Break It To Them Gently

** Capo on 1st fret **

INTRO: A D A D
 A                         F#m
Break it to them gently when you 
tell my mom and dad
      Bm                           
When you see my baby sister, be as 
       E
kind as you can
A                          F#m
Break it to my grandma, said that 
boy's wild and bad
 Bm
Break it to them gently when you 
tell 'em
 E                         A
That I won't be coming home again
D                                  
Cause I'm runnin' with a gun and it 
A
isn't any fun as a fugitive
D                              A
Fightin' for my life and I don't 
know if I'll make it alone
D                                
Runnin' with a gun and it isn't any 
A
fun as a fugitive
F#m                   A
God I wanna go home, lord I wish I 
was home
D A D
A                            
When you see my lady with the 
F#m
twinkle in her eyes
              Bm                   
Tell it to her softly and hold her 
     E
if she cries
            A                      
Tell her that I love her and I will
       F#m
 till the day I die
        Bm
Tell it to her gently when you tell 
her
  E                          A
That I won't be coming home again
E                         A
I got in too deep with strangers
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     E                     A
Thinkin' they could help me find my 
way
 D                       A
Nobody warned me of the dangers
    F#m              Bm     
And it's always the young and 
                       E
foolish that have to pay

A                                  
So break it to them gently when you
F#m
 tell my mom and dad
        Bm                       
Thank them for the good years and 
      E
all the lovin' that I had
    A                       F#m
Break it to my grandma who said the 
boy is wild and bad
     Bm
Break it to them gently when you 
tell them
 E                   A
That I won't be coming home again
D                               A
I'm runnin' with a gun and it isn't 
any fun as a fugitive
D                                
Fightin' for my life and I don't 
A
know if I'll make it alone
D                             A
Runnin' with a gun and it isn't any 
fun as a fugitive
    F#m                       A
Lord I wanna go home, lord I wanna 
go home
D
You gotta break it to them gently
A
Break it to them gently
D
You gotta break it to them gently
A
Gotta really try to roll 'em
D
You gotta break it to them gently
A
Gotta really try to sooth them
D
Gotta really try to sooth them
A
Gotta really try to roll them
D
You gotta roll it to my mother
A
Gotta roll it to my grandma, gotta 
roll the old lady
D
Roll it to my mother
A
Roll it to my mother and roll the 
old lady
D
Roll it to my grandma


A
She's damn near eighty, roll the old
 lady
D
Roll it to my mother
A
Roll it to my mother, gotta roll the
 old lady
D
Roll it to my mother
A
My sister and my mother and roll the
 old lady
D
Roll it to my grandma
A
She's damn near eighty, roll the old
 lady...