The Gun chords by
Jim Reeves
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
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This is the story of love
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that came undone
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This is the story of two men
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And a gun of two men and a gun
Verse 2
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A man that I'd never met stole
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my wife and son
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But that's been nearly three
years now
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And it's over with and done
Verse 3
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At first I'd stare out into space
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While hate consumed my soul
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Hate was the creed by which I lived
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And revenge my only goal
Verse 4
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But the road to happiness
isn't paved with hate
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I'm glad I learned how to forgive
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before it was too late
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Now here's the way the other man Paid for what he'd done
Verse 5
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I heard it from the man's own lips
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Who took my wife and son
Verse 6
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I didn't really know this man
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but I'd seen him 'round
He's a new guard at the factory
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Where I work, west of town
Verse 7
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This fellow swung into step with me and
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said I've got to talk
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I listened spellbound at his words
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As we stood on the walk
Verse 8
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You, the guard said hoarsely
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Are a kind man, I surmise
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As he stood there with his handkerchief
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Wiping in his eyes
Verse 9
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Three years ago I wronged a man
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I stole his wife and son
I didn't realize then the terrible
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thing that I had done
Verse 10
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This thing gets hold of me at night
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And I can't sleep or rest
Forgive me, sir, but telling it
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Seems to get it off my chest
Verse 11
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When my past looms up like this
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It kinda helps me to un load
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I'm one man, sir, who knows for sure
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That you reap just what you sow
Verse 12
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I sure appreciate your listening, it
helps me a lot
You know to have that
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man's forgiveness
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I'd give everything I've got
Verse 13
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Well, I feel much better now I,
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I didn't get your name
More why that was my wife's
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name before we wed
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It's odd your name's the same
Verse 14
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You know I'd kill a man
Who'd do to me the thing
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that I've done
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And when the truth got through to him
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He handed me his gun
Verse 15
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As I gave the weapon back
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I said what's done is done
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All I ask is just be kind to
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Jenny and my son
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