Blood On My Shirt
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
2nd traste
Capo II
[Verse]
F C
Well, I don't know how I ever got here
E7 Am
Leanin' against this wall
F C
A blindfold stretched from ear to ear
G G7
As I hear her yell out the call
F C
"Boys steady your rifles high
E7 Am
And use a steady eye
F C
Put that bullet right through his heart
G G7
Let his all watch him die"
[Refrain]
C C/B Am
And if the whiskey don't kill me
F G C
I bet that my heart did
[Verse]
F C
A series of bangs and a lot of smoke
E7 Am
Left me lying in the dirt
F C
Booze on my breath and blood on my shirt
G G7
But for some reason it didn't hurt
F C
I knew right then that they had missed
E7 Am
But they shot me in the chest
F C
Had no conclusions, no not one guess
G G7
For the marksmen were the best
[Refrain]
C C/B Am
If the whiskey don't kill me
F G C
I bet that my heart did
[Guitar solo]
F C E7 Am
F C G G7
[Verse]
F C
Then they left me thinking that I had died
E7 Am
Lying there on my side
F C
Giving your heart - it is suicide
G G7
But this time, it kept me alive
F C
So she stole my heart and rode away
E7 Am
That's how the story goes
F C
She still has it to this day
G G7
But I still don't think she knows
[Refrain]
C C/B Am
And if the whiskey don't kill me
F G C
I bet that my heart did
[Guitar solo]
F C E7 Am
F C G G7
End on C
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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