JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - 10.000 Maniacs merupakan grup band rock alternatif asal Amerika Serikat yang membawakan lagu berjudul “Gun Shy”.
Lagu berdurasi 4 menit 11 detik ini diciptakan oleh Natalie Merchant dan dirilis pada tahun 1987 melalui Elektra Records.
“Gun Shy” dimuat sebagai trek kedelapan dalam album studio ketiga band yang bertajuk In My Tribe.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Gun Shy” dari 10.000 Maniacs.
[Intro Chords]
G G G G
Am G D D
G
I always knew that you would take yourself far from home
Am G D
As soon as, as far as you could go
G
By the quarter inch cut of your hair and the army issued
Am G D
green For the past six weeks I can tell Where you've been
[Chorus #1]
G D C
For I knew, I could see it was all cut and dried
G Am G
to me There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside
D G D
your veins There is a world outside of this room
C G Am G
And when you meet it promise me that you won't meet
D
It with your gun
G Am
now, you are one, one of the brave few It's awful sad we
G D G
need Boys like you I hope the day never comes for here’s
Am G
your live round, son Stock and barrel, safety trigger
D
Here's your gun
[Chorus #2]
G D C
For I knew, I could see it was all cut and dried
G Am G
to me There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside
D G D
your veins There is a world outside of this room
C G Am G
And when you meet it promise me you won't meet
D G C
It with your gun taking aim no I don’t mean to argue
G C
That they've made a decent boy of you I don't
G D C
mean to spoil your home coming, but Baby brother you
G
would expect me to.
[4 bars of G]
Am G D
Stock and barrel, safety trigger here’s your gun
G
So now does your heart pitter-pat with that patriotic sound
Am G D
When you see the stripes of Old Glory waving
[Chorus #3]
G D C G
For I knew I could see It was all cut and dried to me
Am G
There was soldier's blue blood Streaming inside your
D G D
veins There's a world outside of this room And when
C G Am G
you meet it promise me you won't meet it With
D G C
your gun, taking aim For I don't mean, to argue That
G C G
they've made a decent boy of you I don't mean to spoil
D C D
your home coming My baby brother Jude
G C G C
No I don't mean to hurt you By saying this again
G D C
They're so good at making soldiers But they're not
G
as good at making Men