Bullet Girl chords by John Butler Trio

Chords with lyrics

Hi guys!
No chords nor tabs online for this great song yet so for the 2 or 3 of us who'd like to play ithere it is.

The tuning is pretty messy so if you're not willing to tune down all of your 6 strings,
I propose you just play it in drop D, which sounds really nice too with the usual chords:
           B minorBm [ X 2 4 4 3 2 ]
a barre slide to the G+G [ 5 5 5 X X X ] (or more tricky [ 5 5 0 4 (0) (0) ])
          Asus4Asus4 [ X 0 2 2 3 0 ] (replacing the D/AD/A)
           D MajorD [ 0 0 0 2 3 2 ]
          D/F#D/F# [ 4 0 0 2 3 0 ]
          Bm/E [ 2 2 4 4 3 2 ]


You can take the picking you like mostly everything can fit but
I suggest starting by strumming the bass string first.
On the tape John turns around the F#F# string a lot, just saying.

Tuning: Open D MajorD (major) [ D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD F#F# A augmentedA D MajorD ]

Chords:
 Bm7Bm7 [ 9 X 0 0 0 0 ] / [ 9 X 0 12 0 0 ] / [ 9 X 0 0 12 0 ] (Both played next to each other is more dynamic)
 D/G [ 5 X 0 0 0 0 ]
 D/AD/A [ 7 0 0 0 0 0 ]
 D MajorD  [ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ]
 D/F#D/F# [ 4 0 0 0 0 0 ]
 Bm/E [ 2 2 0 0 2 0 ] -or- [ 2 2 0 0 0 0 ] for Bm7/E

There is 2 main melodic riffs in this song one at the vibraphone [riff I]
and the other at the guitar [riff II] that I wrote next to each other here.

Just play the finger positions of the chords above with the picking below
and you can add any of the 0 you'd like to play in between all the sequences
or the bass note to fulfill the sound, everything fits in the harmonies
and it's a lot better when it's played freely.

 Bm7Bm7        D/G  D/AD/A [X00000] D MajorD
| 0 ? ? ? ? 0 ? ? | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? |
| ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? 0 | ? ? ? ? ? 0 ? ? | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? |
| ? 0 ? ? ? ? 0 ? | ? ? ? ? ? ? 0 ? | ? ? ? ? 3/5 -/3| ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? |
| ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ? ? ? 2 ? ? ? ? | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ? ? ?4/2 4 2 0 |
| ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ? ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ? ? ? ? ? ? ?(5)| -> Optional 'cause it's the same as
| 9 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | 5 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? |  the D MajorD on the string below, but
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   played live for sure
 [??????????????Riff I??????????????]     [?????????Riff II?????????]

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INTRO :
(Could be the melodic riffs above)

Bm7Bm7 ? ? ? | D/G - D/AD/A - ? | D MajorD ? ? ? | ? ? ? ?|         [ X4 ? Hold at the end ]
                |-> Very cool & easy to improvise on all these free times

VERSE I & II :
     Bm7Bm7    D/G   D/AD/A   D MajorD
I can't believe what happened here tonight
       Bm7Bm7           D/G     D/AD/A    D MajorD
I know those things I said, you know those things were not right
        Bm7Bm7          D/G   D/AD/A   D MajorD
Anger coursing through my blood and corroding all my veins
          Bm7Bm7         D/G    D/AD/A    D MajorD [Hold]
I'm hanging on for dear life, I'm just trying to find my reins

        Bm7Bm7        D/G  D/AD/A    D MajorD
Cause when you left me girl, baby, lying on the floor 
         Bm7Bm7         D/G      D/AD/A  D MajorD
Festering like a bullet wound that I caught in the civil war 
        Bm7Bm7             D/G  D/AD/A   D MajorD
Ever since I've known you girl, you've been always on the run
         Bm7Bm7         D/G    D/F#D/F#   Bm/E
Yeah you are the bullet girl, and you know I've been your gun
      Bm7Bm7         D/G    D/AD/A    D MajorD [Hold]
You are the bullet girl, and you know I've been your gun

CHORUS :
Bm7Bm7     D/G  D/AD/A    D MajorD  [riff II]
(Ouhhhhhhh ouhh ouhhhhh)    Don't go, I'm counting on you
Bm7Bm7     D/G  D/AD/A    D MajorD
(Ouhhhhhhh ouhh ouhhhhh)    Don't go, I'm counting on you
Bm7Bm7     D/G  D/AD/A    D MajorD
(Ouhhhhhhh ouhh ouhhhhh)    Don't go, I'm counting on you
Bm7Bm7     D/G  D/AD/A    D MajorD


VERSE III:
         Bm7Bm7        D/G D/AD/A   D MajorD
Wish I could just get a grip on the hourglass of time
        Bm7Bm7          D/G  D/AD/A  D MajorD
Turn that baby upside down, watch her sliding in rewind
      Bm7Bm7        D/G   D/AD/A    D MajorD
Because the truth of it, it is pounding down my doors 
        Bm7Bm7        D/G   D/F#D/F#  Bm/E
Rev'ling like a renegade, I can't hold it back no more 
        Bm7Bm7        D/G   D/AD/A   D MajorD [Hold]
Rev'ling like a renegade, I can't hold it back no more 


CHORUS :
Bm7Bm7     D/G  D/AD/A    D MajorD
(Ouhhhhhhh ouhh ouhhhhh)    Don't go, I'm counting on you  [ X4 ]


SOLO [ Bm7Bm7     D/G  D/AD/A    D MajorD        ]       [ X4 ]


CHORUS (solo continues) :
Bm7Bm7     D/G  D/AD/A    D MajorD
(Ouhhhhhhh ouhh ouhhhhh)    Don't go, I'm counting on you  [ X4 ]


VERSE IV:
     Bm7Bm7    D/G   D/AD/A   D MajorD
I can't believe what happened here tonight
       Bm7Bm7           D/G     D/AD/A    D MajorD
I know those things I said, you know those things were not right
        Bm7Bm7             D/G  D/AD/A   D MajorD
Ever since I've known you, girl, you've been always on the run
         Bm7Bm7         D/G    D/F#D/F#    D MajorD
Yeah you are the bullet girl, and you know I've been your gun
      Bm7Bm7         D/G    D/AD/A    D MajorD
You are the bullet girl, and you know I've been your gun


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That's all folks ;-)!