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Guns Are The Tongues easy guitar chords by 
Richard Thompson
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Verse 1
Em
Carrie ran a murderous crew
Dedicated through and through
And the chance to prove
Bm
Em
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
Em
Carrie kept her souvenirs
Kept her scrapbook down the years
A
Of her brave boys,
Em
how she cried to read it
And a few fell by the way
Or lost the stomach for the fray
A
Em
So young blood was always
Interlude 1
needed
Em
Bm
Em
Esus4
Em
Verse 3
Em
Carrie noticed him right away
The way his whole body would sway
A
G
Like a trawler boy
Em
Finding his legs ashore
They said he was just nineteen
A head case but his record was clean
A
G
Just the kind
Em
They were looking for
Verse 4
Em
Carrie watched him through
the crack
As they teased him behind his back
A
Asus4
They called him Little Joe
A
Em
'Cos he scraped the ceiling
And when he was the worse for wear
She took him up the stair
A
G
And soon he fell
Em
For her brand of healing
Verse 5
C
D
Bm
She said, I'll lie like a rose on
C
your pillow
D
Bm
Let me twine the laurel in your hair
C
D
Bm
I want to smell my love on your fingers
Verse 6
C
D
If you want to be mine, Little Joe
C
G
You must harden your mind,
D
Little Joe
C
D
C
We've got to fight for what is ours
D
Bring peace to the grave of my brother
C
D
Bring peace to the grave of my father
C
D
Dry the old eyes of my mother
Asus4
Little Joe
Interlude 2
A
Em
Verse 7
Em
There's a roadblock down the way
Thick with soldiers night and day
A
They'll hear the noise
Em
All the way to Glengarry
If you show you've got the
stuff
That you're sworn and brave enough
A
Asus4
A
Then you'll stand tall
Em
In the eyes of your Carrie
Verse 8
C
D
Bm
C
And I will lie like a rose on your pillow
D
Bm
And I'll twine the laurel
C
in your hair
D
Bm
I want to smell revenge on your fingers
Verse 9
C
D
Guns are the Tongues, Little Joe
C
Em
D
C
The only words we know
D
C
The only sound that'll reach their ears
D
Bring peace to the grave of my brother
C
D
Bring peace to the grave of my father
C
D
Asus4
Dry the old eyes of my mother
A
Little Joe
Interlude 3
A
Em
Bm
Em
Verse 10
Em
Now Little Joe would've jumped clear
But for the awful fear
A
Of scraping his knees there
Em
on the gravel
The car was a rolling bomb
Blew all to Kingdom Come
A
They marvelled how far
Em
His boots had travelled
Verse 11
C
D
Bm
Another hero snatched from my pillow
C
D
Bm
C
I used to twine the laurel in his hair
D
Bm
I want to smell sacrifice on my fingers
Verse 12
C
D
Guns are the Tongues, Little Joe
C
D
The only words we know
C
D
C
The only sound that'll reach their ears
D
Bring peace to the grave of my brother
C
D
Bring peace to the grave of my father
C
D
Asus4
A
C
D
Dry the old
C
D
C
Em
D
C
D
C
D
C
eyes of
D
Asus4
my mother
A
Little Joe
Outro 1
A
C
D
Em
C
D
C
Em
D
C
D
Em
D
C
Asus4
A
Em
G
Em
D
Em
Bm
Em
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