Chord/Tab song: Giving Up the Gun

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GIVING UP THE GUN - Vampire Weekend


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Tabbed by: clementgb
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

The whole song is based on the same pattern :

[A] [-] [F#m] [-] [E] [-] [D]

CHORUS :

[A] Your sword?s grown [F#m]old and rusty
[E]Burnt beneath the [D]rising sun
[A] It?s locked up [F#m]like a trophy
For[E]getting all the [D]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] And I felt com[D]plete

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] Your sword?s grown [F#m]old and rusty
[E]Burnt beneath the [D]rising sun
[A] It?s locked up [F#m]like a trophy
For[E]getting all the [D]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] Where skinheads used to [D]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] Your sword?s grown [F#m]old and rusty
[E]Burnt beneath the [D]rising sun
[A] It?s locked up [F#m]like a trophy
For[E]getting all the [D]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] I see you [F#m]shine in your way
Go [E]on, go on, go [D]on

CHORUS :

[A] Your sword?s grown [F#m]old and rusty
[E]Burnt beneath the [D]rising sun
[A] It?s locked up [F#m]like a trophy
For[E]getting all the [D]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