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Guns of Brixton

The Clash

Chords used in this song: Bm, F#m, G
BmChord: Bm
F#mChord: F#m
GChord: G
[Intro]
F#m  Bm  F#m  Bm
G  Bm  G  Bm
F#m  Bm  F#m  Bm
G  Bm  G  Bm


[Verse]
          F#m                Bm
When they kick at your front door
F#m           Bm
How you gonna come?
          G             Bm
With your hands on your head
          G               Bm
Or on the trigger of your gun


[Verse]
F#m                Bm
When the law break in
F#m           Bm
How you gonna go?
G                Bm
Shot down on the pavement
   G                Bm
Or waiting on death row


[Chorus]
        F#m
You can crush us
        Bm
You can bruise us
           F#m            Bm
But you'll have to answer to
G  Bm        G       Bm
Ooh, guns of Brixton


[Verse]
    F#m         Bm
The money feels good
         F#m              Bm
And your life you like it well
    G                     Bm
But surely your time will come
      G             Bm
As in heaven, as in hell


[Interlude]
F#m  Bm  F#m  Bm
G  Bm  G  Bm
F#m  Bm  F#m  Bm
G  Bm  G  Bm


[Verse]
    F#m                Bm
You see, he feels like Ivan
     F#m               Bm
Born under the Brixton sun
    G                 Bm
His game is called survival
       G                      Bm
At the end of the harder they come


[Verse]
    F#m              Bm
You know it means no mercy
     F#m               Bm
They caught him with a gun
   G                    Bm
No need for the Black Maria
    G                  Bm
Goodbye to the Brixton sun


[Chorus]
        F#m
You can crush us
        Bm
You can bruise us
           F#m            Bm
But you'll have to answer to
G  Bm        G       Bm
Ooh, guns of Brixton


[Interlude]
F#m  Bm  F#m  Bm
G  Bm  G  Bm


[Verse]
          F#m                Bm
When they kick at your front door
F#m           Bm
How you gonna come?
          G             Bm
With your hands on your head
          G               Bm
Or on the trigger of your gun


[Interlude]
F#m  Bm  F#m  Bm
G  Bm  G  Bm


[Chorus]
        F#m
You can crush us
        Bm        F#m
You can bruise us
                  Bm
And even shoot us
    G  Bm            G      Bm
But ooh, the guns of Brixton


[Verse]
F#m               Bm
Shot down on the pavement
F#m               Bm
Waiting in death row
    G           Bm
His game was survivin'
      G             Bm
As in heaven, as in hell


[Chorus]
        F#m
You can crush us
        Bm
You can bruise us
           F#m            Bm
But you'll have to answer to
G  Bm        G      Bm
Ooh, guns of Brixton


[Outro]
G  Bm        G      Bm
Ooh, guns of Brixton
G  Bm        G      Bm
Ooh, guns of Brixton
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