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Giving Up The Gun by Vampire Weekend
Giving Up The Gun
I heard you play guitar
(01:51)
e|-17----------| - Tremolo
b|-------------|
g|-------------|
d|-------------|
a|-------------|
E|-------------|
down at a seedy bar
(01:53)
e|-------------|
b|-------------|
g|-14----------| - Tremolo
d|-------------|
a|-------------|
E|-------------|
where skinheads used to fight
I see you shine in your way
Go on, go on, go on
(02:55)
e|-5-4-0-2-0-----------------9-7-10-10-9-7-5-4-5-9-7-4-5---------------------|- Tremolo each note.
B|-----------3-2-0-0-3-2-----------------------------------------------------|- Tremolo each note.
G|-----------------------1-2-------------------------------------------------|- Tremolo each note.
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
The whole song is based on the same pattern :
A - F#m - E - D
CHORUS :
A F#m
Your sword’s grown old and rusty
E D
Burnt beneath the rising sun
A F#m
It’s locked up like a trophy
E D
Forgetting all the things it’s done
And though it’s been a long time
You’re right back where you started from
I see it in your eyes
That now you’re giving up the gun
VERSE :
A
When I was 17
F#m
I had wrists like steel
E D
And I felt complete
And now my body fades
Behind a brass charade
And I’m obsolete
But if the chance remained
To see those better days
I’d cut the cannons down
My ears are blown to bits
From all the rifle hits
But I still crave that sound
CHORUS :
A F#m
Your sword’s grown old and rusty
E D
Burnt beneath the rising sun
A F#m
It’s locked up like a trophy
E D
Forgetting all the things it’s done
And though it’s been a long time
You’re right back where you started from
I see it in your eyes
That now you’re giving up the gun
VERSE :
A
I heard you play guitar
F#m
Down at a seedy bar
E D
Where skinheads used to fight
Your Tokugawa smile
And your garbage style
Used to save the night
You felt the coming wave
Told me we’d all be brave
You said you wouldn’t flinch
But in the years that passed
Since I saw you last
You haven’t moved an inch
CHORUS :
A F#m
Your sword’s grown old and rusty
E D
Burnt beneath the rising sun
A F#m
It’s locked up like a trophy
E D
Forgetting all the things it’s done
And though it’s been a long time
You’re right back where you started from
I see it in your eyes
That now you’re giving up the gun
BRIDGE (x7):
A F#m
I see you shine in your way
E D
Go on, go on, go on
CHORUS :
A F#m
Your sword’s grown old and rusty
E D
Burnt beneath the rising sun
A F#m
It’s locked up like a trophy
E D
Forgetting all the things it’s done
And though it’s been a long time
You’re right back where you started from
I see it in your eyes
That now you’re giving up the gun
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version 2
CAPO 2
chords used:
G Em D C
e|-3-|-0-|-2-|-0-|
b|-3-|-0-|-3-|-1-|
g|-0-|-0-|-2-|-0-|
d|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|
a|-2-|-2-|-0-|-3-|
E|-3-|-0-|-2-|-0-|
chorus:
G Em D C
Your sword's grown old and rusty, burnt beneath the rising sun
G Em D C
It's locked up like a trophy, forgetting all the things it's done
G Em D C
And though it's been a long time, you're right back where you started from
G Em D C
I see it in your eyes that now you’re giving up the gun
verse 1:
G Em D C
When I was 17, I had wrists like steel and I felt complete
G Em D C
And now my body fades behind a brass charade and I'm obsolete
G Em D C
But if the chance remains to see those better days, I'd cut the cannons down
G Em D C
My ears are blown to bits from all the rifle hits, but still I crave that
sound
chorus:
G Em D C
Your sword's grown old and rusty, burnt beneath the rising sun
G Em D C
It's locked up like a trophy, forgetting all the things it's done
G Em D C
And though it's been a long time, you're right back where you started from
G Em D C
I see it in your eyes that now you’re giving up the gun
verse 2:
G Em D C
I heard you play guitar down at a seedy bar where skinheads used to fight
G Em D C
Your Tokugawa smile and your garbage style used to save the night
G Em D C
You felt the coming wave, told me we'd all be brave, you said you wouldn't
flinch
G Em D C
But in the years that passed since I saw you last, you haven't moved an inch
chorus:
G Em D C
Your sword's grown old and rusty, burnt beneath the rising sun
G Em D C
It's locked up like a trophy, forgetting all the things it's done
G Em D C
And though it's been a long time, you're right back where you started from
G Em D C
I see it in your eyes that now you’re giving up the gun
Bridge:
G Em
I see you shine in your way
D C
Go on, go on, go on (repeat)
chorus:
G Em D C
Your sword's grown old and rusty, burnt beneath the rising sun
G Em D C
It's locked up like a trophy, forgetting all the things it's done
G Em D C
And though it's been a long time, you're right back where you started from
G Em D C
I see it in your eyes that now you’re giving up the gun
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