Black Rifle chords by KING 810

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
G#m              F#
A man came to me, he said he’d save me
E                      Em
He put his hands on me, he called me family
B                     D#
His voice sang to me, he said he gave my name to me
G#m
I asked him where he’d been, he said he’d been with my friends

Pre-Chorus 1:
                  F#
My hands all in, skin's crawling
E                                                     B
I’ve been rambling from the Midwest to New Orleans and I
                     D#
I’ve met preachers, they say that I’m a thinker
G#m
They go deep but my scars go deeper

 E
What goes around comes around they say
D#
But I be prayin' that it just ain’t true

Chorus:
        G#m             G#
I got my black rifle, my baby and my Bible
F#                       Fm
I ain’t slept in a week, it’s got me higher than the Eiffel
E
I been drug dealing, woman stealing
D#
I lost feeling back when we was children and I

G#m
What the hell really goin' on?

Verse 2:
                   F#
A woman came to me, she said she’d save me
E                   Em
She laid my body at the base of an ash tree
B                      D#
I asked her business, it wasn’t in forgiveness
G#m
I heard her say that and felt fire where I laid at


                  F#
My hands all in, my skin's crawling
E
I ran from lawmen all around my city and I
B                    D#
I’ve met thinkers, they say that I’m a dreamer
G#m
They think deep but my scars run deeper

E
What goes around comes around they say
        D#
But I be prayin' that it just ain’t true

Chorus:
         G#m            G
I got my black rifle, my baby and my Bible
 F#                           Fm
I ain’t slept in a week, it’s got me higher than the Eiffel
         E
I been drug dealing, woman stealing
D#                                D#m
I lost feeling back when we was children
      G#m                        D#
And I turned on my idols, it was all about survival
     B                      F
I, I killed my darlings, I can’t say that I’m sorry

E                           C#m
What the hell’s really goin' on?
D#
What the hell really goin' on?
         G#m            D#
I got my black rifle, my baby and my Bible
B                Fm
Black rifle, my baby and my Bible
        E               C#m
I got my black rifle, my baby and my Bible
D#
Black rifle, yeah
E
What goes around comes around they say
       D#
But I be prayin' that it just ain’t true

Bridge:
G#m                 F#
Tell my brothers, I hope they know I love 'em
E                 Em
Watch my sisters, kiss all my cousins
B                D#
Tell Clinton, my uncle says he missed him
B
Tell Reagan, my auntie thinks he’s Satan
G#m               A#
Have babies, we don’t know how to raise 'em
B               C#
Tell Haiti, we don’t know that we’re crazy
D#
Tell my mama, I’m sorry for the drama but
 G#m                 B
Tell your honor, it's death before dishonor

Chorus:
         G#m           D#
Got my black rifle, my baby and my Bible
B                 Fm
Black rifle, my baby and my Bible
E                        C#m
Black rifle, my baby and my Bible
D#
Black rifle, yeah

Outro:
G#m B C#m E C#m D# G#m D#

B Fm E D# G#m D#

B Fm E C#m D# G#m

F# F E C#m B F# D