Giving Up The Gun chords by 
Vampire Weekend 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
A
F#m
D
A
D
A
F#m
E
D
A
Verse 1
A
Your sword's
Bm
F#m
grown old and rusty
Bm
E
D
A
Burnt beneath the rising sun
F#m
It's locked up like a trophy
E
A
D
A
For getting all the things it's done
Bm
F#m
And though it's been a long time
Bm
E
You're right back where
D
A
you star ted from
F#m
I see it in your eyes
E
A
D
That now you're giving up the gun
A
When I was seventeen,
Verse 2
A
F#m
A
E
I had wrists like steel
A
D
A
And I felt com plete
And now my body fades
F#m
E
behind a brass charade
A
D
And I'm ob solete
A
But if the chance remains
F#m
A
to see those better days
E
A
D
A
I'd cut the can nons down
My ears are blown to bits
from all the rifle hits
E
A
D
A
But still I crave that sound
Verse 3
Bm
A
Bm
F#m
Your sword's grown old and rusty
Bm
A
E
Bm
D
A
Burnt beneath the rising sun
F#m
It's locked up like a trophy
D
E
A
D
A
For getting all the things it's done
Bm
F#m
And though it's been a long time
Bm
E
You're right back where
D
A
you star ted from
F#m
I see it in your eyes
E
D
That now you're giving up the gun
A
D
I heard you play
Verse 4
A
guitar down
F#m
at a seedy bar
E
D
Where skinheads used to fight
A
Your Tokugawa smile and
your garbage style
D
A
D
Used to save the night
E
A
You felt the coming wave,
D
told me we'd all be brave
E
D
You said you wouldn't flinch
E
But in the years that passed,
D
since I saw you last
A
You haven't moved an inch
Verse 5
A
F#m
Your sword's grown old and rusty
Bm
E
Bm
D
A
Burnt beneath the rising sun
F#m
It's locked up like a trophy
E
A
D
A
For getting all the things it's done
F#m
And though it's been a long time
Bm
E
You're right back where
Bm
D
A
you star ted from
F#m
I see it in your eyes
E
A
D
That now you're giving up the gun
A
F#m
Interlude 1
E
D
A
F#m
E
Esus4
A
D
A
F#m
E
D
A
Bm
F#m
E
A
E
D
A
I see
Verse 6
F#m
you shine in your way
Bm
D
A
D
A
Go on, go on, go on
D
F#m
I see you shine in your way
A
E
D
Go on, go on, go on
A
E
F#m
I see you shine in your way
Bm
A
E
Bm
D
Go on, go on, go on
A
Bm
F#m
I see you shine in your way
Bm
A
E
D
Go on, go on, go on
E
D
A
I see you shine in your way
D
Bm
D
A
E
A
Go on, go on, go on
E
D
F#m
A
I see you shine in your way
E
Go on, go on,
A
D
F#m
A
D
F#m
A
D
A
go on
(I see you shine in your way
D
Go on, go on, go on)
A
D
E
D
A
(I see you shine
in your way
D
A
Go on, go on, go on)
Verse 7
A
F#m
Your sword's grown old and rusty
E
Esus4
D
A
Burnt beneath the rising sun
F#m
It's locked up like a trophy
E
A
D
A
For getting all the things it's done
Bm
F#m
And though it's been a long time
Bm
E
You're right back where
Esus4
D
A
you star ted from
F#m
I see it in your eyes
E
A
D
That now you're giving up the gun
A
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ChordsA F#m D E Bm...
A
F#m
D
E
Bm
Esus4
Capo: 2
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