Son Of A Gun
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
1st traste
"Son of a Gun" - Sanford Clark
Single, released 1959
[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JOFnHFU674 [!]
[!] Capo on 1st fret [!]
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A D A E
It hurts to be told when you're not very old
A D A
That you're an outlaw's son
D A E
And the older you get, they won't let you forget
D E A
That you're the son of a gun
[Chorus]
F#m A
A bad, bad gun
E A
The son of a gun
[Verse 2]
A D A E
And then you meet someone so sweet
A D A
And she says her heart you've won
D A E
But her old dad gets awfully mad
D E A
She'll marry no son of a gun
[Chorus]
F#m A
A bad, bad gun
E A
The son of a gun
[Verse 3]
A D A E
One day, her dad must face a bad
A D A
A bad outlaw with a gun
D A E
But you're quick on the draw and you save her pa
D E A
You no good son of a gun
[Chorus]
F#m A
A bad, bad gun
E A
You son of a gun
[Verse 4]
A D A E
Now everyone who is someone
A D A
Is proud of the outlaw's son
D A E
Now you're one of the crowd, her dad's so proud
D E A
She'll marry the son of a gun
[Chorus]
F#m A
A bad, bad gun
E A
The son of a gun
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