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Barrel of a Gun Guitar Tablature
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Real Name: Alan Kells
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"Barrel of the gun"
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By the Levellers


Chords:
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       Am     Asus7     F     G     D     C
       --     -----     -     -     -     -
e:     0       0        1     3     2     0
H:     1       0        1     0     3     1
G:     2       2        2     0     2     0
D:     2       2        3     0     0     2
A:     0       0              2           3
E:                            3


Intro:
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With Asus7, Am and muted strings.

Verse 1:
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Am
   In a strange land

C G               Am Asus7
   far from these shores

Am
   lay two men and a women

C G               Am Asus7
    killed by the law

Chorus:
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F                G
  No matter what country

F           G
  under the sun

F                 G
  you can't meter justice

G                          Am Asus7
   through the barrel of a gun

Verse 2:
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Am
   A car bomb they say

C D	      G       Am  Asus7
    the S.A.S. on offence

Am
   shot in the back

C D       G       Am Asus7
    makes no difference

Chorus
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(exchange last chorus line with the bridge)

Bridge:
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G                         Am  C  G
  through the barrel of a g - u - n

  Am  C   G    Am Asus7
a g - u - n


Am
   Shoot to kill

C D      G          Am        Asus7
   'till both sides have their fill

Am
   'till both sides

C D  G          Am Asus7
     have their martyrs

Am
   and all the kids

C D  G       Am Asus7
     have no fathers

Chorus
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Outro:
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C          Am	 C	    Am
'till your mothers have no sons

C          Am     G
'till your battle it is won

C          Am    C         Am
'till both sides they have lost

C       Am    G
all the blood that it cost

Chorus
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Am
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