Badge And Gun(Chords)

	        C 
   give me my badge and gun 
            F               C 
give me the road that i may run 
                                                  G 
give me that peaceful, wandering-free i used to know. 
    C                               F             D7 
i've waited all i can, but i'm just not a patient man 
               C               G            C 
man, i've been hiding here for 7 months or so. 

F                                 Am 
hand me down my coat and hat, and grab the winter one at that 
    F                              G 
you never know how long i'll be away. 

( G  C  G  G  C  A7  G  D  G ) 

C 
give me my badge and gun 
           F                   C 
give me the songs that i once sung 
                                                      G 
give me those jet black, kick-back, lay down nights alone (those lay down nights alone) 
     C 
this house is safe and warm 
            F                D7 
but i was made to chase the storm 
            C                       G           C 
taking the whole world on with big ol' empty arms. 

F 
tell my friends i tried my best 
     Am 
that one day i just up and left 
      F                         G 
they probably saw it coming anyway(what can i say) 
hey, hey. 

( C  F  C  G  G  F  D7  C  G  C ) 
(ooo's) 

F 
the lock is on the cellar door 
  Am 
i can't remember what it's for 
  F                                     G 
i ain't been down those stairs in oh so long 
so, so long. 

C 
give me my badge and gun 
            F 
give me the road that i must run 
                                                 G 
give me that peaceful, wandering-free i used to know 
   C                            F               D7 
a copy of your key is hanging where it used to be 
                 C            D 
good as you've always been to me 
     C               D 
the life i need to lead 
    c                    D                  G 
is somewhere out there calling over those hills
	        

Written by John Mayer