Misc Soundtrack

Chicago - We Both Reached For The Gun(Chords)

Misc Soundtrack

Key: F#

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verse 1 
F#7 

B 
Where'd you come from? 

Mississippi 

And your parents? 
F#7 
Very wealthy. 

Where are they now? 

Six feet under. 
        N.C. 
But she was granted one more start 
    B/D#    Ddim7  F#7/C# F#7 
The convent of The Sacred Heart! 
B 
 When'd you get here? 

Ninteteen-Twenty 

How old were you? 
E6 
  Don't remember 
Em6 
   Then what happened? 
B/F# 
    I met Amos 
F#7 N.C. 
And he stole my heart away 
   B 
Convinced me to elope one day 

Interlude 
B F#7 B F#7 B F#7 B F#7 

'Oh you poor dear I can't believe what you have been through A convent girl! A run-away marriage! 
F#7 
Now tell us roxie...' 

verse 2 
B 
Who's Fred Casely? 

My ex-boyfriend. 

Why'd you shoot him? 
F#7 
I was leavin'. 

Was he angry? 

Like a madman 
N.C. 
Still I said, 'Fred, move along.' 
    B/D#      Ddim7   F#7   F#7 
She knew that she was doin' wrong. 
B 
 Then describe it. 

He came toward me. 

With the pistol? 
E6 
  From my bureau. 
Em6 
   Did you fight him? 
B/F# 
    Like a tiger. 
F#7 N.C. 
He  had strength and she had none. 
    B 
And yet we both reached for the gun 

Chorus 1 
E 
 Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both 

Oh yes we both 
                B13 
Oh yes, we both reached for 
E 
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun 

Oh yes, we both reached for the gun 
B7      E 
For the gun. 

E 
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both 

Oh yes, they both 
                  B13 
Oh yes, they both reached for 

The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, 

Oh yes, they both reached for the gun 
B7      E 
for the gun. 

Refrain #1 
      Am7   D7         Gmaj7 G6 
Under-standable, understand  able 
         Am7   D7       Gmaj7 G/D 
Yes it's perfectly understandable 
       Am7  D7          Gmaj7 G6 
Compre-hensible, Compre-hensible 
      B/F#     F#7 
Not a bit reprehensible 
B7 
It's so defensible 

verse 3 
C 
How're you feeling? 

Very frightened 

Are you sorry? 
G7 
Are you kidding? 

What's your statement? 

All I'd say is 
N.C. 
Though my choo-choo jumped the track 
    C/E     Ebdim7  G7/D      G7 
I'd give my life to bring him back 
C 
And? 

Stay away from... 

What? 

Jazz and liquor... 

And? 

And the men who... 
F6 
What? 

Play for fun... 
    Fm6 
And what? 

That's the thought that... 
C/G 
Yeah 
        F#m7-5 
Came up-on me... 
G7 
When? 
                             C 
When we both reached for the gun! 

Refrain #2 
      Am7   D7             G/D 
Under-standable, understandable 
          Am     D7        G 
Yes, it's perfectly unders-tandable 
      Am   D7         G    G/D 
Comprehensible, comprehensible 
      B/F#     F#7 
Not a bit reprehensible 
B7/F#     B7 
It's so defensible! 

Chorus 2 
E6 
  Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both 

Oh yes, they both 
                  B13 
Oh yes, they both reached for 

Let me hear it! 
E6 
The gun, the gun, the gun, 

The gun 

Oh yes, they both reached 

For the gun 
B7      E6 
For the Gun. 
E6 
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both 

Oh yes, they both 
                  B13 
Oh yes, they both reached for 
E6 
the gun, the gun, 

The gun, the gun 

Oh yes. They both reached 

For the gun 
B7      E6 
For the gun. 

F 
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both 

Oh yes, they both 
                  C13 
Oh yes, they both reached for 
F 
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun 

Oh yes, they both reached for the gun 
C7      F 
For the gun. 
F 
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both 

Oh yes, they both 
        C13 
Oh yes, reached for 
F 
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun 

The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun 

The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun 
C7#9                   N.C. 
Both reached for the...gun 
F            F/E         F/Eb F/E 
The gun, the gun, the gun,    the gun 
    F        F/E           F/Eb 
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun 
         F/E          F 
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun 
F/Eb         F/D      F/Db 
The gun, the gun, the gun 
C7#9                 F 
Both reached for the gun
	        

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