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Intro:
G
(Son, what have you done )
G
(Put down the gun)
G
(Don't need more bloodshed)
Em
(Run, run for your life)
Em
(Throw away the knife)
Em
(Don't pity the dead)
G
(When all, all said and done)
G
(I still got love for you, my dear friend)
Em
(Don't be running when things get rough)
Em
(Life is a fight for that knife in the mud)
G Em
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D|----------------------------------------------------------| the choruses and
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E|----------------------------------------------------------|
One, two, three!
repeated throughout
verses)
Chorus:
G
Son, what have you done?
G
Put down the gun
G
Don't need more bloodshed
Em
Run, run for your life
Em
Throw away the knife
Em
Don't pity the dead
G
When all, all said and done
G
I still got love for you, my dear friend
Em
Don't be running when things get rough
Em N.C.
Life is a fight for that knife in the mud
Verse:
G N.C.
A so-called friend ratted me out
G
Bailiff's arrived at my humble house
Em
Took everything from me I hold dear
Em
Why must you send such wickedness here?
G N.C.
The bouncer fucking knocked me out
G
Embarrassed myself front of all my pals
Em
Forked out a load of cash and now it's all gone
Em
Spent it on a hooker who said I was the one
Pre-Chorus:
G
This life ain't so bad
N.C.
How can I miss what I never had?
Em
Sure would be nice just to be adored
N.C.
But my step-father claims there ain't nothing that a whore can't cure
N.C.
This taste is bad to the core
N.C.
I'm no better I'm sure
N.C.
Life is a fight for that knife in the mud
Chorus:
G
Son, what have you done?
G
Put down the gun
G
Don't need more bloodshed
Em
Run, run for your life
Em
Throw away the knife
Em
Don't pity the dead
G
When all, all said and done
G
I still got love for you, my dear friend
Em
Don't be running when things get rough
Em N.C.
Life is a fight for that knife in the mud
Post-Chorus:
N.C.
(One, two)
G
The doldrums are coming
Em
But I'll meet them drumming
Em
Yeah, I'll beat them humming
G
Aah
G
The doldrums are coming
Em
But I'll meet them drumming
Em
Yeah, I'll beat them humming (One, two)
G
Aah
Outro:
G
Son, what have you done?
G
Put down the gun
G
Don't need more bloodshed
Em
Run, run for your life
Em
Throw away the knife
Em
Don't pity the dead (Aah)
G
When all, all said and done
G
I still got love for you, my dear friend (The dull dreams are coming)
Em
Don't be running when things get rough (But I'll meet them drumming)
Em
Life is a fight for that knife in the mud (Yeah, I'll beat them )
Song History
Published: February 16, 2026
Last Updated: February 16, 2026