Big Guns chords by
Rory Gallagher

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

C5

C5

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G

G

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C5

C5

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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C5

C5

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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C5

C5

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Well, you

C

C

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Bb

Bb

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C5

C5

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think you're sitting pretty

C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C5

C5

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But you're sitting on a powder keg.

Well, you think you're standing steady

C

C

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Eb

Eb

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But you're weak as

Bb

Bb

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C5

C5

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a matchstick leg.

Well, there's a rumble in the city,

C

C

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Eb

Eb

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C

C

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C5

C5

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There's a call out for your head.

Now isn't it a pity

Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C5

C5

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C

C

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Your future's just a lump of lead.

C5

C5

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But now

Verse 2

G

G

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you're running scared,

you've got no place to run;

You're caught between the law and the Big Guns.

C5

C5

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C

C

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Interlude 1

G

G

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C

C

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C5

C5

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C

C

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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C5

C5

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C

C

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G

G

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C5

C5

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G

G

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Bb

Bb

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Verse 3

C5

C5

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Well, it's a long way from

C

C

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C5

C5

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the pool halls,

C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Through the rackets and

Bb

Bb

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C5

C5

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the petty crime.

C

C

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Well, you thought you were a tough one

Eb

Eb

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But you've bitten off too

Bb

Bb

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C5

C5

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much this time.

C

C

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C5

C5

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You've stepped on the wrong toes,

C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Now look who you've upset.

C5

C5

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You walked on the wrong toes,

C

C

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Eb

Eb

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You've got your picture on

Bb

Bb

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the police gazette.

Verse 4

C5

C5

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C

C

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G

G

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Well, now you're running scared,

you've got no place to run;

C

C

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Yor're caught between the law and the Big Guns.

Interlude 2

C5

C5

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G

G

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C

C

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C5

C5

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C

C

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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Eb

Eb

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C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C5

C5

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C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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C5

C5

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C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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G

G

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F

F

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Verse 5

F

F

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Your backis against a wall,

G

G

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F

F

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you don't like it there at all.

Now you!re too proud to fall,

you got no friends you can call.

Verse 6

C5

C5

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C

C

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C5

C5

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Well, you never felt so gritty,

C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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The sweat's pouring down

C

C

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your back.

C5

C5

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C

C

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You're like a tiger in the jungle

Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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C5

C5

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And you can't find your way back.

C

C

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You hadn't played your cards right,

Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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You hadn't seen the signs,

Well, you tried to run the whole game,

Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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Now you've come to the end of the line.

Verse 7

G

G

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Well, now you're running scared,

you've got no place to run;

C

C

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Now you're face to face with the Big Guns.

Outro 1

Bb

Bb

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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C

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Eb

Eb

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Chords

C5
G
Bb
C
Eb
F

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The original key of Big Guns by Rory Gallagher is C major.

The primary chords used in Big Guns are C5, G, Bb, C, Eb, F.

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