verse 1
F#7
B
Where'd you come from?
Mississippi
And your parents?
F#7
Very wealthy.
Where are they now?
Six feet under.
N.C.
But she was granted one more start
B/D# Ddim7 F#7/C# F#7
The convent of The Sacred Heart!
B
When'd you get here?
Ninteteen-Twenty
How old were you?
E6
Don't remember
Em6
Then what happened?
B/F#
I met Amos
F#7 N.C.
And he stole my heart away
B
Convinced me to elope one day
Interlude
B F#7 B F#7 B F#7 B F#7
"Oh you poor dear I can't believe what you have been through A convent girl! A run-away marriage!
F#7
Now tell us roxie..."
verse 2
B
Who's Fred Casely?
My ex-boyfriend.
Why'd you shoot him?
F#7
I was leavin'.
Was he angry?
Like a madman
N.C.
Still I said, "Fred, move along."
B/D# Ddim7 F#7 F#7
She knew that she was doin' wrong.
B
Then describe it.
He came toward me.
With the pistol?
E6
From my bureau.
Em6
Did you fight him?
B/F#
Like a tiger.
F#7 N.C.
He had strength and she had none.
B
And yet we both reached for the gun
Chorus 1
E
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both
Oh yes we both
B13
Oh yes, we both reached for
E
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, we both reached for the gun
B7 E
For the gun.
E
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes, they both
B13
Oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun
B7 E
for the gun.
Refrain #1
Am7 D7 Gmaj7 G6
Under-standable, understand able
Am7 D7 Gmaj7 G/D
Yes it's perfectly understandable
Am7 D7 Gmaj7 G6
Compre-hensible, Compre-hensible
B/F# F#7
Not a bit reprehensible
B7
It's so defensible
verse 3
C
How're you feeling?
Very frightened
Are you sorry?
G7
Are you kidding?
What's your statement?
All I'd say is
N.C.
Though my choo-choo jumped the track
C/E Ebdim7 G7/D G7
I'd give my life to bring him back
C
And?
Stay away from...
What?
Jazz and liquor...
And?
And the men who...
F6
What?
Play for fun...
Fm6
And what?
That's the thought that...
C/G
Yeah
F#m7-5
Came up-on me...
G7
When?
C
When we both reached for the gun!
Refrain #2
Am7 D7 G/D
Under-standable, understandable
Am D7 G
Yes, it's perfectly unders-tandable
Am D7 G G/D
Comprehensible, comprehensible
B/F# F#7
Not a bit reprehensible
B7/F# B7
It's so defensible!
Chorus 2
E6
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
B13
Oh yes, they both reached for
Let me hear it!
E6
The gun, the gun, the gun,
The gun
Oh yes, they both reached
For the gun
B7 E6
For the Gun.
E6
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
B13
Oh yes, they both reached for
E6
the gun, the gun,
The gun, the gun
Oh yes. They both reached
For the gun
B7 E6
For the gun.
F
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
C13
Oh yes, they both reached for
F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun
C7 F
For the gun.
F
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both
C13
Oh yes, reached for
F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
C7#9 N.C.
Both reached for the...gun
F F/E F/Eb F/E
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
F F/E F/Eb
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
F/E F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
F/Eb F/D F/Db
The gun, the gun, the gun
C7#9 F
Both reached for the gun