Car Seat Headrest – The Gun Song (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
(all barred)
G Em G
G G# Am
C G
N.C.
I'm not hung up on you anymore, but here's why I hung up
G Em G
G G# A
Cm
[Verse 1]
G Em D G Behind every great love story lies a great suicide Em D C G You can't give yourself completely and keep the man inside C D Am All the sentences I climbed halfway C D Am saw the heights of what I wanted to say C D Am and crawled from word to word D trying to get back down
[Interlude]
G Em G
G G# Am
C G
G Em G
G G# A
Cm
[Verse 2]
G Em D G the unending realization that it's never gonna end Em D C G I spend half the day exhaling and the other half holding my breath C D Am Cause living underwater was never my strength C D Am In the depths you reside, the sun never sinks C D Am So let’s float to the bottom for one final drink D There’s time for one more tonight
[Interlude]
G Em G
G G# Am
C G
G Em G
G G# A
Cm G
[Verse 3]
Em D G it’s time to forget while the forgetting’s good Em D C G I’ll burn all the promises I carved out of your woulds C D Am you said won't you come into arm's reach C D Am abandon your clothes and modes of speech C D Am an infant reborn you shall be C G helpless and afraid
[Bridge]
G9 G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7 G
[Verse 4]
Em D G I’m waving goodbye every time you go to the store Em D C G I hope you break your hand the next time you slam the door C D Am Because I burned my fingers every night C D Am When your own shaking hands wouldn’t give you a light C D Am And I said “Jesus Christ, my parents were right C G I never should’ve smoked you out”
[Interlude]
G Em G
G G# Am
C G
G Em G
G G# A
Cm G
[Verse 5
Em D G I’d hate to amputate this artificial limb Em D C G But staring at you, my glass eyes are growing dim C D Am I can’t even blame you for looking so smug C D Am I have to admit you’re a hell of a drug C D Am So pack up the boxes, roll me up with the rug C G I’m not moving out, I’m just moving
[Interlude]
G Em G
G G# Am
C G
G Em G
G G# A
Cm G
[Verse 6]
Em D G (Kissed) I kissed you, yes, but never on the mouth Em D C (masochist) you held the north while I conquered the south C D Am but I don't want a territorial breach C D Am so at the edge of the bed we'll meet C D Am and I want you to fuck me in your sleep
C G (played on bass)
it's the only way I'll know
G that you love me G Cause there's always gotta be a new angle Em D G Guns are loaded with silver bullets tonight Em D C G But it’s useless, you kept me waiting until it was light C D Am But you can’t go out the way you came in C D Am In the arms of someone unaware of your sins C D Am Because I’ve been recording this whole fucking thing D G Now you can never use the same chord changes again
[Bridge]
G C
G Em The first time was too fast G A The second time was just sad
C C
G
[Verse 7]
Em D G If you’re wondering why I’m still willing to take the fall Em D C C/B G If I’m not getting fucked over, I’m not getting fucked at all C D Am But I never asked for immunity C D Am That’s the difference between you and me C D Am All I wanted was someone who was just like me C And I hate myself for that
[Instrumental]
G Am
G Am
C C
[Verse 8]
Em D G It’s getting hard to talk about the past Em D C G When you’ve copyrighted the present, no questions asked C D Am You can do whatever you want with my name C D Am But my body has never been public domain C D Am So if you’re looking for somebody to blame C Blame Walt Disney Studios
[Interlude]
G Em G
G G# Am
C G
G Em G
G G# A
Cm
[Verse 9]
Em D G I remember, I was walking around outside, talking to you on the phone Em D C G We were both avoiding the parties we attended alone C D Am And I looked up at the drunken moon C D Am It was round and it was grey and it looked like the moon C D Am And I said “at least we’ve both got the moon” C G And you said “I’m inside”
[Chorus]
C Bm Am so I’ll try loving again C Bm Am and you’ll try living alone C Bm Am and we’ll meet at the end of this lifetime D G and compare notes
[Interlude]
G Em G
G G# Am
C G
G Em G
G G# A
Cm
G Em G
G G# Am
C G
G Em G
G G# A
Cm
(without bass notes)
G Em G
G G# Am
C G
G Em G
G G# A
C G
[Verse 2]
G D Am Am (i'll let you figure out all the little pickings & hammer-ons)
G D
Am Am
G I hate your receptionist D She looks at me like I’m retarded Am When I’m filling out your forms G I see your form behind the frosted glass D But she says that you’re not there Am I’ll have to be content to wait G If you felt some kind of stirring D Against interpretation Am Why write these songs at all? G Why not become didactic D Tell everyone on the planet Am In plain English what you are C D But I am the gentle cannibal Em D I promise to eat you softly Am D Em D You won’t notice a thing
C G D
[Bridge]
G D Hold me tight Am G You're taking advice from Lady Macbeth D Am William, one shot, two shots G When it’s out of your hands, you try to forget D Mariamme, hold me tight Am I still wish you hadn't listened to me, I ain’t been right since the execution G D William, one shot two shots Am Whoever you are, just hold me tight, I lost my love, my life, that - G D Am All I know is, one of us was supposed to kill the other G D Am Isn’t that what they mean when they say ‘lovers’? G D Am But murder is dirty, and peace comes cheap G D Am So here’s my new number, tell me when you’re free
[Instrumental]
C D Em D
C D Em D
C G D
C Am G
[Chorus]
G D A G D A (epic drum entrance) G D A Down by the river G D A I shot my baby
(repeat to fade)