Machine Gun
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[Intro: ]F Am x2
Verse 1:
F Am
Tell me off in a letter
Dm Am
Completely ignore me
F Am
Getting high off of saying
Dm
Why you don't adore me?
Bb C F Am Gm
Baby please I'm well versed
Bb F/A C Dm
In how I might be cursed
F F Am C C/E
I don't need it articula---ted
Interlude: F--Am-- x2
Verse 2:
F
Stand in line wasting
Am Dm C
All of your time just to hate me
F Am
Every dime gone to ways
Dm
You can find that might bait me
Bb F Am Gm Bb
And drag me down sight set proudly
F/A C Dm F
Bring me to the ground see
F Am Bbm Eb
You love to be somebody's enemy
[Refrão]
Ab Ab/C C#
Maybe nobody loved you
Eb
when you were young
Ab Ab/C
Maybe boy when you
C# Eb C#
cry nobody ever comes
Bbm Fm
Will you try it once?
C# Ab/C
Give up the machine gun
C# Eb
Machine gun
Post chorus: F--Am-- x2
Verse 2:
F
Locked and loaded
Am
You're practically
Dm C
floating away now
F Am
In your fortress you feel like
Dm
You're more or less safe now
Bb F Am Gm
But let me say I don't mean harm
Bb F/A C Bb F
Oh but ba--by you'd be charming
F Bbm
if you'd come undone
Eb
Get back where you started from
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
Bbm C#
Never mind how you've rationed your time
Eb
And the battle is underway
Ab Ab/C C# Ab/C C#
May-----be times are gonna change
Bbm C#
Don't just hide in the silence behind
Eb F--Am-- x2
What you've really been trying to say
Verse 3:
F Am Gm Bb
What a skill baby aiming to kill me
F/A Bbm Eb
With words you don't mean
[Refrão]
Ab Ab/C C#
Maybe nobody loved you
Eb
when you were young
Ab Ab/C
Maybe boy when you
C# Eb C#
cry nobody ever comes
Bbm Fm
Will you try it once?
C# Ab/C
Give up the machine gun
Bbm Fm
Will you try it once?
C# Ab/C
Give up the machine gun
Bbm Fm
Will you try it once?
C# Ab/C
Give up the machine gun
C# Eb
Machine gun
Outro: F Am X4
How to play Machine Gun
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is F. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.