Ballad Of The Self Loading Pistol

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Ballad of the Self Loading Pistol - Bruce Springsteen
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Tabbed by: Nick V.
E-mail: BlindTerry333@gmail.com
Asus2 Dsus2
e|-0------0------|
B|-0------3------|
G|-2------2------|
D|-2------0------|
A|-0-------------|
E|---------------|
[Intro]
E Asus2E Asus2
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[Verse 1]
E Asus2 E Asus2
Father, I have come
E Asus2 E Asus2
To tell you, about something I done
E Asus2 E Asus2
Well as the night reared its light head into a baby's sun
E Asus2 E Asus2
We rolled down into the town from where the Black Throats come
E A E A
And you know there was a robbery, there was a holdup
E A E
Oh there was a shootout, and there was a killing
A B
And there's blood on my hands
E Asus2E Asus2
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Today I killed a man
[Verse 2]
E Asus2 E Asus2
Well now, sister, you know me well
E Asus2 E Asus2
And you ask me, well how it was I felt
E Asus2 E Asus2
Well, she had an appetite for loving only a fading beauty could possess
E Asus2 E Asus2
She knew just what she wanted and she wouldn't take less
E A E A
I figured it was a small town, it was at sundown
E A
It was just a small crowd of people around
E A
Oh, but he wouldn't put his guns down
E A
No, he wouldn't put his guns down
E
Woah, he wouldn't put his guns down
A B
Now, his blood's on my hands
E Asus2E Asus2
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Today I killed a man
[Bridge]
Asus2 E
And papa, you showed me the beauty of buckshot
B A E
The love song a bullet sings as she whistles
B E Asus2E Asus2E Asus2
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And showed me the story of the self-loading pistol
[Verse 3]
E Asus2 E Asus2
Well now, father, I have come
E Asus2 E Asus2
To tell you about something I done
E Asus2 E Asus2
He had a widow running through town screaming
E Asus E Asus2
He had a brother and his tears were streaming
E Asus2 E Asus2
Now I'm moving on to Boulder with a rifle on my shoulder
A E
'Cause daddy, you showed me the beauty of buckshot
B A E
The love song a bullet sings as she whistles
B E Asus2
And showed me the glory of the self-loading pistol
A Dsus2
And I just come to tell you that it don't hurt no more
E Asus2
No, it don't hurt no more 'cause your son, he's an outlaw
E Asus2
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw
E Asus2
Yes, your son, he's an outlaw
E Asus2
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw
E Asus2
Now, your son, he's an outlaw
E
Oh, your son, he's an outlaw
Asus2 B
And this blood feels good on my hands
E
Today I killed a man
[Outro]
E Asus2E Asus2E Asus2E
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Ballad Of The Self Loading Pistol chords and lyrics

Free chords for Ballad Of The Self Loading Pistol by Bruce Springsteen. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Intro]
| E | Asus2 | E | Asus2
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Bridge]
[Verse 3]
[Outro]
E | Asus2 | E | Asus2 | E | Asus2 | E |
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Ballad Of The Self Loading Pistol Chords by Bruce Springsteen

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