Citizen Cope – Bullet And A Target (Ukulele)

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[Intro] Em D Am G [Verse 1]
Em             D
Mr Dali Lamas

Am                          G
Another sister's shootin' heroin tomorrow

Em            D
Amputees in Freetown

         Am
Sierra Leone's

    G
The church wasn't honest

Em                  D
The state put the youth in a harness

Am         G
Creatin' hostility among us

Em             D
Teacher said no college

Am                      G                         Em
Still the kid's gotta get a check with a couple commas

             D
People wanna bomb us

Am                  G                    Em
More people gotta scatter and run from us

                    D                   Am          G   D/F#
You can blame it on Zeus and Apollo and Adonis
[Chorus]
                Em
But what you've done here

   D                      Am                 G
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target

                Em
And it won't be long before

       D                Am           G
You're pulling yourself away
[Verse 2]
          Em                   D
I've been knowing her for years

          Am                  G
I've been seeing her for years

        Em              D
She got dark dark wavy hair

       Am                        G
With a voice like she just don't care

          Em                  D
She got a skirt with a halter top

            Am                   G
She's got a dad who never gave a f

             Em                     D
She drinks a beer with her mom 'til dawn

                Am             G
She got knocked up in a pickup truck

            Em                       D
But she got engaged when she was nineteen

        Am                    G
To this dude who was acting insane

        Em               D
Had a that he always cleaned

         Am              G
Said one day one day one too many days

        Em                  D
Now she ducked and she ran away

            Am                      G
Never to be heard from never to be seen

            Em             D
I check the cover of a magazine

         Am                  G         D/F#
I'm just wondering how just wondering
[Chorus]
               Em
But what you've done here

   D                      Am                 G
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target

                Em
And it won't be long before

       D                Am           G
You're pulling yourself away