Tabs
Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)
You can play this song in C, but for best results, tune a half-step down.
the chords are very easy, but the hammering on and off timing is difficult.
chords:
G+G G+G C majorC
D#D# 3 3 X
G#G# 0 0 3
C#C# 2 0 2
F#F# 0 2 0
A#A# 1 1 1
D#D# 3 3 0
And follow this tab for the intro, and verses:
Hammer on and off of the D MajorD and BB string, then only hammer off of the G+G and BB string.
G* G+G
D#: 3 3
G#: 0 0
C#: 0/2/0 0
F#: 0 2/0
A#: 0/1/0 1/0
D#: 3 3
It takes some time to get used to the hammering, but it sounds really good.
Preamble:
Gallop ahead, blink of an eye Thorough the bread Winners are fine, leave em for dead
We got a mind to go Get a buzz off a deity Sober up in your clutch is a remedy
You’ve Bitten me once, doubly shy Double the guns Helluva sight, barrel of fun
You and I Won a badge on the radio Pin it up hear us in the mirror go..
Intro:
G*G
We could be a gunfighter
G*G
Unlatching all the bailing wire
G*G G*G G*G
Eloise, lemme see your sweet face
*palm mute
Come, face me
Verse:
G*G G*G
Chin up, we're young & in the dark
G*G
We saw him resurrect in a muscle car
G*G
There was an oracle
G*G
We heard there was a light show
G*G
Hotter than a June kiss
G*G
I'm blushing a shade of licorice
G*G
Croon with your night lungs
G*G
That old Cicada love song
G*G
Holy broken heart
G*G
A augmentedA meaning-well American abattoir
G*G
You're around us, oh
C majorC
Be around us
Chorus:
G*G
Someone close our eyes
G*G
Make it so that we can find you
G*G
In our imagination, a magic eye
G*G G*G
In the photo under, we look like a gunfighter
G*G
Modeled after Autry
G*G
Maybe Annie O
G*G
And we can trick-shoot bottles
C majorC
And everyone aims slow
Outro: strumming and hammering on and off the D MajorD and BB string for both chords.
C majorC G*
Oh, c'mon, be a gunfighter, baby
C majorC
With you
G*
We could be a gunfighter
C majorC
For always
G*
We could be a gunfighter
C majorC
Oh, oh, ooh
G*G x5
We could be a gunfighter
ENJOY!