Key: E minor
Verse 1
Em
C
I wouldn't kill to win a war
Em
C
I don't get what they do it for
Em
C
It's all so terribly vague
Em
C
And I think it's such a bore
Verse 2
Em
C
I walk New Orleans with a knife
Em
C
Like Mackie hidden out of sight
Em
C
But I'd be useless if they jumped
Em
D
I'm really not the killing type
Verse 3
not the killing type
D
Em
C
I've got a picture of your mum
Verse 4
Em
C
Before the war when she was young
Em
C
She's got an etching to her right
And it's her son
Verse 5
Em
C
And I've officially been asked
Em
C
I couldn't kill to save a life
Shame-filled coward
coward
coward
Verse 6
the killing type
I'm not, I'm not
I'm not the killing type, I'm not
Verse 7
C
feel
Em
C
I don't mean kill someone for real
Em
C
I couldn't do that, it is wrong
Em
A
But I can say it in a song, a song, a song
Verse 8
C
now
Em
A
Somebody else would know
Verse 9
know, know, know
Verse 10
C
bird
Verse 11
C
Em
C
I heard that if you see a star at night
Em
C
And the conditions are just right
Em
C
And you are standing on a cliff
Verse 12
not the killing type
I'm not, I'm not
I'm not the killing type, I'm not
Verse 13
C
feel
Em
C
I'd kill to move your face an inch
Em
C
I see you staring into space
Em
D
I wanna stick my fist into your mouth
And twist your Arctic heart
Verse 14
Em
C
I don't mean kill someone for real
Em
C
I couldn't do that, it is wrong
Em
A
But I can say it in a song, a song, a song
Verse 15
C
now
Em
A
Somebody else will know,
Verse 16
know, know, know
Die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die
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