Shotgun chords by Greg Graffin

GREG GRAFFIN - SHOTGUN

album version - MILLPORT

INTRO:
Em A D


VERSE 1:
D                          G
If I had a dollar for each time you let me down
     D                              G
Then I'd have been a rich man long ago
        D                C              G
But the thing with lofty notions is you got to let them go
  Em                A
Relieve yourself of proof
  Em               A
Believe in higher truth
    Em              A                Bm       A     G
And look for deeper meaning like the way that poets do
     Em        A           D
So I only ride shotgun for you

VERSE 2:
D                               G
Heading out with you behind the wheel is like a poem
  D                             G
I hold my tongue and exercise restraint
     D            C                G
That old familiar roadhouse always puts us in the mood
     Em                A
Just as we cross the track
  Em                    A
I watch you knock them back
    Em                  A
And though we see those city lights
  Bm        A       G
Instead, we hit the sack
  Em        A           D
I only ride shotgun for you


BRIDGE:
Bm                           G
Highways bring on loneliness but I won't beg forgiveness
Bm                       D    A
'Cause that is where I'm happiest to be
                       Em
With you there next to me


INSTRUMENTAL:
A Em A Em A Em A


VERSE 3:
        Em             A
So I'll send them my regards
        Em             A
In that dark and moldy bar
    Em              A                    Em               A
Now I won't have to gamble 'cause that's always where you are
    Em              A         Em            A
But like a shooting star, I'm useless from afar
       Em          A             Bm      A     G
So I'm blazing for glory to come get you in my car
    Em           A              Bm A G
And darling, you know my aim is true
         Em        A           D
'Cause I only ride shotgun for you