Verse 1:
FAm
Tell me off in a letter
DmAm
Completely ignore me
FAm
Getting high off of saying
Dm
Why you don't adore me?
BbCFAmGm
Baby please I'm well versed
BbF/ACDm
In how I might be cursed
FFAmCC/E
I don't need it articula---ted
Interlude: F- - Am-- x2
Verse 2:
F
Stand in line wasting
AmDmC
All of your time just to hate me
FAm
Every dime gone to ways
Dm
You can find that might bait me
BbFAmGmBb
And drag me down sight set proudly
F/ACDmF
Bring me to the ground see
FAmBbmEb
You love to be somebody's enemy
Chorus 1:
AbAb/CDb
Maybe nobody loved you
Eb
when you were young
AbAb/C
Maybe boy when you
DbEbDb
cry nobody ever comes
BbmFm
Will you try it once?
DbAb/C
Give up the machine gun
DbEb
Machine gun
Post Chorus: F- - Am-- x2
Verse 2:
F
Locked and loaded
Am
You're practically
DmC
floating away now
FAm
In your fortress you feel like
Dm
You're more or less safe now
BbFAmGm
But let me say I don't mean harm
BbF/ACBbF
Oh but ba--by you'd be charming
FBbm
if you'd come undone
Eb
Get back where you started from
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
BbmDb
Never mind how you've rationed your time
Eb
And the battle is underway
AbAb/CDbAb/CDb
May-----be times are gonna change
BbmDb
Don't just hide in the silence behind
EbF- - Am-- x2
What you've really been trying to say
Verse 3:
FAmGmBb
What a skill baby aiming to kill me
F/ABbmEb
With words you don't mean
Chorus 2:
AbAb/CDb
Maybe nobody loved you
Eb
when you were young
AbAb/C
Maybe boy when you
DbEbDb
cry nobody ever comes
BbmFm
Will you try it once?
DbAb/C
Give up the machine gun
BbmFm
Will you try it once?
DbAb/C
Give up the machine gun
BbmFm
Will you try it once?
DbAb/C
Give up the machine gun
DbEb
Machine gun
Outro: F- - Am-- X4, F(hold)
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.