Misc Musicals – Chicago - We Both Reached For The Gun (Guitar)

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[Verse 1] F#7
B
Where'd you come from?
Mississippi And your parents?
F#7
Very wealthy.
Where are they now? Six feet under. N.C. But she was granted one more start
    B/D#    Ddim7  F#7/C# F#7
The convent of The Sacred Heart!

B
 When'd you get here?
Ninteteen-Twenty How old were you?
E6
  Don't remember

Em6
   Then what happened?

B/F#
    I met Amos

F#7 N.C.
And he stole my heart away

   B
Convinced me to elope one day
[Interlude] B F#7 B F#7 B F#7 B F#7 "Oh you poor dear I can't believe what you have been through A convent girl! A run-away marriage!
F#7
Now tell us roxie..."
[Verse 2]
B
Who's Fred Casely?
My ex-boyfriend. Why'd you shoot him?
F#7
I was leavin'.
Was he angry? Like a madman N.C. Still I said, "Fred, move along."
    B/D#      Ddim7   F#7   F#7
She knew that she was doin' wrong.

B
 Then describe it.
He came toward me. With the pistol?
E6
  From my bureau.

Em6
   Did you fight him?

B/F#
    Like a tiger.

F#7 N.C.
He  had strength and she had none.

    B
And yet we both reached for the gun
[Chorus 1]
E
 Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both
Oh yes we both
                B13
Oh yes, we both reached for

E
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, we both reached for the gun
B7      E
For the gun.

E
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes, they both
                  B13
Oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, Oh yes, they both reached for the gun
B7      E
for the gun.
[Refrain #1]
      Am7   D7         Gmaj7 G6
Under-standable, understand  able

         Am7   D7       Gmaj7 G/D
Yes it's perfectly understandable

       Am7  D7          Gmaj7 G6
Compre-hensible, Compre-hensible

      B/F#     F#7
Not a bit reprehensible

B7
It's so defensible
[Verse 3]
C
How're you feeling?
Very frightened Are you sorry?
G7
Are you kidding?
What's your statement? All I'd say is N.C. Though my choo-choo jumped the track
    C/E     Ebdim7  G7/D      G7
I'd give my life to bring him back

C
And?
Stay away from... What? Jazz and liquor... And? And the men who...
F6
What?
Play for fun...
    Fm6
And what?
That's the thought that...
C/G
Yeah

        F#m7-5
Came up-on me...

G7
When?

                             C
When we both reached for the gun!
[Refrain #2]
      Am7   D7             G/D
Under-standable, understandable

          Am     D7        G
Yes, it's perfectly unders-tandable

      Am   D7         G    G/D
Comprehensible, comprehensible

      B/F#     F#7
Not a bit reprehensible

B7/F#     B7
It's so defensible!
[Chorus 2]
E6
  Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
                  B13
Oh yes, they both reached for
Let me hear it!
E6
The gun, the gun, the gun,
The gun Oh yes, they both reached For the gun
B7      E6
For the Gun.

E6
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
                  B13
Oh yes, they both reached for

E6
the gun, the gun,
The gun, the gun Oh yes. They both reached For the gun
B7      E6
For the gun.

F
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
                  C13
Oh yes, they both reached for

F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun
C7      F
For the gun.

F
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
        C13
Oh yes, reached for

F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
C7#9                   N.C.
Both reached for the...gun

F            F/E         F/Eb F/E
The gun, the gun, the gun,    the gun

    F        F/E           F/Eb
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun

         F/E          F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun

F/Eb         F/D      F/Db
The gun, the gun, the gun

C7#9                 F
Both reached for the gun