Sniper chords and lyrics - HARRY CHAPIN

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[A]It is an [Em]early [G]Monday [F]morning.
The [Am]sun is becom[Em]ing b[G]right on t[C]he land.
[Am]No o[A]ne is wa[Em]tching as he[G]
comes a walk[F]ing.
[C]Two bulky [G]suitcases [D]hang
from his [A]hands.

[Verse 2]
[A]He heads towards [Em]the tower
[G]that stands in the cam[F]pus.
He [Am]goes through the [A]door,
[Em]he s[G]tarts up t[Em]he st[G]airs.[C]
The [Am]sound [A]of his foot[Em]steps,
the [G]sound [F]of his breathing,
The [C]sound of the si[G]lence when [D]no
one was [A]there.
[D][F#dim][D]

[Verse 3]
[D]
I didn't really know [F#dim]him.[D]
He was kind [F#dim]of strange.[D]
Always sort [G#]of sat [F#dim]there.
[D]He never seemed [F#dim]to change.[D]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 4]
[A]He reached the cat[Em]walk. He
[G]put done his [F]burden.
The [A]four sided [Em]clock [G]began
[C]to chime.[Am][C]
Sev[A]en [Em]AM, the [G]day is beg[F]inning.
[C]So much [G]to do and [D]so little [A]time.

[Verse 5]
He [A]looks at [Em]the city where [G]no
[Em]one [G]had [F]known him.
[Am]He look[A]s at [Em]the sky where
no one [G]look[C]s down.
He [A]looks at [Em]his life and [G]what
it has [F]shown him.
He look[C]s for his s[G]hadow
[D]it cannot be [A]found.
[D]

[Verse 6]
He was such a moody child,
very hard to [F#dim]touch.
[D]Even as a bab[F#dim]y he neve[D]r smiled
too much. [C]No no.No [F#m]no.

[Verse 7]
You [F#m]bug me, she said.
Your ugly, she said.
Please hug me, I said.
But she just [G]sat there
With the [Bm]same flat stare
That she [G]saves for me alone
[Em]When I'm home.[F#m]
When I'm [Em]home.
Take me [A]home.

[Verse 8]
He laid out [Em]the rifles,
he loaded the [G]shotgun[F],
He [Am]stacked up [Em]the cartridges
[C]along the wall.
He [A]knew he would need [Em]them
for his con[G]versation.
[F]If it wen[C]t as it [G]he planned,
then he [D]might use them [A]all.

[Verse 9]
[A]He said Listen you [Em]people I've
[G]got a [F]question
[Am]You won't [A]pay [Em]attention
[G]but I'll ask [C]anyhow.
[A]I found a way [Em]that will
[G]get me an answer[F].
Been [C]waiting to ask [G]you 'till [D]now.
Right [A]now !

[Verse 10]
Am [A]I?
I am a lover [Em]whose never [A]been kissed.
Am I?
I am a fighter [Em]whose not made a fist.
[A]Am I?
If I'm alive [Em]then there's so much
I've [A]missed.
[G]How do I know [Bm]I ex[Em] ist?[A]
Are you listening to me?
Are you [A]listening to me?
[A]Am [A]I?[Em][A]

[Verse 11]
[A]The first words he spoke [Em]took
the [G]town by sur[F]prise.
One [Am]got Mrs. G[Em]ibbons a[G]bove her right e[C]ye.
It [A]blew her through the window
[Em]wedged [G]her against [F]the door.
Real[C]ity poured [G]from her face,
[D]staining the [A]floor.
[D]

[Verse 12]
He was kind of creepy,
Sort of a dunce.
I met him at the corner bar.
I only dated the poor boy once,
[C]That's all. Just [Em]once, that was [A]all.
[A]Bill

[Verse 13]
Whedon was questioned as
[A]stepped from his car.
[A]Tom Scott ran across the street but
he [A]never got that far.
The [A]po lice were there in minutes,
they [A]set up baricades.
He [C]spoke right on over them
in a [G]half-mile circle.
circle.
In a [D]dumb struck city his [C]pointed
questions were [Am]sprayed.[A][Am]

[Verse 14]
He [A]knocked over [Am]Danny Tyson as he
[A]ran towards the [Am]noise.
[A]Just about then the answers started comming. Sweet,
[Am]sweet joy.
Thudding in the clock face,
whining off the walls,
Reaching up to where he sat there,

[Verse 15]
answering calls.
[A]Thirty-seven people people
[Am]got his message so far.
Yes, he was reaching them
right were they are.
[A][Am][A]

[Verse 16]
They set up an assault team. They
[A]asked for volunteers.
They [A]had to go and get him,
[A]that much was clear.
And the word spread about him on the
radios and TV's.
[C]In appropriately sober tone they
asked "Who can it be?"
[D]

[Verse 17]
He was a very [F#dim]dull boy,
[D]very taciturn.
Not much of a join[F#dim]er,
[D]he did not want to lea[F#dim]rn.[D]
[C]No no.No [F#m]no.

[Verse 18]
They're [F#m]coming to get me,
they don't want to let me
[F#m]Stay in the bright light t[G]oo long.
It's [F#m]getting on noon now, it's
goin to be soon now.
But oh, what a wonderful [G]sound!

[Verse 19]
[G]
Mama, won't you nurse me?
[Em]Rain me down the [C]sweet
milk of your [A]kindness.
[G]Mama, it's getting worse for me.
[Em]Won't you please [C]make me warm
and[A]mind[A]less?
[G]Mama,

[Verse 20]
yes you have cursed me.
I [Em]never will for[C]give you for your [A]blindness.
[A]I hate you!

[Verse 21]
The wires are all humming for me.
And I can hear them coming
for me.
Soon they'll be here,
but there's nothing to fear.
Not any more though they've
blasted the door.
[Am]

[Verse 22]
As the copter [Am]dropped the gas he
shouted "Who cares?" .
They could hear him laughing
as they started up the stairs.
[Am]As they stormed out on the catwalk,
blinking at the sun,
With [G]their final fusillade
his answer had [Em]come.
[A]Am I? There is

[Verse 23]
[A]
no way that [Em]you can hide me.
[A]Am ?
Though you have put your [Em]fire inside me.
[A]Am I ?
You've given me my
[Em]answer can't [A]you see?
[C#m]I was![Bm]
I am!
And [G]now [Em]I wi[D]ll be[C]
I [A]will be