Gun Street Girl Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Dm

Verse 1

Dm Falling James, in the Tahoe mud,

 Stick around to tell us all the A7tale.

 Well, he Dmfell in love with a Gun Street girl,

And now he's dancing in the Birmingham jail;

Dancing in the Birmingham jail.

Verse 2

 He Dmtook a hundred dollars off a, Slaughterhouse Joe,

 Brought a brand new Michigan A7twenty-gauge.

 He got Dmall liquored up on that road house corn,

Blew a hole in the hood of a yellow Corvette,

A hole in the hood of a yellow Corvette.

Interlude

Dm A7 Dm

Verse 3

 He bought a Dmsecond-hand Nova from a Cuban Chinese,

 And dyed his hair in the bathroom of a A7Texaco.

 With a pDmawnshop radio, quarter past four,

He left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door,

Left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door.

Chorus 1

 I said DmJohn, John; he's long gone,

Gone to Indiana; ain't never coming home.

I said John, John; he's long gone,

Gone to Indiana; ain't never coming home.

Verse 4

 He's Dmsitting in a sycamore, in St. John's wood,

 Soaking day-old bread in kero-A7sene.

 Well, he was Dmblue as a robin's egg and brown as a hog,

He's staying out of circulation, 'till the dogs get tired,

Out of circulation, 'ti'l the dogs get tired.

Verse 5

Dm Shadow fixed the toilet with an old trombone,

 He never get up in the morning on a A7Saturday.

Dm Sitting by the Erie with a bull-whipped dog,

Telling everyone he saw; "they went that-a-way, boys",

Telling everyone he saw; "they went that-a-way, boys".

Verse 6

 Now the Dmrain's like gravel on an old tin roof,

 Burlington Northern pulling A7out of the world.

 Now a Dmhead full of bourbon and a dream in the straw,

And a Gun Street girl was the cause of it all,

A Gun Street girl was the cause of it all.

Verse 7

 Well he's Dmriding in the shadow by the St. Joe ridge,

 Hearing the click-clack tapping of a A7blind man's cane.

 He was Dmpulling into Baker on a New Year's Eve,

One eye on a pistol and the other on the door,

One eye on a pistol and the other on the door.

Verse 8

 Miss DmCharlotte took her satchel down to King Fish Row,

 Smuggled in a brand new pair of A7alligator shoes,

 With her Dmfireman's raincoat and her long yellow hair,

Well, they tied her to a tree with a skinny millionaire,

They tied her to a tree with a skinny millionaire.

Chorus 2

 I said DmJohn, John; he's long gone,

Gone to Indiana; ain't never coming home.

I said John, John; he's long gone,

Gone to Indiana; ain't never coming home.

Verse 9

Dm Banging on the table with an old tin cup,

Sing; I'll never kiss a Gun Street girl again.

Never kiss a Gun Street girl again,

I'll never kiss a Gun Street girl again.

Chorus 3

 I said DmJohn, John; he's long gone,

Gone to Indiana; ain't never coming home.

I said John, John; he's long gone,

Gone to Indiana; ain't never coming home.

Outro

Dm

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

Dm A7

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