[First Part]

( F# )

B
Where'd you come from?

Mississippi

And your parents?
F#
Very wealthy

Where are they now?

Six feet under

But she was granted one more start
    B       D°     F#  
The convent of The Sacred Heart!
B
 When'd you get here?

Ninteteen-twenty

How old were you?
E
  Don't remember
Em
   Then what happened?
B
    I met Amos
F#7 
And he stole my heart away
   B
Convinced me to elope one day

( B  F#  B  F# )
( B  F#  B  F# )

"Oh you poor dear I can't believe

What you have been through

A convent girl! A run-away marriage!
F#
Now tell us roxie..."

[Second Part]

B
Who's Fred Casely?

My ex-boyfriend

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

Was he angry?

Like a madman

Still I said, "Fred, move along."
    B         D°      F#   
She knew that she was doin' wrong
B
  Then describe it

He came toward me

With the pistol?
E
  From my bureau
Em
   Did you fight him?
B
    Like a tiger
F#7  
He  had strength and she had none
    B
And yet we both reached for the gun

[Refrão 1]

E
 Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both

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

Oh yes, we both reached for the gun
B       E
For the gun

E
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both

Oh yes, they both
                  B
Oh yes, they both reached for

The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun

Oh yes, they both reached for the gun
B       E
For the gun

      Am    D          G  
Under-standable, understand  able
         Am    D        G   
Yes it's perfectly understandable
       Am   D           G   
Compre-hensible, Compre-hensible
      B        F#
Not a bit reprehensible
B
It's so defensible

[Terceira Parte]

C
How're you feeling?

Very frightened

Are you sorry?
G
Are you kidding?

What's your statement?

All I'd say is

Though my choo-choo jumped the track
    C       Eb°     G         G
I'd give my life to bring him back
C
And?

Stay away from

What?

Jazz and liquor

And?

And the men who
F
What?

Play for fun
    Fm
And what?

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

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

[Refrão 2]

E
  Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both
                  B
Oh yes, they both reached for

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

The gun

Oh yes, they both reached

For the gun
B       E
For the Gun
E
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both

Oh yes, they both
                  B
Oh yes, they both reached for
E
The gun, the gun

The gun, the gun

Oh yes. They both reached

For the gun
B       E
For the gun

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

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

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

Oh yes, they both
        C
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
C                    
Both reached for the gun
F            F           F    F
The gun, the gun, the gun,    the gun
    F        F             F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
         F            F
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
F            F        F
The gun, the gun, the gun
C                    F
Both reached for the gun