Artist: David Sylvian
Song: The boy with the gun
Tabbed by: DJ
4th Nov 2012
Tuning: Standard
A beautiful song, in contrast to it's subject
about a crazy lone gunman
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Em D Cmaj7 Bm7 B7
| /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | (Twice)
Em Em7 Dsus2 Cmaj7 Cadd9
He knows well his... wicked ways, a... course of bitter - ness,
Em Em7 Dsus2 Cmaj7 Cadd9
A grudge held from his... childhood days, as if...life had loved him less,
Am Am6 Am7 D
Reading down his... list of names, he... ticks them, one by one,
Fm Gm Ab Bb
He points the barrel at the sky, firing shots off... at the sun,
Esus4 Em D Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Emsus2 Em D
| /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | I am the law, and I am the king-------------,
Cmaj7 B7 Em
I am the wisdom, listen to me sing!
Em Em7 Dus2 Cmaj7 Cadd9
He carves out the... victims names, in the wooden butt of the... gun,
Em Em7 Dsus2 Cmaj7 Cadd9
He leans well back a - gainst the tree, he knows his kingdoms come,
Am Am6 Am7 D
He'll... breath a sigh, self - satisfied, the... work is in good hands,
Fm Gm Ab Bb
He shoots the coins in - to the air, and...follows where the...money lands,
Esus4 Em D Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Emsus2 Em D
| /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | I am the law, and I am the king-------------,
Cmaj7 B7 Em
I am the wisdom, listen to me sing!
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Em Em7 Dsus2 Cmaj7 Cadd9
He pauses at the... city's edge, of hellfire and of stone,
Em Em7 Dsus2 Cmaj7 Cadd9
He summons up the... devil there, to give him... courage of his own,
Am Am6 Am7 D
He'll... free the sinners... of deceit, they'll... hear his name and run,
Fm Gm Ab Bb
His justice is his own reward, measured out be - neath the sun!
Esus4 Em Dsus2
| /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ |
Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em Dsus2
I am the law, and I am the king--------------,
(My name, my name's------ on the gun----!)
Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em Dsus2
I am the wisdom, listen--- to me-- sing!
(My name, my name's------ on the gun----!)
Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em Dsus2
I am the law, and I am the king-----------------,
Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7 B7
I am the wisdom, listen to me sing!| /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ |
Em Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7 B7
||: /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ :||(Three times)
Em Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em
| /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | The work has just--- begun,
Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7 B7
The boy with the gun! | /_/_/ /_/_/ |
Em D Cmaj7 Bm7 B7
| /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ |
Em D Dsus2 Am Em
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Em = 022000 Fm = 133111
D = xx0232 Gm = 355333
Cmaj7 = x35500 Ab = 466544
Bm7 = x20202 Bb = 688766
B7 = x21202 Esus4 = 022200
Em7 = 022030 Emsus2 = 022002
Dsus2 = xx0230
Cadd9 = x32020
Am = x02210
Am6 = x02212
Am7 = x02213
