Killers Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I w[D]as [Em]born[C] on[G][D][Em][C][G]
[D]the sidewalk in a [Em]city I [C]don’t know

[Verse 2]
In [G]sixty-five I [D]I took arms
and [Em]got on a[C] boat

[Verse 3]
They [B]told me to shoot [Em]wherever I saw smoke

[Verse 4]
I [B]could not stop laughing lord it [Em]seemed
like a joke.
[G][D][Bm]

[Verse 5]
[Em][C]
[G]In [D]sev[Bm]enty[Em]-five[C],[G]
at at [D]twenty five I [Em]had me a[C] son

[Verse 6]
[G]And he died when [D]he [Bm]was young
be[Em]cause of my [C]gun

[Verse 7]
[B]Left out in the open in a [Em]case I had to run

[Verse 8]
I [B]could not believe it neither [Em]did a[G]nyone
[D][Bm][Em][C][G][D][Bm]

[Verse 9]
[Em][C]
They [G]found me [D]in Shreve[Bm]port
just [Em]me and a [C]knife

[Verse 10]
They [G]cleaned off [D]my blood
and they [Bm]sen t[Em] me to [C]life

[Verse 11]
For [B]thirty years I lay [Em]awake

[Verse 12]
in the night
[B]Thinking 'bout the jungle and [Em]blood and the fight

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][Bm][Em][C]
[G][D][Bm][Em][C][G][D][G][Bm][Em][C][G][D][Bm]
[D][Em][C]

[Verse 13]
In [G]two thousand [D]five I was
let [Em]out on the streets[C]

[Verse 14]
A [G]young fifty-five an[D]d and n[Em]ow
that’s where [C]I sleep

[Verse 15]
I [B]do my best [Em]workin’ with a cup and a sign

[Verse 16]
[B]Askin’ folks please spare me [Em]some change or

[Interlude 2]
some time
[G][D][Bm][Em][C][G][Bm][Em][C]

[Verse 17]
[G]Yesterday a [D]young man [Em]stood at [C]my feet

[Verse 18]
He [G]asked what I [D]wanted I said
[Em]something [C]to eat

[Verse 19]
He said [B]killers with guns they
be[Em]long on the street

[Verse 20]
I [B]thought about that and
[Em]I laughed till I cried

[Verse 21]
That's the [B]be st damn joke [Em]I’d heard[G][D][Bm][Em][C][G][D][Bm][Em]
[C][G][D][Em][C][G][D][G]
[Em][C][G][D][Em][C][G][D][G][D][Em][C][G]
[C]in[Em][C][G][D][Em][C][G][Em]
[C]a long tim[G]e[Em]
[C]A very long

[Verse 22]
[G]time[D]

[Outro 1]
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