Chords for Chris Cornell - Cleaning My Gun (Songbook)
Tempo:
89.1 bpm
Chords used:
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G
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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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]
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]
Key:
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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] _ _ _
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] _ _ _