Rory Gallagher – Big Guns (Guitar)

[Intro Riff (single notes)]
E |---------|-----------------|-------------------|
B |---------|-----------------|-------------------|
G |---------|-----------------|-------------------|
D |---------|-----------------|-------------------|
A |-3-3-1-3-|-1-3-3-3-1-1-0-1-|-0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-|
E |---------|-----------------|---------------3---|

[Intro Riff (barre chords)]
    C   Bb C   Bb C     Bb  A Bb  A Bb A Bb A Bb A G A
E |----------|------------------|----------------------|
B |-5-5-3--5-|-3--5-5-5-3-3-2-3-|-2-3--2-3--2-3--2-0-2-|
G |-5-5-3--5-|-3--5-5-5-3-3-2-3-|-2-3--2-3--2-3--2-0-2-|
D |-5-5-3--5-|-3--5-5-5-3-3-2-3-|-2-3--2-3--2-3--2-0-2-|
A |----------|------------------|----------------------|
E |----------|------------------|----------------------|

            C                                     Bb                  C
Well, you think you're sitting pretty but you're sitting on a powder keg

                                                   Bb                   C
Well, you think you're standing steady but you're weak as a matchstick leg

                                               Bb                C
Well, there's a rumble in the city, there's a call out for your head

                            Bb                      C
Now isn't it a pity - your future's just a lump of lead

     G
But now you're running scared, you've got no place to run, you're caught between the law and the Big Guns

              C                                         Bb                     C
Well, it's a long way from the pool halls, through the rackets and the petty crime

                                                   Bb                       C
Well, you thought you were a tough one but you've bitten off too much this time

                                       Bb               C
You've stepped on the wrong toes, now look who you've upset

                                               Bb                      C
You walked on the wrong toes, you've got your picture on the police gazette

      G
Well now you're running scared, you've got no place to run, you're caught between the law and the Big Guns

G F                              F G
     Your back's against a wall,      you don't like it there at all

G F                                  F G
     Now your world's about to fall,      you got no friends you can call

           C                         Bb                        C
Well, you never felt so gritty, the sweat's pouring down your back

                                           Bb                  C
You're like a tiger in the jungle and you can't find your way back

                                         Bb              C
You hadn't played your cards right, you hadn't seen the signs,

                                                   Bb                     C
Well, you tried to run the whole game, now you've come to the end of the line

     G
But now you're running scared, you've got no place to run, cause now you're face to face with the Big Guns