Gun Shy

(intro) G  G  G  G
        Am G  D  D

G
I always knew that you would take 
yourself far from home
   Am          G                D
As soon as, as far as you could go
          G
By the quarter inch cut of your hair
 and the army issued
              Am                   
Green for the past six weeks i can 
G                 D
tell where you've been

(chorus 1)
        G             D          
for i knew, i could see it was all 
C
cut and dried
   G            Am                
to me there was soldier's blue 
   G
blood streaming inside
    D               G             
your veins there is a world 
        D
outside of this room
           C               G       
and when you meet it promise me 
Am        G
that you won't meet
             D
it with your gun

     G                             
Now, you are one, one of the brave 
         Am
few it's awful sad we
G              D     G
Need boys like you i hope the day 
never comes for here's
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Your live round, son stock and 
Am      G
barrel, safety trigger
            D
Here's your gun

(chorus 2)
      G             D          C
for i knew, i could see it was all 
cut and dried
  G            Am                 
to me there was soldier's blue 
  G
blood streaming inside
    D               G             
your veins there is a world 
        D
outside of this room
           C               G  Am 
and when you meet it promise me 
       G
you won't meet
            D                   
it with your gun taking aim no i 
      G       C
don't mean to argue
           G                    C
that they've made a decent boy of 
you i don't
G                   D            
mean to spoil your home coming, 
   C
but baby brother you
                G
would expect me to.

(4 bars of G)

          Am             G     
Stock and barrel, safety trigger 
              D
here's your gun
       G
So now does your heart pitter-pat 
with that patriotic sound
         Am                 G 
When you see the stripes of old 
        D
glory waving

(chorus 3)
      G            D          C  
For i knew i could see it was all
                  G
 cut and dried to me
          Am                  
There was soldier's blue blood 
 G
streaming inside your
D               G                
Veins there's a world outside of 
     D
this room and when
C                   G  Am        
You meet it promise me you won't 
G
meet it with
     D                          
Your gun, taking aim for i don't 
 G        C
mean, to argue that
        G                    C     
They've made a decent boy of you i 
G
don't mean to spoil
     D              C            
Your home coming my baby brother 
D
jude
           G       C         
No i don't mean to hurt you by 
  G           C
saying this again
           G              D       
They're so good at making soldiers
             C
 but they're not
                  G
As good at making men