The Sound Of A Gun chords by Chris De Burgh

Chris de Burgh - The Sound of a Gun
From the album: Man on the Line (1984)
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Capo 3

Intro:
Bm G Em Bm

Bm
I have seen the diamond stylus,
 G
Cut a groove from north to south,
 Bm                                        G
Heard them calling from the islands for a better day,
Bm
One by one they tell their story,
G

One by one it's just the same,
          F#m
"They've taken our leaders,
                             G
And all their believers are paralysed,
            Bm    A    Bm
And now we can't turn back, somebody is watching you!
 Bm    A    Bm
Don't turn round, yesterday's gone!
    Em                     Bm                    C
And even the children are waking at midnight in tears,
Didn't anyone hear? Mother, mother, mother..."

 G          A                C         D          Em
Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun,
 G          A                C         D          Em
Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun,
   Bm    Em     Bm  G A Bm
Ooooh, aaah, ooooh,  aaah,

 Bm
Looking out my bedroom window,
G
I remember early days,
  Bm                                           G
When the shot that wounded millions took our breath away,
     Bm
But now the shadow of a gunman,
 G                           F#m
With his balaclava eyes, is making the news,
                                 G
Calling out the warnings on the telephone,
                Bm  A   Bm
"You're in the line of fire, wish there was another way!
 Bm  A   Bm
Line of fire, anything goes,"
      Em                     Bm                    C
And who is the winner, and what will the minister say,
At the end of the day? Never, never, never, never!

 G          A                C         D          Em
Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun,
 G          A                C         D          Em
Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun,

Bm G Em Bm

     Bm                  G
This is bella soma, this is bella soma,
     Em                  Bm
This is bella soma, this is bella soma,
     Em                  C
This is bella soma, this is bella soma,
Mother, mother, mother...

 G          A                C         D          Em
Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun,
 G          A                C         D          Em
Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun,
 G          A                C         D          Em
Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun,
 G          A                C         D          B            Em
Hush child do not weep, it's only the sound of a world on the run,
        C           D          Em  Bm Em Bm Em C A D A