Standard tuning
No capo
Chords used:
e|-0----0----0----3-----------|
B|-1----0----1----0-----------|
G|-2----0----0----0-----------|
D|-2----2----2----0-----------|
A|-0----2----3----2-----------|
E|-0----0----0----3-----------|
[Am] [Em] [C] [G]
Picking pattern: (he uses this for the whole song but you could switch to chords after intro-2x)
e|-------0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------|
B|---------------1---------------1---------------0---------------0-|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0-----| and repeat
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|-0-------0-------0-------0---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
[Am]5, 4, 3, 2, [Em]1,
[Am]5, 4, 3, 2, [Em]1,
He [Am]holds the [C]gun ag[Am]ainst my [Em]head,
I [Am]close my [C]eyes, and [Am]bang, I am [Em]dead.
I [Am]know he [G]knows that [Am]he's killing me for [Em]mercy.
And here I [Am]go,
Oh, oh, oh, [C]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, [Em]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
And here I [Am]go,
Oh, oh, oh, [C]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, [Em]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
He [Am]holds my body in his arms, he [C]didn't mean to do no harm, and he [Am]holds me [Em]tight.
Oh, he [Am]did it all to spare me from the [C]awful things in life that come, and he [Am]cries and [Em]cries.[Am]
I [Am]know he [G]knows that [Am]he's killing me for [Em]mercy.
And here I [Am]go,
Oh, oh, oh, [C]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, [Em]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
And here I [Am]go,
Oh, oh, oh, [C]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, [Em]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
He [Am]holds my body in his arms, he [C]didn't mean to do no harm, and he [Am]holds me [Em]tight.
Oh, he [Am]did it all to spare me from the [C]awful things in life that come, and he [Am]cries and [Em]cries.
[Am]5, 4, 3, 2, [Em]1,
[Am]5, 4, 3, 2, [Em]1,
[Am]5, 4, 3, 2, [Em]1,
The gun is gone, and here I go.
No capo
Chords used:
e|-0----0----0----3-----------|
B|-1----0----1----0-----------|
G|-2----0----0----0-----------|
D|-2----2----2----0-----------|
A|-0----2----3----2-----------|
E|-0----0----0----3-----------|
[Am] [Em] [C] [G]
Picking pattern: (he uses this for the whole song but you could switch to chords after intro-2x)
e|-------0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------|
B|---------------1---------------1---------------0---------------0-|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0-----| and repeat
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|-0-------0-------0-------0---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
[Am]5, 4, 3, 2, [Em]1,
[Am]5, 4, 3, 2, [Em]1,
He [Am]holds the [C]gun ag[Am]ainst my [Em]head,
I [Am]close my [C]eyes, and [Am]bang, I am [Em]dead.
I [Am]know he [G]knows that [Am]he's killing me for [Em]mercy.
And here I [Am]go,
Oh, oh, oh, [C]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, [Em]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
And here I [Am]go,
Oh, oh, oh, [C]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, [Em]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
He [Am]holds my body in his arms, he [C]didn't mean to do no harm, and he [Am]holds me [Em]tight.
Oh, he [Am]did it all to spare me from the [C]awful things in life that come, and he [Am]cries and [Em]cries.[Am]
I [Am]know he [G]knows that [Am]he's killing me for [Em]mercy.
And here I [Am]go,
Oh, oh, oh, [C]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, [Em]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
And here I [Am]go,
Oh, oh, oh, [C]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, [Em]oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
He [Am]holds my body in his arms, he [C]didn't mean to do no harm, and he [Am]holds me [Em]tight.
Oh, he [Am]did it all to spare me from the [C]awful things in life that come, and he [Am]cries and [Em]cries.
[Am]5, 4, 3, 2, [Em]1,
[Am]5, 4, 3, 2, [Em]1,
[Am]5, 4, 3, 2, [Em]1,
The gun is gone, and here I go.