Bruce Springsteen – Ballad Of The Self Loading Pistol (Guitar)

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Tabbed by: Nick V.
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Father,   I have come

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To tell you,   about something I done

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Well as the night reared its light head into a baby's sun

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We rolled down into the town from where the Black Throats come

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And you know there was a robbery,  there was a holdup

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Oh there was a shootout,   and there was a killing

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And there's blood on my hands

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Today I killed a man

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Well now, sister,   you know me well

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And you ask me,    well how it was I felt

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Well, she had an appetite for loving only a fading beauty could possess

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She knew just what she wanted and she wouldn't take less

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I figured it was a small town, it was at sundown

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It was just a small crowd of people around

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Oh, but he wouldn't put his guns down

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No, he wouldn't put his guns down

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Woah, he wouldn't put his guns down

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Now, his blood's on my hands

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Today I killed a man

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And papa, you showed me the beauty of buckshot

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The love song a bullet sings as she whistles

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And showed me the story of the self-loading pistol

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Well now, father,   I have come

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To tell you   about something I done

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He had a widow    running through town screaming

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He had a brother      and his tears were streaming

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Now I'm moving on to Boulder    with a rifle on my shoulder

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'Cause daddy, you showed me the beauty of buckshot

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The love song a bullet sings as she whistles

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And showed me the glory of the self-loading pistol

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And I just come to tell you that it don't hurt no more

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No, it don't hurt no more 'cause your son, he's an outlaw

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Oh, your son, he's an outlaw

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Yes, your son, he's an outlaw

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Oh, your son, he's an outlaw

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Now, your son, he's an outlaw

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Oh, your son, he's an outlaw

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And this blood feels good on my hands

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Today I killed a man