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Tell me what a young man Mama
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What's he got to live for
D              A         D        E
Tossed in the shuffle of everyday war

Searchin' for some trouble
          D            A
Which I'm sure he will find
D                  A
  Spend your whole life fightin' son
         D      E
Meet your dyin' time

       A
It's a shame
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It's a shame
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The trigger be his only friend
       A        G#m
It's a shame, oh yeh
       B                 A
But it ain't never gonna end
       E            A
He's a pocketful of hate
     E             A
That don't give a damn
 E          B           D         A
What fate awaits the machine gun man?
         E            A
Well, he ain't got no future
       E             A
And he ain't got no plan
 E          B           D      A
What fate awaits the machine gun man?
                  E  A
(The machine gun man)

(Step aside)

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I can't see tomorrow
      D            A
And I don't see today
D            A          D          E
Trail of confusion done leadin' my way

They say the only thing worth killin' Lord
D            A
  Be killin' time
D                    A
  I say the only soul worth savin' now Mama
  D      E
Resavin' mine

       A
It's a shame
       G#m
It's a shame
    G                   F#m
The trigger be his only friend
       A        G#m
It's a shame, oh yeh
       B                 A
But it ain't never gonna end (that's right)
       E            A
He's a pocketful of hate
     E             A
That don't give a damn
 E          B           D         A
What fate awaits the machine gun man?
         E            A
Well, he ain't got no future
       E             A
And he ain't got no plan
 E          B           D         A
What fate awaits the machine gun man?

B
  He keeps shootin' mama
         A              E
Like any old fool would do
B
  Lord, the life he be leadin'
          A              E
Ain't the one he has to choose
B
  As he walks on out that door
A                   E
Mama breaks down to cry
B                          D
  Oh, as she waves the machine gun man
    A
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

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       E            A
He's a pocketful of hate
     E             A
That don't give a damn
 E          B           D         A
What fate awaits the machine gun man?
         E            A
Well, he ain't got no future
       E             A
And he ain't got no plan
 E          B           D      A
What fate awaits the machine gun man?
       D             A
The machine, yeeah, gun man
                E   A
The machine gun man

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