Giving Up the Gun Chords & Lyrics by Vampire Weekend
Giving Up the Gun
guitar chords lyrics
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GIVING UP THE GUN - Vampire Weekend
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Tabbed by: clementgb
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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
