I was looking at the first two versions of the tabs for this song and found that the
bar chords throughout the song sound better and won't give you carpel tunnel if a capo is
used and they are played as open chords. Also I added another chord that transitions well
from the last note of the pattern to the first which I can hear in the actual song.
This is my first tab, but a simple song, so here it goes.
Note: - the chords are placed directly above the syllable that should be sung.
Tabbed By: Sean Gambogi
Contact: Johnwirt@udel.edu
Chords Used:
[Em] - [D] - [Am] - [G] - ([D/F#])
Intro
[Em] [D] [Am] [G] x4
Verse 1
[Em] [D]
Mr. Dali Lamas
[Am] [G]
Another sister's shootin' heroin tomorrow
[Em] [D]
Amputees in Freetown
[Am]
Sierra Leone's
[G]
The church wasn't honest
[Em] [D]
The state put the youth in a harness
[Am] [G]
Creatin' hostility among us
[Em] [D]
Teacher said no college
[Am] [G] [Em]
Still the kid's gotta get a check with a couple commas
[D]
People wanna bomb us
[Am] [G] [Em]
More people gotta scatter and run from us
[D] [Am] [G] [D/F#]
Blame it on Zeus and Apollo and Adonis
Chorus
[Em]
But what you've done here
[D] [Am] [G]
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target
[Em]
And it won't be long before
[D] [Am] [G]
You're pulling yourself away
[Em]
What you've done here
[D] [Am] [G]
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target
[Em]
And it won't be long before
[D] [Am] [G]
You're pulling yourself away
Instrumental
[Em] [D] [Am] [G] x2
Verse 2
[Em] [D]
I've been knowing her for years
[Am] [G]
I've been seeing her for years
[Em] [D]
She got dark, dark wavy hair
[Am] [G]
With a voice like she just don't care
[Em] [D]
She got a skirt with a halter top
[Am] [G]
She got a dad who never gave a ****
[Em] [D]
She drinks a beer with her mom 'til dawn
[Am] [G]
She got knocked up in a pickup truck
[Em] [D]
But she got engaged when she was nineteen
[Am] [G]
To this dude who was acting insane
[Em] [D]
Had a .45 that he always cleaned
[Am] [G]
Said one day one day one too many days
[Em] [D]
Now she ducked and she ran away
[Am] [G]
Never to be heard from, never to be seen
[Em] [D]
I check the cover of a magazine
[Am] [G] [D/F#]
I'm just wondering how, just wondering
Chorus
[Em]
What you've done is
[D] [Am] [G]
Put yourself between a bullet and a target
[Em]
And it won't be long before
[D] [Am] [G]
You're pulling yourself away
[Em]
What you've done here
[D] [Am] [G]
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target
[Em]
And it won't be long before
[D] [Am] [G]
You're pulling yourself away
[Em]
What you've done here
[D] [Am] [G]
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target
[Em]
And it won't be long before
[D] [Am] [G]
You're pulling yourself away
[Em]
What you've done is
[D] [Am] [G]
Put yourself between a bullet and a target
[Em]
And it won't be long before
[D] [Am] [G]
You're pulling yourself away
Outro
[Em] [D] [Am] [G] (x a lot)
