Chords for James Taylor - Machine Gun Kelly by Danny Kortchmar (BBC in Concert, Nov 13, 1971)
Tempo:
150.35 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[G] [D]
I'd like to invite a very good friend of mine to be on TV with me, Mr.
Danny Cooch.
[A] [D]
[G]
[D]
We're gonna do a tune right now that he wrote.
It's a tune about a bad name, a bad man.
The name is Sheen Gun Kelly.
Sheen Gun Kelly was just a simple, you know, run-of-the-mill low-rate thief
until he ran into his old lady, Catherine Kelly, and married her.
And she had eyes to make it real big, you know, so
She had him [G] out ripping off bigger establishments and
She had him murdering and kidnapping people and practicing that submachine gun and stuff like that.
So there's a moral to this story, and that's if anyone ever tells you
to rob a bank or kidnap someone or murder anybody, you just tell them to go to hell.
That's [D] what I always do.
[E] [G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [Cm]
[G] [D] [Cm]
[G] [D] [Cm]
[G] [D] [G]
I'll tell you about Machine Gun Kelly, [D] who rode along the [G] outlaw trail.
[D] Machine Gun Kelly [G] was a simple man, [D] but the woman was as [G] hard as hell.
[D] Watch [G] out, Machine Gun, [C]
[G] don't let her run [D] you round.
[B]
[D] [A] Don't let a woman put you six [C] feet in [G] the ground.
[C] [G] Machine Gun.
[D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
I'm talking about [G] Catherine Kelly's [D] old time being such [G] small time, y'all.
Figured they'd kidnap a rich man's [D] son and maybe make it in the world [G] of crime.
[D] Watch [G] out, Machine Gun, [C] [G] don't let her run [D] you round.
[G] [D]
[A] Don't let a woman make you about [C] to be [G] a clown.
[C]
[G] Machine Gun.
[D] [C] [G]
[D]
[G] Watch out, Machine [C] Gun Kelly, [G] be [D] careful about what you [C] do, [D] y'all.
[E] If you keep listening [B]
to [E] your old lady, [D] there ain't [A] no telling [C]
what'll happen [G] to you.
[C] [G]
Machine [Dm] Gun.
[D]
Government boys came [G] for Machine Gun, [D] they put the poor [G] boy away.
[D] They stuck him in a hole in [G] Leavenworth prison [D] where he lived until his dying day.
Watch [G] out, Machine Gun, don't let her run [D] you round.
[G]
[D] [A] Don't let a woman put you six [C] feet in the [G] ground.
[C] [G] Machine [D] Gun.
[C] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
Watch [C] out, Machine [D] Gun.
[N]
[G] [D]
I'd like to invite a very good friend of mine to be on TV with me, Mr.
Danny Cooch.
[A] [D]
[G]
[D]
We're gonna do a tune right now that he wrote.
It's a tune about a bad name, a bad man.
The name is Sheen Gun Kelly.
Sheen Gun Kelly was just a simple, you know, run-of-the-mill low-rate thief
until he ran into his old lady, Catherine Kelly, and married her.
And she had eyes to make it real big, you know, so
She had him [G] out ripping off bigger establishments and
She had him murdering and kidnapping people and practicing that submachine gun and stuff like that.
So there's a moral to this story, and that's if anyone ever tells you
to rob a bank or kidnap someone or murder anybody, you just tell them to go to hell.
That's [D] what I always do.
[E] [G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [Cm]
[G] [D] [Cm]
[G] [D] [Cm]
[G] [D] [G]
I'll tell you about Machine Gun Kelly, [D] who rode along the [G] outlaw trail.
[D] Machine Gun Kelly [G] was a simple man, [D] but the woman was as [G] hard as hell.
[D] Watch [G] out, Machine Gun, [C]
[G] don't let her run [D] you round.
[B]
[D] [A] Don't let a woman put you six [C] feet in [G] the ground.
[C] [G] Machine Gun.
[D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
I'm talking about [G] Catherine Kelly's [D] old time being such [G] small time, y'all.
Figured they'd kidnap a rich man's [D] son and maybe make it in the world [G] of crime.
[D] Watch [G] out, Machine Gun, [C] [G] don't let her run [D] you round.
[G] [D]
[A] Don't let a woman make you about [C] to be [G] a clown.
[C]
[G] Machine Gun.
[D] [C] [G]
[D]
[G] Watch out, Machine [C] Gun Kelly, [G] be [D] careful about what you [C] do, [D] y'all.
[E] If you keep listening [B]
to [E] your old lady, [D] there ain't [A] no telling [C]
what'll happen [G] to you.
[C] [G]
Machine [Dm] Gun.
[D]
Government boys came [G] for Machine Gun, [D] they put the poor [G] boy away.
[D] They stuck him in a hole in [G] Leavenworth prison [D] where he lived until his dying day.
Watch [G] out, Machine Gun, don't let her run [D] you round.
[G]
[D] [A] Don't let a woman put you six [C] feet in the [G] ground.
[C] [G] Machine [D] Gun.
[C] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
Watch [C] out, Machine [D] Gun.
[N]
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ _ I'd like to invite a very good friend of mine to be on TV with me, Mr.
Danny Cooch. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ We're gonna do a tune right now that he wrote. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It's a tune about a bad name, a bad man. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The name is Sheen Gun Kelly. _ _
_ _ Sheen Gun Kelly was just a simple, _ you know, run-of-the-mill low-rate thief
until he ran into his old lady, Catherine Kelly, and _ married her.
And she had eyes to make it real big, you know, so_
She had him [G] out ripping off bigger _ _ establishments _ and_
_ She had him _ murdering and kidnapping people and practicing that submachine gun and stuff like that.
_ So there's a moral to this story, and that's if anyone ever tells you
to _ rob a bank or kidnap someone or murder anybody, you just tell them to go to hell.
That's [D] what I always do.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ I'll tell you about Machine Gun Kelly, _ [D] who rode along the [G] outlaw trail.
_ [D] Machine Gun Kelly [G] was a simple man, [D] but the woman was as [G] hard as hell.
[D] Watch [G] out, Machine Gun, [C] _
[G] don't let her run [D] you round.
_ [B] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] Don't let a woman put you six [C] feet in [G] the ground.
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] Machine Gun.
[D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
I'm talking about [G] Catherine Kelly's [D] old time being such [G] small time, y'all.
Figured they'd kidnap a rich man's [D] son and maybe make it in the world [G] of crime.
[D] Watch [G] out, Machine Gun, _ [C] _ [G] don't let her run [D] you round.
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] Don't let a woman make you about [C] to be [G] a clown.
_ _ [C] _ _
[G] Machine Gun.
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Watch out, Machine [C] Gun Kelly, [G] _ be [D] careful about what you [C] do, [D] y'all.
[E] If you keep listening [B]
to [E] your old lady, [D] there ain't [A] no telling [C]
what'll happen [G] to you.
_ [C] _ _ [G]
Machine [Dm] Gun.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Government boys came [G] for Machine Gun, [D] they put the poor [G] boy away.
_ _ [D] They stuck him in a hole in [G] Leavenworth prison [D] where he lived until his dying day.
Watch [G] out, Machine Gun, _ don't let her run [D] you round.
_ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] Don't let a woman put you six [C] feet in the [G] ground.
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] Machine [D] Gun. _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ Watch [C] out, Machine [D] Gun. _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'd like to invite a very good friend of mine to be on TV with me, Mr.
Danny Cooch. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ We're gonna do a tune right now that he wrote. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It's a tune about a bad name, a bad man. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The name is Sheen Gun Kelly. _ _
_ _ Sheen Gun Kelly was just a simple, _ you know, run-of-the-mill low-rate thief
until he ran into his old lady, Catherine Kelly, and _ married her.
And she had eyes to make it real big, you know, so_
She had him [G] out ripping off bigger _ _ establishments _ and_
_ She had him _ murdering and kidnapping people and practicing that submachine gun and stuff like that.
_ So there's a moral to this story, and that's if anyone ever tells you
to _ rob a bank or kidnap someone or murder anybody, you just tell them to go to hell.
That's [D] what I always do.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ I'll tell you about Machine Gun Kelly, _ [D] who rode along the [G] outlaw trail.
_ [D] Machine Gun Kelly [G] was a simple man, [D] but the woman was as [G] hard as hell.
[D] Watch [G] out, Machine Gun, [C] _
[G] don't let her run [D] you round.
_ [B] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] Don't let a woman put you six [C] feet in [G] the ground.
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] Machine Gun.
[D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
I'm talking about [G] Catherine Kelly's [D] old time being such [G] small time, y'all.
Figured they'd kidnap a rich man's [D] son and maybe make it in the world [G] of crime.
[D] Watch [G] out, Machine Gun, _ [C] _ [G] don't let her run [D] you round.
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] Don't let a woman make you about [C] to be [G] a clown.
_ _ [C] _ _
[G] Machine Gun.
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Watch out, Machine [C] Gun Kelly, [G] _ be [D] careful about what you [C] do, [D] y'all.
[E] If you keep listening [B]
to [E] your old lady, [D] there ain't [A] no telling [C]
what'll happen [G] to you.
_ [C] _ _ [G]
Machine [Dm] Gun.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Government boys came [G] for Machine Gun, [D] they put the poor [G] boy away.
_ _ [D] They stuck him in a hole in [G] Leavenworth prison [D] where he lived until his dying day.
Watch [G] out, Machine Gun, _ don't let her run [D] you round.
_ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] Don't let a woman put you six [C] feet in the [G] ground.
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] Machine [D] Gun. _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ Watch [C] out, Machine [D] Gun. _ _
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