[Primeira Parte]
( F# )
B
Where'd you come from?
Mississippi
And your parents?
F#
Very wealthy
Where are they now?
Six feet under
But she was granted one more start
B D° F#
The convent of The Sacred Heart!
B
When'd you get here?
Ninteteen-twenty
How old were you?
E
Don't remember
Em
Then what happened?
B
I met Amos
F#7
And he stole my heart away
B
Convinced me to elope one day
( B F# B F# )
( B F# B F# )
"Oh you poor dear I can't believe
What you have been through
A convent girl! A run-away marriage!
F#
Now tell us roxie..."
[Segunda Parte]
B
Who's Fred Casely?
My ex-boyfriend
Why'd you shoot him?
F#
I was leavin'
Was he angry?
Like a madman
Still I said, "Fred, move along."
B D° F#
She knew that she was doin' wrong
B
Then describe it
He came toward me
With the pistol?
E
From my bureau
Em
Did you fight him?
B
Like a tiger
F#7
He had strength and she had none
B
And yet we both reached for the gun
[Refrão 1]
E
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both
Oh yes we both
B
Oh yes, we both reached for
E
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, we both reached for the gun
B E
For the gun
E
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes, they both
B
Oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun
B E
For the gun
Am D G
Under-standable, understand able
Am D G
Yes it's perfectly understandable
Am D G
Compre-hensible, Compre-hensible
B F#
Not a bit reprehensible
B
It's so defensible
[Terceira Parte]
C
How're you feeling?
Very frightened
Are you sorry?
G
Are you kidding?
What's your statement?
All I'd say is
Though my choo-choo jumped the track
C Eb° G G
I'd give my life to bring him back
C
And?
Stay away from
What?
Jazz and liquor
And?
And the men who
F
What?
Play for fun
Fm
And what?
That's the thought that
C
Yeah
F#m
Came up-on me
G
When?
C
When we both reached for the gun!
Refrain #2
Am D G
Under-standable, understandable
Am D G
Yes, it's perfectly unders-tandable
Am D G G
Comprehensible, comprehensible
B F#
Not a bit reprehensible
B B
It's so defensible!
[Refrão 2]
E
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
B
Oh yes, they both reached for
Let me hear it!
E
The gun, the gun, the gun
The gun
Oh yes, they both reached
For the gun
B E
For the Gun
E
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
B
Oh yes, they both reached for
E
The gun, the gun
The gun, the gun
Oh yes. They both reached
For the gun
B E
For the gun
F
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
C
Oh yes, they both reached for
F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun
C F
For the gun
F
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
C
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
C
Both reached for the gun
F F F F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
F F F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
F F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
F F F
The gun, the gun, the gun
C F
Both reached for the gun
