Guns Are The Tongues
Guns Are The Tongues

Guns Are The Tongues easy guitar chords by Richard Thompson

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    • Verse 1
    Carrie 
    ran 
    a 
    murderous 
    crew 

    Dedicated 
    through 
    and through 

    And 
    the chance 
    to 
    prove 

    They 
    nev
    er 
    squandered 

    And they 
    liked to 
    kill 
    so 
    clean 

    Save 
    the 
    innocent, 
    kill 
    the mean 

    But from 
    time 
    to time, 

    Verse 2
    A bullet 
    wandered 


    Carrie 
    kept 
    her souvenirs 

    Kept her 
    scrapbook 
    down 
    the years 

    Of her 
    brave 
    boys, 

    how she cried 
    to 
    read 
    it 

    And a 
    few 
    fell 
    by 
    the way 

    Or lost 
    the stomach 
    for the 
    fray 

    So 
    young 
    blood 
    was al
    ways 

    Interlude 1
    needed 



    Verse 3
    Carrie 
    noticed 
    him right 
    away 

    The 
    way his 
    whole 
    body 
    would sway 

    Like 
    a trawler 
    boy 

    Finding 
    his legs 
    ashore 

    They said 
    he 
    was 
    just 
    nineteen 

    A 
    head case 
    but his 
    record 
    was clean 

    Just 
    the kind 

    They 
    were looking 
    for 

    Verse 4

    Carrie 
    watched 
    him 
    through 

    the crack 

    As they teased 
    him behind 
    his 
    back 

    They 
    called 
    him 
    Little 
    Joe 

    'Cos 
    he scraped 
    the ceiling 

    And 
    when he 
    was the 
    worse 
    for wear 

    She 
    took 
    him 
    up 
    the stair 

    And soon 
    he 
    fell 

    For her 
    brand 
    of 
    healing 

    Verse 5
    She 
    said, 
    I'll 
    lie 
    like 
    a 
    rose 
    on 

    your pillow 

    Let me twine 
    the laurel 
    in 
    your 
    hair 

    I 
    want to 
    smell 
    my 
    love 
    on your 
    fingers 

    Verse 6
    If you 
    want to 
    be mine, 
    Little 
    Joe 

    You must 
    harden 
    your mind, 

    Little 
    Joe 

    We've 
    got to 
    fight 
    for what 
    is 
    ours 

    Bring 
    peace to 
    the grave 
    of my 
    brother 

    Bring 
    peace to 
    the grave 
    of my 
    father 

    Dry the 
    old 
    eyes 
    of my 
    mother 

    Little 
    Joe 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 7
    There's a 
    roadblock down 
    the way 

    Thick 
    with 
    soldiers 
    night 
    and day 

    They'll hear 
    the noise 

    All 
    the way 
    to 
    Glengarry 

    If you 
    show 
    you've 
    got the 

    stuff 

    That you're sworn 
    and 
    brave 
    enough 

    Then 
    you'll stand 
    tall 

    In 
    the eye
    s 
    of your 
    Carrie 

    Verse 8
    And 
    I will 
    lie 
    like 
    a 
    rose 
    on 
    your 
    pillow 

    And 
    I'll twine 
    the 
    laurel 

    in 
    your 
    hair 

    I want to 
    smell 
    re
    venge 
    on 
    your fingers 

    Verse 9
    Guns 
    are 
    the Tongues, 
    Little 
    Joe 

    The 
    only 
    word
    s 
    we know 

    The only 
    sound 
    that'll 
    reach 
    their 
    ears 

    Bring 
    peace 
    to the grave 
    of 
    my 
    brother 

    Bring 
    peace to 
    the grave 
    of my 
    father 

    Dry the 
    old 
    eyes 
    of 
    my mother

    Little 
    Joe 

    Interlude 3



    Verse 10
    Now 
    Little 
    Joe 
    would've 
    jumped 
    clear 

    But for 
    the 
    awful 
    fear 

    Of scrap
    ing his 
    knees 
    there 

    on 
    the 
    gravel 

    The car 
    was 
    a rolling 
    bomb 

    Blew 
    all 
    to Kingdom 
    Come 

    They 
    marvelled 
    how 
    far 

    His 
    boots 
    had travelled 

    Verse 11

    Another 
    hero 
    snatched 
    from 
    my pillow 

    I used 
    to 
    twine 
    the 
    laurel 
    in his 
    hair 

    I want 
    to smell 
    sacri
    fice 
    on my 
    fingers 

    Verse 12
    Guns 
    are 
    the 
    Tongues, 
    Little 
    Joe 

    The only 
    word
    s we know 

    The only 
    sound 
    that'll 
    reach 
    their ears 

    Bring 
    peace 
    to the grave 
    of 
    my 
    brother 

    Bring 
    peace 
    to the 
    grave of 
    my 
    father 

    Dry 
    the 
    old 


    eyes 
    of 

    my 
    mother 

    Little 
    Joe 

    Outro 1






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