Bonnie "Prince" Billy – Guns Are For Cowards (Guitar)
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Chords
As recorded by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
(From the 2025 Album THE PURPLE BIRD)
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C F If you could do it without anyone saying that you'd committed a crime Dm G C Make a short list of folks you could destroy for this and all time
[Chorus]
C Who would you shoot in the face? F Who would you shoot in the brain? Dm Who would you shoot in the back? C And leave bleeding out in the rain? F Who would you shoot in the leg? C How many times in the neck? Dm G Who would you shoot? And then how would you feel, exalted? C Or destroyed?
[Verse 2]
C F Well, I had a friend who was shot seven times as she tried, scared, to run away Dm G C She couldn’t scream, her mouth had been shot, and now she's not with us today
[Chorus]
C Oh, who would you shoot in the face? F Who would you shoot in the brain? Dm Who would you shoot in the back? C And leave bleeding out in the rain? F Who would you shoot in the leg? C How many times in the neck? Dm G Who would you shoot? And then how would you feel, exalted? C Or destroyed?
[Bridge]
C Oh, la-la-la-la-la-la-la F La-la-la-la-la-la-la Dm La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la G C La-la-la-la-la-la-la A Hey
[Verse 3]
D G Well, guns are for cowards and cowards created by fear and withholding of love Em A D There's no way to change this awful and strange imbalance that I’m singing of
[Out-Chorus]
D Oh, who would you shoot in the face? G Who would you shoot in the brain? Em Who would you shoot in the back? D And leave bleeding out in the rain? G Who would you shoot in the leg? D How many times in the neck? Em A Who would you shoot? And then how would you feel, exalted? D G D A D Or destroyed?