Blondie – Under The Gun (Guitar)

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Album: No exit (1999) [Intro] F Dm [Verse 1]
  F                           F
I still can picture him,  his hands in his back pockets.

   Bb                                  Bb
He wasn't much for words, but when the wise kids made a racket, he'd just have to

F                      Gm                              F
go downtown. Throw his weight around   before starting over.
[Verse 2]
              F                           F
Say: "Did you hear I've got a band?  Some guys I know from L.A."

      Bb                          Bb
We'll I own the Rio Grande.  I'll pay you back next Friday.

            F                           Gm                            F
You know it sure isn't big,   just some cats I dig.  They said they'd do the gig"
[Chorus]
        Dm                    Am                       Bb
Oh Desperado,   why don't you spend your life   in Colorado?

            F                    Gm                          F
Oh restless shadow,   out in the blue hills   you're feeling hollow.
[Chorus]
        Dm                   Am                      Bb
Oh El Diablo,   why did you spend your life   in California?

              F                        Gm                   Fsus4 F Fsus2 F
I should have warned you.  No place to go now   but falling over.
[Interlude]
Gm                                   Bb
     Some hands can't makе it on the run,

Bb                   Bb                   F
           under the gun.     Not for thе younger

        Gm                   Fsus4 F Fsus2 F
Oh Jack Daniels, I feel your hunger
[Verse 3]
  F                            F
I know you did your best,  but you thought that you did not

  Bb                       Bb
I wish that I had known  before I heard the last shot

               F                      Gm                     F
You know, it's not a sin, that little badge of tin. Just a momento.
[Verse 4]
   F                          F
So sad you loved in vain.  My comrades lost in battle

    Bb                         Bb
The music wars are done   from London to Seattle.

       F                        Gm                       F
We all pay to play  and all our yesterdays  are starting over.
[Chorus]
        Dm                    Am                       Bb
Oh Desperado,   why don't you spend your life   in Colorado?

            F                    Gm                          F
Oh restless shadow,   out in the blue hills   you're feeling hollow.
[Chorus]
        Dm                   Am                      Bb
Oh El Diablo,   why did you spend your life   in California?

              F                        Gm                   F
I should have warned you.  No place to go now   but falling over.
[Hook] F G A C Bb A [Outro]
Dm             Am                     Bb     F    Gm    F
Ready to die.        Now he's ready to die.
Dm Am Bb F Gm F