Blues From A Gun tab by The Jesus And Mary Chain

Blues From a Gun

by William Reid and Jim Reid
performed by The Jesus and Mary Chain on the album Automatic

Intro chords:

F#  A   E
2---5---0-----------------------------
2---5---0----------------------------
3---6---1---------------------------
4---7---2---------------------------
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Intro:
F# / /A F# / / /E F#  repeat as necessary
Easy to do:  Start with the F# and slide up to A and down to E

Verse chords:

F#  B   C#  E  E (barre)
2---2---4---0--7------------------------
2---4---6---0--9-----------------------
3---4---6---1--9----------------------
4---4---6---2--9----------------------
2---2---4---2--7-----------------------
2-----------0------------------------

F#
I don't care about the ...

       B
I get something out of nothing ...

         F#                E                    F#
And your kiss kiss kiss is ...

F#
Dreams of escape ...

    B
I'm never gonna get out ...

      F#                 E               F#
I'm a stone dead ...

       B
Like a cracked open sky it ....

                                                      F#
Don't split it, scrape it - ....

       E
You're too young kid ....

                                                         F#
Looks like you're never ...

Chord instrumental:

B      C#       E (barre)     B          F#

Repeat intro

F#
I don't mind about the ...

        B
But you know it's good for ....

       F#                      B                     F#
It's a sick sick city ....

F#
If you're talking for real ...

       B
You're facing up to living ....

        F#                        B                         F#
And you shake shake shake cuz you ..


       B
Like a cracked open sky it ....

                                                      F#
Don't split it, scrape it ....

       E
You're too young kid ....

                                                         F#
Looks like you're never gonna ....

Instrumental chord stuff (sorry. no lead tab)

F#      B                     C#            F#
Well I guess that's ...

       B                      C#            F#
Yeah I guess that's why ....



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Pete Palmer                     (ppalmer@cray.com)
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They may say those were the days, but in a way, y'know,
For us these are the days - Yeah, for us these are the days ...
                                       Jane's Addiction `90
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