We Both Reached For The Gun

[First Part]

( F#7 )

B
Where'd you come from?

Mississippi

And your parents?
F#7
Very wealthy

Where are they now?

Six feet under

But she was granted one more start
    B/D#    Dº     F#7/C#  F#7
The convent of The Sacred Heart!
B
 When'd you get here?

Ninteteen-twenty

How old were you?
E6
   Don't remember
Em6
    Then what happened?
B/F#
     I met Amos
F#7
And he stole my heart away
   B
Convinced me to elope one day

( B  F#7  B  F#7 )
( B  F#7  B  F#7 )

"Oh you poor dear I can't believe

What you have been through

A convent girl! A run-away marriage!
F#7
Now tell us roxie..."

Verse 2
B
Who's Fred Casely?

My ex-boyfriend

Why'd you shoot him?
F#7
I was leavin'

Was he angry?

Like a madman

Still I said, "Fred, move along."
    B/D#      Dº      F#7   F#7
She knew that she was doin' wrong
B
  Then describe it

He came toward me

With the pistol?
E6
  From my bureau
Em6
   Did you fight him?
B/F#
    Like a tiger
F#7
He had strength and she had none
    B
And yet we both reached for the gun

[Chorus 1]

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E
 Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both

Oh yes we both
                B13
Oh yes, we both reached for
E
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun

Oh yes, we both reached for the gun
B7      E
For the gun

E
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both

Oh yes, they both
                  B13
Oh yes, they both reached for

The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun

Oh yes, they both reached for the gun
B7      E
For the gun

      Am7   D7         G7M   G6
Under-standable, understand  able
         Am7   D7       G7M   G/D
Yes it's perfectly understandable
       Am7  D7          G7M   G6
Compre-hensible, Compre-hensible
      B/F#     F#7
Not a bit reprehensible
B7
It's so defensible

[Third Part]

C
How're you feeling?

Very frightened

Are you sorry?
G7
Are you kidding?

What's your statement?

All I'd say is

Though my choo-choo jumped the track
    C/E     Ebº     G7/D      G7
I'd give my life to bring him back
C
And?

Stay away from

What?

Jazz and liquor

And?

And the men who
F6
What?

Play for fun
    Fm6
And what?

That's the thought that
C/G
Yeah
        F#m7(5-)
Came up-on me
G7
When?
                             C
When we both reached for the gun!

      Am7   D7             G/D
Under-standable, understandable
          Am     D7        G
Yes, it's perfectly unders-tandable
      Am   D7         G    G/D
Comprehensible, comprehensible
      B/F#     F#7
Not a bit reprehensible
B7/F#     B7
It's so defensible!

[Chorus 2]

E6
  Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both
                  B13
Oh yes, they both reached for

Let me hear it!
E6
The gun, the gun, the gun

The gun

Oh yes, they both reached

For the gun
B7      E6
For the Gun
E6
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both
                  B13
Oh yes, they both reached for
E6
The gun, the gun

The gun, the gun

Oh yes. They both reached

For the gun
B7      E6
For the gun

F
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both
                  C13
Oh yes, they both reached for
F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun

Oh yes, they both reached for the gun
C7      F
For the gun
F
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both
        C13
Oh yes, reached for
F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun

The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun

The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
C7(9+)
Both reached for the gun
F            F/E         F/Eb  F/E
The gun, the gun, the gun,    the gun
    F        F/E           F/Eb
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
         F/E          F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
F/Eb         F/D      F/Db
The gun, the gun, the gun
C7(9+)               F
Both reached for the gun