beneath the sun
Em Dsus2
Cmaj7I am the law ,and I Bm7am the KiB7ngEm  Dsus2  
( and my name's on the gun )
Cmaj7I am the wisdom, lisBm7ten to B7me sinEmg"Dsus2  
( and my name's on the gun )
Cmaj7"I am the law, and I Bm7am the KiB7ng Em  Dsus2  
Cmaj7I am the wisdom, lisBm7ten to B7me sinEmg"Dsus2  Cmaj7  Bm7  B7  
Em Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7 B7
Em   Dsus2   Cmaj7   Bm7The work B7has jusEmt begun , Dsus2The boy with the guCmaj7nBm7  
B7Oo-oo-oo-Emoo Dsus2Oo-oo-oo-Cmaj7ooBm7  B7  Em  
Em Emadd9 Em C Em Emadd9 Em C Emadd9
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