Deep Purple – Under The Gun (Guitar)

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Chords

The Intro riff played also on lyrics:
   E5 E5 F5        F5  F5 D5
e|--------------|-------------|
B|--------------|-------------|
G|-9--9--10\----|--10--10-7---|
D|-9--9--10\----|--10--10-7---|
A|-7--7--8\-----|--8---8--5---|
E|--------------|-------------|
     GUITAR        KEYBOARD

[Intro]
 E5   E5  F5/E      F5/E F5/E  D5/E
|----------------|-------------------|

 E5   E5  F5/E      D5/E D5/E   E5
|----------------|-------------------|

 E5   E5  F5/E      F5/E F5/E  D5/E
|----------------|-------------------|

 E5   D5   G5     N.C
|----------------|-------------------|

[Verse 1]
 E5  F5             D5      E5
|------|   Infidel can you hear

F5       D5       E5        F5
   Would be strange delight

        D5     Em   D    G  A Bm  D  E5
I need you to give your sympathy tonight

F5                D5    E5   F5
   When you hear what I say

D5      E
   Deeds I've done

F5        D5    Em D   G    A  Bm C   D
   Realise I've never lost and never won ---|------|

[Chorus]
 C   G   D
|---------| I've got a feeling that it's never right

 C   G   D
|---------| There was a reason but it's out of sight

 C   G   D
|---------| It's going down somewhere tonight

 Bm  G  Am  G  D         Em    D5
|---------|   Under the gun____

[Verse 2]
 E5  F5              D5     E5
|------|   Put death in my hand

F5    D5       E5            F5
        Learn____ to fight

              D5  Em   D    G   A  Bm  D    E5
Who could care__  if it's wrong or if it's right

F5         D5    E5   F5
    We got no choice

 D5   E5
Under command

F5           D5       Em D  G  A   Bm    C   D
    We're ordered to die______ or take this land ---|------|

[Chorus]
  C  G  D
|---------| Stupid bastards and religious freaks

  C  G  D
|---------| So safe in their castle keeps

  C  G  D
|---------| They turn away as a mother weeps

 Bm  G  Am  G  D         Em     D5
|---------|   Under the gun____|----|

[Instrumental]
 Em                                        Em D G A Bm D
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|

  Am
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|

 B B C         B B C         B B C         B B C
|------|------|------|---Oh_|______|------|------|------|

 G      D      C      G      C      G      Am     D  B7b9
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|

[Verse 3]
 E5  F5              D5    E5
|------|   When brave men fall

F5    D5     E5            F5
    Under crimson skies

F5              D5       Em D  G  A  Bm  D     E5
   There's a sadness reflected in a soldier's eyes

F5        D5   E5   F5
   Tears will dry

 D5        E5
   For those I kill

F5      D5      Em    D    G     A   Bm  C   D
   Remember no more their names but someone will ---|------|

[Chorus]
  C  G  D
|---------| The only way to be victorious

  C  G  D
|---------| Screw the fools who think it's glorious

  C  G  D
|---------| Who gives a toss about the likes of us

 Bm  G  Am  G  D         Em     D5
|---------|   Under the gun____|----|

[Instrumental]
 E5  F5    D5  E5  F5  D5 E5    F5     D5  Em D G A Bm D
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|-------|
                                                           repeat 4 times, then fade