James Taylor – Machine Gun Kelly (Guitar)

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Recorded by James Taylor Written by Danny Kortchmar
    D            C         G         C
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G|-----2-----2------0---------0---------0--------|
D|--0--------------------------------------------|
A|---------------3---------2---------3-----------|
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[Intro] D C G C D C G C [Verse 1]
     D                          C     G
I'll tell you 'bout Machine Gun Kelly

   D                     C     G
He rode along the outlaw trail

  D                   C       G
Machine Gun Kelly was simple man

        D                      D/C
But the woman was as hard as hell
[Chorus]
D/A         G
Watch out Machine Gun

C             G7        D     C  D
Don't let her run you round

A
Don't let a woman

Asus4   A         C       G
Put you six feet in the ground

         D
Machine Gun
[Break] D C G C D C G C [Verse 2]
D                     C         G
  I'll tell you 'bout Katherine Kelly

D                      C         G
Tired of being such small time, now

D                       C          G
Figured they'd kidnap a rich man's son

D                         D/C
Make it in the world of crime
[Chorus]
D/A         G
Watch out Machine Gun

C             G7        D     C  D
Don't let her run you round

A
Don't let a woman

Asus4   A         C       G
Put you six feet in the ground

         D
Machine Gun
[Break] D C G C D C G C [Bridge]
             G                      C
You'd better watch out, Machine Gun Kelly

D                    C   D
Careful of what you do now

   E                       E7sus4   E7
If you keep a listenin' to your old lady

A                        C          G
Ain't no tellin' what'll happen to you now

         D
Machine Gun
[Break] D C G C D C G C [Verse 3]
    D                       C       G
The government boys they came for Machine Gun

D                  C    G
Took the poor boy away

     D                        C          G
They stuck him in a hole in a Levonworth prison

         D                      D
Where he lived until his dying day
[Chorus]
            G
Watch out Machine Gun

C             G7       D     C  D
Don't let her put you down

A
Don't let a woman

 Asus4    A      C     G
Make you out to be a clown

         D
Machine Gun
[Outro] D C G C D C G C