EmDCEm
[Verse]
Em
There's a green plaid jacket on the back of the chair
D
It's like a moment frozen forever there
CEm
Mom and Dad had a lot of big plans for their little man
D
So proud
Em
Mama's gone crazy 'cause her baby's cut down
D
By some teenage car chase, war out of bounds
CEm
It was the wrong place, wrong time, wrong end of a gun
D
Sad
[Chorus]
Em
(Shoot!)Shoot straight
Em
(Shoot!) From the hip, y'all
Em
(Shoot!)Gone forever in a trigger slip
D
Well, it could have been
C
It could have been your brother
Em
(Shoot!) Shoot straight
Em
(Shoot!) Shoot to kill, yeah
D
Blame each other, well, blame yourself
C
You know, God is a bullet
DCEm
Have mercy on us everyone
[Verse]
Em
They're gonna call me sir, they'll all stop fucking with me
D
Well, I'm a high school grad, I'm over five-foot-three
CEm
I'll get a badge and a gun and I'll join the P.D
D
They'll see
Em
He didn't want to use the gun they put in his hand
D
But when the guy came at him, well, he panicked and ran
CEm
And it's a very long year, so they'll give him another chance
D
And it's sad
[Chorus]
Em
(Shoot!)Shoot straight
Em
(Shoot!) From the hip, y'all
Em
(Shoot!)Gone forever in a trigger slip
D
Well, it could have been
C
It could have been your mother
Em
(Shoot!) Shoot straight
Em
(Shoot!) Shoot to kill, yeah
D
Blame each other, well, blame yourself
C
You know God is a bullet
DCEm
Have mercy on us everyone
[Solo]
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[Chorus]
Em
(Shoot!)Shoot straight
Em
(Shoot!) From the hip, y'all
Em
(Shoot!)Gone forever in a trigger slip
D
Well, it could have been
C
It could have been your mother
Em
(Shoot!) John Lennon
Em
(Shoot!) Dr King, yeah
D
Harvey Milk, all for goddamn nothing!
C
You know, God is a bullet
DCEm
Have mercy on us everyone
[Outro]
C
God is a bullet
DCEm
Have mercy on us everyone