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Put The Gun Down

Andy Black

OtherMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×
Em
Am×
G
F

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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verse 1 
 
C                                       Em 
Here's where it starts, another night alone in the dark 
Am 
Hate is running through my veins 
G 
Steady now I'm takin' aim 
C                                       Em 
The darkness of day, all the skies are turning to grey 
                Am 
I can't tune the voices out 
                        G 
How'd they get so Goddamn loud? 
        Am                                      F 
Oh, cause there's a side, another side of me that can't get out 
Am                      G 
A darker side that no one knows about 
 
                C 
Can't anybody hear me? 
                Em 
Can't anybody see me? 
                Am 
Cause I think I lost my way 
G 
Put the gun down, Just put the gun down 
 
                C 
Will anybody watch me? 
                Em 
It's someone gonna stop me? 
                Am 
This could be my last mistake 
        G 
Put the gun down, just put the gun down, down 
 
 
verse 2 
 
C 
Here's where it ends 
                Em 
I'm never going back there again 
                        Am 
Cause everytime I'm standing by 
                G 
The shadows in my line of sight 
 
        C 
When does it stop? 
                Em 
Cause I'm living cold and shut off 
                Am                              G 
Even when I clench my fists, It's slipping through my fingertips 
                Am                              F 
Oh, cause there's a piece, there's a piece of me and it's missing now 
Am                                      G 
Yeah, there's is a piece of me that's breaking now 
 
 
        C 
Can't anybody hear me? 
                Em 
Can't anybody see me? 
                Am 
Cause I think I lost my way 
                G 
Put the gun down, Just put the gun down 
                C 
Will anybody watch me? 
                Em 
It's someone gonna stop me? 
                Am 
This could be my last mistake 
G 
Put the gun down, just put the gun down 
 
 
Bridge 
 
                Am 
That's when I look myself in the mirror 
        F 
Now I'm seeing things a little clearer 
        C 
Honest, I can't hide what's inside me 
        Am 
I said I'm tired of pointing the finger 
        F 
Tired of this hand holding the trigger 
C                       G 
Now I'm done with that, I gotta take one step back 
 
Can't anybody 
 
 
                C 
Can't anybody hear me? 
                Em 
Can't anybody see me? 
                Am 
Cause I think I lost my way 
        G 
Put the gun down, Just put the gun down 
 
                C 
Will anybody watch me? 
                Em 
It's someone gonna stop me? 
                Am 
This could be my last mistake 
        G 
Put the gun down, just put the gun down, down 
 
 
Reprise 
 
C                               Em 
Here's where it starts, another night alone in the dark 
Am 
Hate is running through my veins 
                G 
Steady now I'm takin' aim 
          
 

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Chord set

C · Em · Am · G · F

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.