Bullet Girl chords by John Butler Trio

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:
                      Bm [ X 2 4 4 3 2 ]
a barre slide to the  G  [ 5 5 5 X X X ] (or more tricky [ 5 5 0 4 (0) (0) ])
                   Asus4 [ X 0 2 2 3 0 ] (replacing the D/A)
                      D  [ 0 0 0 2 3 2 ]
                    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# string a lot, just saying.

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

Chords:
 Bm7  [ 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/A  [ 7 0 0 0 0 0 ]
 D    [ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ]
 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.

 Bm7               D/G   D/A [X00000] D
| 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 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)

Bm7 ? ? ? | D/G - D/A - ? | D ? ? ? | ? ? ? ?|                  [ X4 ? Hold at the end ]
                               |-> Very cool & easy to improvise on all these free times

VERSE I & II :
          Bm7        D/G      D/A      D
I can't believe what happened here tonight
             Bm7                      D/G         D/A        D
I know those things I said, you know those things were not right
                Bm7                   D/G     D/A     D
Anger coursing through my blood and corroding all my veins
                   Bm7                 D/G       D/A       D [Hold]
I'm hanging on for dear life, I'm just trying to find my reins

               Bm7                D/G   D/A       D
Cause when you left me girl, baby, lying on the floor 
                 Bm7                 D/G           D/A    D
Festering like a bullet wound that I caught in the civil war 
                Bm7                         D/G   D/A      D
Ever since I've known you girl, you've been always on the run
                 Bm7                  D/G       D/F#      Bm/E
Yeah you are the bullet girl, and you know I've been your gun
            Bm7                  D/G       D/A        D [Hold]
You are the bullet girl, and you know I've been your gun


CHORUS :
Bm7         D/G   D/A       D   [riff II]
(Ouhhhhhhh  ouhh  ouhhhhh)       Don't go, I'm counting on you
Bm7         D/G   D/A       D
(Ouhhhhhhh  ouhh  ouhhhhh)       Don't go, I'm counting on you
Bm7         D/G   D/A       D
(Ouhhhhhhh  ouhh  ouhhhhh)       Don't go, I'm counting on you
Bm7         D/G   D/A       D


VERSE III:
                  Bm7               D/G  D/A      D
Wish I could just get a grip on the hourglass of time
               Bm7                    D/G    D/A    D
Turn that baby upside down, watch her sliding in rewind
            Bm7                D/G      D/A       D
Because the truth of it, it is pounding down my doors 
                Bm7               D/G     D/F#    Bm/E
Rev'ling like a renegade, I can't hold it back no more 
                Bm7               D/G     D/A      D [Hold]
Rev'ling like a renegade, I can't hold it back no more 


CHORUS :
Bm7         D/G   D/A       D
(Ouhhhhhhh  ouhh  ouhhhhh)       Don't go, I'm counting on you    [ X4 ]


SOLO [ Bm7         D/G   D/A       D                ]             [ X4 ]


CHORUS (solo continues) :
Bm7         D/G   D/A       D
(Ouhhhhhhh  ouhh  ouhhhhh)       Don't go, I'm counting on you    [ X4 ]


VERSE IV:
          Bm7        D/G      D/A      D
I can't believe what happened here tonight
             Bm7                     D/G          D/A        D
I know those things I said, you know those things were not right
                Bm7                          D/G   D/A      D
Ever since I've known you, girl, you've been always on the run
                 Bm7                  D/G       D/F#       D
Yeah you are the bullet girl, and you know I've been your gun
            Bm7                  D/G       D/A        D
You are the bullet girl, and you know I've been your gun


[END]



That's all folks ;-)!