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[Intro]
Em  D  Em  D7  Em  D  C7
[Verse 1]
Say EmJudas came up to DD.C.
He'd been Emdown in Georgia for a Dwhile
He drove a Em944, he D7bought with the soul
Of a Emblonde-headed kid with a D7left-handed guitar.Em  
Now he's lookin' for meD, Citizen C-EmO-P-E,
Sign the Ddotted line please
For the Emfake 50's, now DJudas answer me
"Since EmI was the age to speak, haven't Dyou been listening?"
[Chorus]
SalEmvationC7  
SalB7vation
SalEmvationC7  
SalB7vation
[Verse 2]
Well he Emcame to town found the Dwoman that I love
And he fEmucked her down she Dtold him where I live
Off of Em9th in the alleywayD7, where they say
They got the Emcoke and the dope, unD7til you end up broken
 Em"You should have let D7the smack get you" he said
 Em"Well now you've got to deal with Dme instead
I'm downEmstairs on the Motorola, D7you know
I've got Em3 golden bullets and I'm D7shooting for your soul"
[Chorus]
SalEmvationC7  
SalB7vation
SalEmvationC7  
SalB7vation
[Verse 3]
Well I Emcame down with my DMartin blazin'
My voiceEm, it was cutting him up, Dnow he's aiming
His Emfirst shot grazed my eyD7e,
I lost Emhalf of my sight, and my D7firstborn's life
And the Emsecond shot knocked off mDy guitar moon
And it Emmade my guitar kinda Dplay out of tune
But I Emjust kept strumming, I got D7nothing to lose
He turned the Emthird on himself cause the D7bastard knew
[Chorus]
SalEmvationC7  
SalB7vation
SalEmvationC7  
SalB7vation
[Bridge]
SalAm7vation I'm calling
SalAm7vation I'm calling
SalAm7vation I'm calling
SalA7vation Yeah-yeah
[Build]
Said Am7put the gun down, put the gun down, put the gun
A7Put the gun down, put the gun down, put the gun
Am7Put the gun down, put the gun down, put the gun
A7Put the gun down, put the gun down, put the gun
Am7Put the gun down, put the gun down, put the gun
A7Put the gun down, put the gun down, put the gun
Am7Put the gun down, put the gun down, put the gun
A7Put the gun down
[Outro]
N.C.             Em  D  
Yeah-yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeEmahD  
Yeah-yeEmahD  C7  

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Salvation

by Citizen Cope

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Am7

[Intro]

Em D Em D7 Em D C7

[Verse 1]

Em D

Say Judas came up to D.C.

Em D

He'd been down in Georgia for a while

Em D7

He drove a 944, he bought with the soul

Em D7 Em

Of a blonde-headed kid with a left-handed guitar.

D Em

Now he's lookin' for me, Citizen C-O-P-E,

Sign the dotted line please

Em D

For the fake 50's, now Judas answer me

Em D

"Since I was the age to speak, haven't you been listening?"

[Chorus]

Em C7

Salvation

Em C7

Salvation

[Verse 2]

Em D

Well he came to town found the woman that I love

Em D

And he fucked her down she told him where I live

Em D7

Off of 9th in the alleyway, where they say

Em D7

They got the coke and the dope, until you end up broken

Em D7

"You should have let the smack get you" he said

Em D

"Well now you've got to deal with me instead

Em D7

I'm downstairs on the Motorola, you know

Em D7

I've got 3 golden bullets and I'm shooting for your soul"

[Chorus]

Em C7

Salvation

Em C7

Salvation

[Verse 3]

Em D

Well I came down with my Martin blazin'

Em D

My voice, it was cutting him up, now he's aiming

Em D7

His first shot grazed my eye,

Em D7

I lost half of my sight, and my firstborn's life

Em D

And the second shot knocked off my guitar moon

Em D

And it made my guitar kinda play out of tune

Em D7

But I just kept strumming, I got nothing to lose

Em D7

He turned the third on himself cause the bastard knew

[Chorus]

Em C7

Salvation

Em C7

Salvation

[Bridge]

Am7

Salvation I'm calling

Am7

Salvation I'm calling

Am7

Salvation I'm calling

Salvation Yeah-yeah

[Build]

Am7

Said put the gun down, put the gun down, put the gun

Put the gun down, put the gun down, put the gun

Am7

Put the gun down, put the gun down, put the gun

Am7

Put the gun down, put the gun down, put the gun

Am7

Put the gun down, put the gun down, put the gun

Put the gun down

[Outro]

Em D

N.C.

Yeah-yeah-yeah

Em D

Yeah-yeah

Em D C7

Yeah-yeah

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