Chords for Chris Cornell - Cleaning My Gun (Songbook)

Tempo:
89.1 bpm
Chords used:

Am

F

C

G

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Chris Cornell - Cleaning My Gun (Songbook) chords
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[C] Here's a song I wrote a [Bb] while ago.
It's never been on anything.
I just play it live every [C] once in a while.
[Bm] There's [C] songs like that.
[Bb] It's called Cleaning My Gun.
It's about [C] a guy who
[G] loses the love of his life [A] and decides to maybe possibly [Am] take out, take himself out, maybe.
Or [Ab] at least he's thinking [B] about it.
He's writing [C] a song is what he's doing, so.
You [Am]
[F] [Am] [Dm] [F] [C]
[G] [Am] [F]
[Am] [Dm] [F] [C]
[G] [Am] were nowhere deeply, you [Dm] were nowhere
[Am] [Dm] far away.
[C]
[G] You were [Am] nowhere gently, you were [F] nowhere far [Dm] away.
[F] [Dm]
[Am] But [Dm] somewhere in the ashes [Am] of [Bb] this burning
[A]
lovers [G] [F] game.
[C] [G]
Somehow [Am] you decided [G] you [Dm] would find another flame.
[F] And as you [C] lay sleeping [A] with [Eb] your eyes [Bb] softly shut,
I [C] will be [Am] cleaning my gun.
[F]
[D] Cleaning my gun.
[F] Heaven or hell [Am] takes this life.
[D] I'll be done.
[C] Never [Am] lied to me, never said you'd [F] be [Am] around [Dm] for long.
[C] Somehow [Am] I believed that you [G] would [F] be my only [Dm] one.
[F]
[Am] You [Dm] know where I'm going [C] and you [Bb] know where [A] I'm coming [G] [F]
[Am] from.
[C] [G] All [Am] this train is slowing, coming [Dm] to its final [F] destination.
And as you [C] lay sleeping with [Eb] your [Bb] eyes softly shut,
[C] I will be [Am] cleaning my gun.
[F] Cleaning [D] my gun.
[F] Heaven or hell [A] takes this [G] life.
[D] I'll be done.
[C]
Cleaning [Am] my gun.
[F]
Cleaning [D] my gun.
[F] Heaven or hell [A] takes this [G] life.
[D] I'll be done.
[F]
[A] And as you [C] lay sleeping [Eb] with your [Bb] eyes softly shut,
[D]
I know it [A] ain't me that you're [E]
dreaming [B] of.
[C] [Am] Mama always told me your [Gm] love would [F] save me [Am] from [Dm] myself.
[F]
[C] [G] Daddy [Am] always said that [G] love would [F] take me [Dm] straight to [F] hell.
[C] [Dm] Sometimes they were righteous, [Am]
sometimes [Bb] they were [A] all [G] so [Am]
wrong.
[G] Cause [C] I'm cleaning [A] my gun.
[F] I'm [D] cleaning my gun.
[F] Heaven or hell [A] takes this [G] life.
[D] I'll be done.
[C] Cleaning [A] my gun.
[F] Cleaning [D] my gun.
[Dm] Heaven or hell takes [Am] this [G] life.
[D] I'll be done.
[Dm] Heaven or [Am] hell takes this [G] life.
I'll [D] be done.
I'll be done.
[C] [G] [E]
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Am
2311
F
134211111
C
3211
G
2131
Dm
2311
Am
2311
F
134211111
C
3211
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To learn Chris Cornell - (Recorded Live At Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, WI on April 23, 2011) Cleaning My Gun chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: Am, Dm, F, Am, G, Am, F, C, G, D, F and A. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 44 BPM before aiming for the song's 89 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of D Minor in mind.

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[C] _ _ Here's a song I wrote a [Bb] while ago.
It's never been on anything.
I just play it live every [C] once in a while.
_ [Bm] There's [C] songs like that. _
_ [Bb] It's called Cleaning My Gun.
It's about [C] a guy who
[G] loses the love of his life [A] and decides to maybe possibly [Am] take out, take himself out, maybe.
Or [Ab] at least he's thinking [B] about it.
He's writing [C] a song is what he's doing, so.
_ You [Am] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [Am] were nowhere deeply, you [Dm] were nowhere _
[Am] _ [Dm] far away.
_ _ [C] _ _
[G] You were [Am] nowhere gently, you were [F] nowhere far [Dm] away.
_ [F] _ [Dm] _ _
[Am] But [Dm] somewhere in the ashes [Am] of [Bb] this burning
[A] _
lovers [G] [F] game.
_ [C] _ _ [G]
Somehow [Am] you decided [G] you [Dm] would find _ another flame.
[F] _ _ _ And as you [C] lay sleeping [A] with [Eb] your _ eyes [Bb] softly shut,
I [C] will be [Am] cleaning my gun.
_ _ [F] _ _
[D] Cleaning my gun.
_ [F] Heaven or hell [Am] takes this life.
[D] _ I'll be done. _
_ [C] _ _ Never [Am] lied to me, never said you'd [F] be [Am] around [Dm] for long. _
_ [C] _ _ Somehow [Am] I believed that you [G] would [F] be my _ only [Dm] one.
_ [F] _
_ _ [Am] You [Dm] know where I'm going [C] and you [Bb] know where [A] I'm coming [G] _ _ [F]
[Am] from.
[C] _ _ [G] All [Am] this train is slowing, coming [Dm] to its _ final [F] destination. _
_ _ And as you [C] lay sleeping with [Eb] your _ _ [Bb] eyes softly shut,
[C] I will be _ [Am] cleaning my gun.
_ [F] _ Cleaning [D] my _ gun.
[F] Heaven or hell [A] takes this [G] life.
[D] I'll be done.
_ _ [C] _ _
Cleaning [Am] my gun.
_ [F] _ _
Cleaning [D] my gun.
_ [F] Heaven or hell [A] takes this [G] life.
[D] I'll be done.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[A] And as you [C] lay sleeping _ [Eb] with your _ _ [Bb] eyes softly shut,
[D] _
I know it [A] ain't me that you're [E] _
_ dreaming [B] _ _ _ of.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] Mama always told me your [Gm] love would [F] save me [Am] from [Dm] _ myself.
[F] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] Daddy [Am] always said that [G] love would [F] take me _ [Dm] straight to [F] hell.
_ _ _ [C] [Dm] Sometimes they were righteous, [Am]
sometimes [Bb] they were _ [A] all [G] so _ [Am] _
_ wrong.
[G] Cause [C] I'm cleaning [A] my gun.
_ _ [F] _ I'm [D] cleaning my gun.
_ [F] Heaven or hell [A] takes this [G] life.
[D] I'll be done. _ _
[C] _ _ Cleaning [A] my gun.
[F] _ _ Cleaning [D] my _ gun.
[Dm] Heaven or hell takes [Am] this [G] life.
[D] I'll be done.
_ _ [Dm] Heaven or [Am] hell takes this [G] life.
I'll [D] be done. _
I'll _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ be done.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _

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