Gun Shy — 10,000 Maniacs
Chords and lyrics for Gun Shy by 10,000 Maniacs (key of G).
Intro
[G] [G] [G] [G]
[Am] [G] [D] [D]
Verse 1
[G]I always knew that you would take yourself far from home
[Am] [G] [D]As soon as, as far as you could go
[G]By the quarter inch cut of your hair and the army issued
[Am] [G] [D]green For the past six weeks I can tell Where you've been
Chorus
[G] [D] [C]For I knew, I could see it was all cut and dried
[G] [Am] [G]to me There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside
[D] [G] [D]your veins There is a world outside of this room
[C] [G] [Am] [G]And when you meet it promise me that you won't meet
[D]It with your gun
Verse 2
[G] [Am]now, you are one, one of the brave few It's awful sad we
[G] [D] [G]need Boys like you I hope the day never comes for here's
[Am] [G]your live round, son Stock and barrel, safety trigger
[D]Here's your gun
Chorus
[G] [D] [C]For I knew, I could see it was all cut and dried
[G] [Am] [G]to me There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside
[D] [G] [D]your veins There is a world outside of this room
[C] [G] [Am] [G]And when you meet it promise me you won't meet
[D] [G] [C]It with your gun taking aim no I don't mean to argue
[G] [C]That they've made a decent boy of you I don't
[G] [D] [C]mean to spoil your home coming, but Baby brother you
[G]would expect me to
Interlude
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Verse 3
[Am] [G] [D]Stock and barrel, safety trigger here's your gun
[G]So now does your heart pitter-pat with that patriotic sound
[Am] [G] [D]When you see the stripes of Old Glory waving
Chorus
[G] [D] [C] [G]For I knew I could see It was all cut and dried to me
[Am] [G]There was soldier's blue blood Streaming inside your
[D] [G] [D]veins There's a world outside of this room And when
[C] [G] [Am] [G]you meet it promise me you won't meet it With
[D] [G] [C]your gun, taking aim For I don't mean, to argue That
[G] [C] [G]they've made a decent boy of you I don't mean to spoil
[D] [C] [D]your home coming My baby brother Jude
[G] [C] [G] [C]No I don't mean to hurt you By saying this again
[G] [D] [C]They're so good at making soldiers But they're not
[G]as good at making Men