Chords for Blood On the Risers(Gory Gory What a Helluva Way to Die)

Go, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom.
He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with pride.
He [C] checked all his equipment [Eb] and made sure his pack was tight.
He had to [Gm] sit and listen to those awful engines [G] roar.
You ain't gonna jump no _ more.
_ Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die.
[Bb] Gory, [Ab] gory, what a hell of a way to die.
_ Gory, [G] gory, what a hell of a way to die.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
_ Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. _
[D] _ Is everybody happy?
cried the sergeant looking up.
Our [Gm] hero feebly answered yes and then they stood him up.
He jumped into the ice, he blasted static, blind and poor.
[G] And he ain't gonna jump no _ more.
_ Gory, gory, [Ab] what a hell of a way to die.
[C] Gory, [G] gory, what a hell of a way to die.
_ Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
_ Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. _
_ _ He counted long, he counted [Gm] loud, he waited for the shock.
[Cm] He felt the wind, he felt the [Gm] cold, he felt the awful drop.
The silk from his reserve spilled out and wrapped around his [F] legs.
And he ain't gonna jump [G] no more.
_ _ Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die.
[Gm] _ Gory, gory, what a [G] hell of a way to die.
[G] _ Gory, gory, [A] what a hell of [E] a way to die.
He ain't gonna jump [Gm] no more.
_ Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. _
_ The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome.
[C] Suspension lines were tied and [G] knots around his skinny [Eb] bones.
The canopy became his shroud, he hurtled to the ground.
And he [G] ain't gonna jump no more.
_ _ Gory, gory, [C] what a hell of a [G] way to die.
[F] _ Gory, gory, [G] what a hell of a way to die.
_ Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
_ Zoom, zoom, [D] zoom, zoom. _
_ The days he lived and loved and loved kept running through his mind.
He [Cm] thought about the girl back [Eb] home, the one he left behind.
He [D] thought about the [Gm] medicals and wondered what they'd [F] find.
And he ain't gonna jump [Eb] no more.
_ _ Gory, [A] gory, what a hell of a way to die.
[C] _ Gory, gory, [G] what a hell of a way to die.
_ Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die.
[A] He ain't gonna jump no more.
_ Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. _
[G] _ The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild.
The [C] medics jumped and screamed with [G] glee, rolled up their sleeves and smiled.
For it had been a week or more since last a shoot had failed.
[Gb] And he ain't gonna jump [G] no more.
_ _ Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die.
[C] _ Gory, gory, [G] what a hell of a way to die.
_ Gory, gory, what a hell of a way [Gm] to die.
He ain't gonna jump no _ [G] more.
Zoom, zoom, zoom, _ _ _ zoom.
He hit the ground, the sound was flat, his blood was spurting high.
His [Cm] comrades, they were hurt to say, a hell of a way to die.
He laid a rolling brown in the welter of his gore.
And he ain't gonna jump no more. _
_ _ Gory, gory, what a [G] hell of a way to die.
[C] _ Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die.
_ Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die.
[E] He ain't gonna jump [Bb] no more.
_ _ There was blood upon the risers, there were brains [D] upon the [N] chutes.
_ _ Intestines were a [Bb]-dangling from his [E] _
paratrooper suit.
_ He was a mess, they picked [Bb] him up and poured him from his [Eb] boots.
And [F] he ain't [Gm] gonna jump no [G] _ more. _ _ _
_ Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die.
_ [C] _ Gory, gory, [G] what a hell of a way to die. _
_ Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die.
[Em] He ain't [Eb] gonna jump [Gb] [Gm] no more.
_ _ [N] _ _