Guns Of Brixton chords by Jimmy Cliff

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

DmDm G minorGm DmDm G minorGm
Eb MajorEb G minorGm Eb MajorEb G minorGm

Verse 1:

     DmDm         G minorGm
When they kick out your front door
DmDm      G minorGm
How you gonna come?
     Eb MajorEb      G minorGm
With your hands on your head
     Eb MajorEb       G minorGm
Or on the trigger of your gun
DmDm         G minorGm
When the law breaks in
DmDm      G minorGm
How you gonna go?
Eb MajorEb       G minorGm
Shot down on the pavement
 Eb MajorEb        G minorGm
Or waiting on death row

Chorus:

    DmDm        G minorGm
You can crush us, you can bruise us
     DmDm       G minorGm
But you'll have to answer to
Eb MajorEb G minorGm       Eb MajorEb G minorGm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton

Verse 2:

  DmDm     G minorGm
The money seems good
    DmDm        G minorGm
And your life you like it well
  Eb MajorEb          G minorGm
But surely your time will come
   Eb MajorEb       G minorGm
As in heaven or as in hell

Instrumental:

DmDm G minorGm DmDm G minorGm
Eb MajorEb G minorGm Eb MajorEb G minorGm  x2

Verse 3:

  DmDm         G minorGm
You know he feels like Ivan
  DmDm        G minorGm
Born under the Brixton sun
  Eb MajorEb         G minorGm
His game is called survivin'
   Eb MajorEb           G minorGm
At the end of the harder they come
  DmDm        G minorGm
You know it means no mercy
  DmDm        G minorGm
They caught him with a gun
 Eb MajorEb          G minorGm
No need for the Black Maria
  Eb MajorEb         G minorGm
Goodbye to the Brixton sun

Chorus:

    DmDm        G minorGm
You can crush us, you can bruise us
     DmDm       G minorGm
But you'll have to answer to
Eb MajorEb G minorGm       Eb MajorEb G minorGm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton

Instrumental:

DmDm G minorGm DmDm G minorGm
Eb MajorEb G minorGm Eb MajorEb G minorGm

Verse 4:

     DmDm         G minorGm
When they kick out your front door
DmDm      G minorGm
How you gonna come?
     Eb MajorEb      G minorGm
With your hands on your head
     Eb MajorEb       G minorGm
Or on the trigger of your gun
DmDm         G minorGm
When the law breaks in
DmDm      G minorGm
How you gonna go?
Eb MajorEb       G minorGm
Shot down on the pavement
 Eb MajorEb        G minorGm
Or waiting on death row

Chorus:

    DmDm        G minorGm
You can crush us, you can bruise us
     DmDm       G minorGm
But you'll have to answer to
Eb MajorEb G minorGm       Eb MajorEb G minorGm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton

Chorus:

    DmDm        G minorGm
You can shot us, you can bruise us
      DmDm
You can even shoot us
G minorGm
But you'll have to answer to
Eb MajorEb G minorGm       Eb MajorEb G minorGm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton

Outro:

DmDm G minorGm DmDm G minorGm