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Elephant Gun (ver. 2)

Beirut

RockAdvanced for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

BbmDiagram coming soon
Eb7Diagram coming soon
G#Diagram coming soon
C#Diagram coming soon
C#7Diagram coming soon
D#7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Bbm Eb7 G# C# C#7+ x2 
 
Bbm         D#7                 G# 
  If I was young, I'd flee this town 
            C#     C#7+  Bbm 
I'd bury my dreams underground 
      D#7             G#              C#  C#7+ Bbm 
As did I, we drink to die, we drink toni - i - ight 
         D#7            G#  
Far from home, elephant gun 
                C#   C#7+   Bbm 
Let's take them down one by one 
             D#7                 G# 
We'll lay it down, it's not been found, 
          C#  C#7+ Bbm 
it's not aro - o - ound 
             
             
Bbm        D#7       G#       C#    C#7+  Bbm  
   Let the seasons begin - it rolls right on  
        D#7        G#            C#  C#7+ Bbm 
Let the seasons begin - take the big king down    (2x) 
 
Bbm D#7 G# C# C#7+    (x4) 
 
Bbm D#7 G#  C# C#7+ Bbm 
 Oh oh   oh la la   la    (x4) 
 
Bbm D#7 G# C# C#7+    (x8) 
 
(Bbm D#7 G# C# C#7+) 
And it rips through the silence of our camp at night 
And it rips through the night oh la la la 
And it rips through the silence of our camp at night 
And it rips through the silence, all that is left is all that i hide  
 
Bbm D#7 G# C# C#7+

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Chord set

Bbm · Eb7 · G# · C# · C#7 · D#7

Practice tip

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