Guns Napoleon - John Mark McMillan

Guns Napoleon

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Capo 2
 
Intro:
A D
 
Verso 1:
A
You’re sinking all my ships
D
You’re climbing all my fences
A
The storm upon my gate
D
The breach in my defenses
 
Pre-Refrão
 
F#m D
Like the sun against the morning
A E
You set your face against the doors in
F#m D
All the houses where I run
A E
And I’m laying down my guns
 
[Refrão]
D E
And you keep coming on
C#m D
Like Napoleon
D E
And I’ll lose my head and throne
C#m D
In the bloody revolution
 
A D
You fill the hollows of the halls
F#m E
In the houses where I walk
A D
You’re hanging pictures on the walls
F#m E
In the houses where I haunt
 
Verso 2:
A
You’re standing on my harbor
D
You’re landing on my shore
A
I’m handing down my armor
D
I’m landing on my sword
 
Pre-Refrão 2:
F#m D
On the brink of kingdom come
A E
And I’m standing in the flood
F#m D
Of everything I ever was
A E
And I’m laying down my guns
 
Instrumental:
A
 
A
Love can break your bones
 
Broken bones sing songs
D F#m
I’m laying down my guns
E
So I can sing along
 
Outro:
A D

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