You Can't Get A Man With A Gun chords by Irving Berlin

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

YOU CAN'T GET A MAN WITH A GUN
by Irving Berlin
from "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" 1946

Intro: (spoken)
       G                          Em            Am
Oh, my mother was frightened by a shotgun, they say
           G          C         D
That's why I'm such a wonderful shot.
       G                         Em           Am
I'd be out in the cactus and I'd practice all day,
    C           Am          D
And now tell me what have I got?


Verse 1:
    G
I'm quick on the trigger
     C                D
With targets not much bigger
       G         C          D
Than a pinpoint, I'm number one.
       G            Em
But my score with a feller
   Am           C
Is lower than a celler,
        G           D          G
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun.

Verse 2:
     G
When I'm with a pistol,
  C              D
I sparkle like a crystal
       G              C       D
Yes, I shine like the morning sun.
      G           Em
But I lose all my luster,
     Am            C
When with a bronco buster
        G           D          G
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun


Chorus:
       C             G
With a gu-un, with a gu-un,
                               D
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun


Verse 3:
   G
If I went to battle
     C                 D
with someone's herd of cattle
      G                   C       D
You'd have steak when the job was done
        G          Em
But, if I shot the herder,
       Am            C
They'd holler bloody murder


Bridge:
        G           D7
And you can't shoot a male
       G           C
In the tail like a quail
        G           D          G
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun


Verse 4:
    G
I'm cool, brave, and daring
   C          D
To see a lion glaring
         G           C     D
When I'm out with my Remington
      G           Em
But a look from a mister
     Am            C
Will raise a fever blister
        G           D          G
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun


Verse 5:
    G
The gals with umbrellas
    C               D
Are always out with fellers
       G           C      D
In the rain or the blazin sun.
      G         Em
But a man never trifles
     Am             C
With gals who carry rifles.
        G           D          G
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun.


Chorus:
       C             G
With a gu-un, with a gu-un,
       G           C          D
Oh you can't get a man with a gun


Verse 6:
  G
A man's love is mighty,
      C          D
He'll even buy a nightie
      G          C         D
For a gal who he thinks is fun.
         G         Em
But they don't buy pajamas
    Am     C       Am
For pistol packin' mamas!


Outro:
        G           D7
And you can't get a hug
       G           C
From a mug, with a slug!
        G           D          G
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun!