Ballad of a Well-Known Gun chords by Elton John
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
I
pulled out my stage (G major) coach (D major) times
And I read the latest news (G major)
(A major) I tapped my feet (D major) in dumb surprise (A major)
And of course I saw they
knew
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Verse 2
(G major)
The Pinkertons (D major) pulled out (G major) my (D major) bags
(A major) And (D major) asked me for my name (G major)
(A major) I stuttered out my answer
And hung my head in shame
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Verse 3
(G major)
Now they've found (D major) me
At last they've found (A major) me
It's hard to run (G major)
From a starving fam (D major) ily
Now they've (G major) found
Verse 4
(D major) me
Well I won't run (G major)
I'm tired of (D major) hearing
(B minor) There (A major) goes a (G major) well-known gun
(D major) gun
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
(D major) Now I've seen this chain gang (G major)
Lord, I say let (D major) me see my priest (G major)
(A major) I couldn't have faced
your desert (F sharp minor) sand (A major)
Old burning brown backed beast
(D major)
Verse 6
The poor house they hit me for (G major) my kin
(A major) And (D major) claimed my crumbling walls (G major)
Now (A major) I know how Reno felt
When he ran from the law
(D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 7
Now they've found me
At last (A major) they've found me
It's hard to run (G major)
From a starving fam (D major) ily
Verse 8
Now they've found (D major) me
Well, I won't run (G major)
I'm tired of (D major) hearing
(B minor) There (A major) goes the well-known (G major) gun
(D major) gun
Interlude 2
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(A major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (A major)
(B minor) (A major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) Now they've found
Verse 9
me
Lord, I say at last they've found (A major) me
It's hard to run (G major)
From a starving family (D major)
Verse 10
Lord, (D major) I say now they've found me
Well I won't run (G major)
I'm tired of (D major) hearing
I said, there (B minor) goes (A major) a (G major) well-known gun
(D major) gun
Verse 11
(D major)
Lord, I say now they've (G major) found (D major) me
At last they've (G major) found (A major) me
It's hard to run (G major)
From a starving fam (D major) ily
Verse 12
Now they've found (D major) me
I won't run (G major)
And I'm tired of (D major) hearing
There (B minor) (A major) goes a (G major) well-known gun
(D major) gun
Outro 1
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