Chords for Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Shot With His Own Gun (1981) [+Lyrics]
Tempo:
119.75 bpm
Chords used:
Am
Dm
D
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Dm] [Am]
[D] [B] [Dm]
[Em] [Am] [D]
[B] [Dm]
[Am] How [Em] does it feel [F] now you've been [D] undressed by a man with a [G] mind like a gutter [Ab] press?
So [Am] disappointed [D] to find [G] it's no [D] big sin, [G]
[D] lying skin [G] to skin.
[A] [C]
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his own gun, [Dm]
now dad [Am] is keeping [G] mum.
[D]
[Dm] Shot with [Am] his [Fm] own gun, [D]
[Ab] now [Gb] [Ebm] somebody has [Gb] to pay for [D] the one who got [Bb] [F] away.
[Am] [Em] What's on his mind [F] now is [C] anyone's guess, [Dm] losing [C] his [G] touch with each [C] caress.
[Abm] Spend [Am] every evening [D] looking so [G] appealing, [D] he comes [G] without warning, [D] leaves without feeling.
[A] [C] [Dm] Shot [Am] with his own gun, [Dm] now dad [Am] is keeping [Gb] mum.
[D] [Am] Shot with his own [Fm] gun, [D] [Ab]
[Bbm] on [Ebm] your marks, men, ready, [Gb]
set, let's [D] get loaded and [Bb]
forget.
[F]
The [Em] little cop who [F] got in [C] the way, [Dm] and he [C] got hit by [G] an [C] emotional [Ab] ricochet.
It's a [Am] bit more [D] now than dressing [G] up, [D] darling, [G] they are in high [D] seas, so [Ab] melancholy.
[A] [C]
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his own [E] gun, now [Am] dad is [Gb] keeping [G] mum.
[Dm] [Am] Shot with his own [Fm] gun,
[Ab] oh, [Gb] it's [Ebm] too sad to [Gb] be true, your [D] blue murder's [Bb] killing you.
[F]
[Am]
[Em] [F] [C] [Dm] [C]
[G] [C] [Am]
[D] [G] [Gb] [G]
[D] [G] [Em]
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his own [G] gun,
[Dm] [E] [Am]
[Dm] now [Am] dad is [C] keeping mum.
[Bm]
[Dm] [E] [Em]
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his [G] own gun, [Bm]
[Dm] [E] [C]
[Dm] now [Am] dad is keeping [G] mum.
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [Am] [G] [Bm]
[Dm]
[G]
[D] [B] [Dm]
[Em] [Am] [D]
[B] [Dm]
[Am] How [Em] does it feel [F] now you've been [D] undressed by a man with a [G] mind like a gutter [Ab] press?
So [Am] disappointed [D] to find [G] it's no [D] big sin, [G]
[D] lying skin [G] to skin.
[A] [C]
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his own gun, [Dm]
now dad [Am] is keeping [G] mum.
[D]
[Dm] Shot with [Am] his [Fm] own gun, [D]
[Ab] now [Gb] [Ebm] somebody has [Gb] to pay for [D] the one who got [Bb] [F] away.
[Am] [Em] What's on his mind [F] now is [C] anyone's guess, [Dm] losing [C] his [G] touch with each [C] caress.
[Abm] Spend [Am] every evening [D] looking so [G] appealing, [D] he comes [G] without warning, [D] leaves without feeling.
[A] [C] [Dm] Shot [Am] with his own gun, [Dm] now dad [Am] is keeping [Gb] mum.
[D] [Am] Shot with his own [Fm] gun, [D] [Ab]
[Bbm] on [Ebm] your marks, men, ready, [Gb]
set, let's [D] get loaded and [Bb]
forget.
[F]
The [Em] little cop who [F] got in [C] the way, [Dm] and he [C] got hit by [G] an [C] emotional [Ab] ricochet.
It's a [Am] bit more [D] now than dressing [G] up, [D] darling, [G] they are in high [D] seas, so [Ab] melancholy.
[A] [C]
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his own [E] gun, now [Am] dad is [Gb] keeping [G] mum.
[Dm] [Am] Shot with his own [Fm] gun,
[Ab] oh, [Gb] it's [Ebm] too sad to [Gb] be true, your [D] blue murder's [Bb] killing you.
[F]
[Am]
[Em] [F] [C] [Dm] [C]
[G] [C] [Am]
[D] [G] [Gb] [G]
[D] [G] [Em]
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his own [G] gun,
[Dm] [E] [Am]
[Dm] now [Am] dad is [C] keeping mum.
[Bm]
[Dm] [E] [Em]
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his [G] own gun, [Bm]
[Dm] [E] [C]
[Dm] now [Am] dad is keeping [G] mum.
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm] [Am] [G] [Bm]
[Dm]
[G]
Key:
Am
Dm
D
G
C
Am
Dm
D
_ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] How [Em] does it feel [F] now you've been [D] undressed by a man with a [G] mind like a gutter [Ab] press?
So [Am] disappointed [D] to find [G] it's no [D] big sin, [G] _
[D] lying skin [G] to skin.
[A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his own gun, _ [Dm]
now dad [Am] is keeping [G] mum.
_ [D] _
[Dm] Shot with [Am] his [Fm] own gun, _ [D] _ _
[Ab] now [Gb] _ _ [Ebm] somebody has [Gb] to pay for [D] the one who got [Bb] _ [F] away. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [Em] What's on his mind [F] now is [C] anyone's guess, [Dm] losing [C] his [G] touch with each [C] caress.
[Abm] Spend [Am] every evening [D] looking so [G] appealing, [D] he comes [G] without warning, [D] leaves without feeling.
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] Shot [Am] with his own gun, _ [Dm] now dad [Am] is keeping [Gb] mum.
[D] _ _ _ [Am] Shot with his own [Fm] gun, _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] on [Ebm] your marks, men, ready, [Gb]
set, let's [D] get loaded and [Bb]
forget.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The [Em] little cop who [F] got in [C] the way, [Dm] and he [C] got hit by [G] an [C] emotional [Ab] ricochet.
It's a [Am] bit more [D] now than dressing [G] up, [D] darling, [G] they are in high [D] seas, so _ _ [Ab] melancholy.
[A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his own [E] gun, _ now [Am] dad is [Gb] keeping [G] mum. _ _
[Dm] _ [Am] Shot with his own [Fm] gun, _ _
_ _ [Ab] oh, [Gb] it's [Ebm] too sad to [Gb] be true, your [D] blue _ murder's [Bb] killing you.
_ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his own [G] gun, _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] now [Am] dad is [C] keeping mum.
[Bm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his [G] own gun, [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
[Dm] now [Am] dad is keeping [G] mum. _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] How [Em] does it feel [F] now you've been [D] undressed by a man with a [G] mind like a gutter [Ab] press?
So [Am] disappointed [D] to find [G] it's no [D] big sin, [G] _
[D] lying skin [G] to skin.
[A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his own gun, _ [Dm]
now dad [Am] is keeping [G] mum.
_ [D] _
[Dm] Shot with [Am] his [Fm] own gun, _ [D] _ _
[Ab] now [Gb] _ _ [Ebm] somebody has [Gb] to pay for [D] the one who got [Bb] _ [F] away. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [Em] What's on his mind [F] now is [C] anyone's guess, [Dm] losing [C] his [G] touch with each [C] caress.
[Abm] Spend [Am] every evening [D] looking so [G] appealing, [D] he comes [G] without warning, [D] leaves without feeling.
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] Shot [Am] with his own gun, _ [Dm] now dad [Am] is keeping [Gb] mum.
[D] _ _ _ [Am] Shot with his own [Fm] gun, _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bbm] on [Ebm] your marks, men, ready, [Gb]
set, let's [D] get loaded and [Bb]
forget.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The [Em] little cop who [F] got in [C] the way, [Dm] and he [C] got hit by [G] an [C] emotional [Ab] ricochet.
It's a [Am] bit more [D] now than dressing [G] up, [D] darling, [G] they are in high [D] seas, so _ _ [Ab] melancholy.
[A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his own [E] gun, _ now [Am] dad is [Gb] keeping [G] mum. _ _
[Dm] _ [Am] Shot with his own [Fm] gun, _ _
_ _ [Ab] oh, [Gb] it's [Ebm] too sad to [Gb] be true, your [D] blue _ murder's [Bb] killing you.
_ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his own [G] gun, _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] now [Am] dad is [C] keeping mum.
[Bm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] Shot [Am] with his [G] own gun, [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
[Dm] now [Am] dad is keeping [G] mum. _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _