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Cemetery Guns

Fountains Of Wayne
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
 Elizabeth that thundercloud  is creeping  up the Empire Hill
 There's shadows  on the over-pass
 And puddles  in the old dirt path
 Peoria lay silent  still in the belly  of the overgrown
 All quiet  on the open plain
 Footprints  to the family plot
 Where evermore  will restless sorrow sleep  in a broken heap
 ( )
Cemetery  guns go bang,  bang, bang
Shooting  all the sky full of holes
Twenty-one times  in a row
 For the blue  war widow in the gray  raincoat
 On the green  grass down below
 
 Elizabeth our fathers  came and settled  where the ground was flat
 Drew water  from the Indian wells
 Cut timber  from the rolling fells
 Grandaddy-o bled hearth  and home for oiling  the comp'ny gears
 No rest  for the errant ones
 Godspeed  their a-reckless sons
 Who evermore  play their  forefathers' hands  on the foreign sands
 ( )
Cemetery  guns go bang,  bang, bang
Shooting  all the sky full of holes
Twenty-one times  in a row
 For the blue  war widow in the gray  raincoat
 On the green  grass down below
Cemetery  guns go bang,  bang, bang
Shooting  all the sky full of holes
Twenty-one times  in a row
 For the blue  war widow in the gray  raincoat
 On the green  grass down below
 
 in the verse is essentially a walk up from the Em chord to the  chord. It can
 be played as a full chord, or as a bass note.

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Readable chord sheet for Cemetery Guns by Fountains Of Wayne

[D]  [A]   [G]   [D]  [A]   [G]   [D]  [A]   [G]   [D]  [Dsus4]   [A]

E[D]lizabeth [A]that [D]thundercloud is [G]creeping up the Empire [Bm]Hill
There's [Em]shadows on the o[F#m]ver-[G]pass
And [Em]puddles in the old [F#m]dirt [G]path
Pe[D]oria [A]lay [D]silent still in the [G]belly of the over[Bm]grown
All [Em]quiet on the o[F#m]pen [G]plain
Foot[Em]prints to the fami[F#m]ly  [G]plot
Where [A]evermore will [D]restless [G]sorrow [A]sleep in a [F#m]broken [G]heap

([F#] [G] [A])

[G]Cemetery guns go [G]bang, bang, bang
[D]Shooting all the sky full of [G]holes
[D]Twenty-one [F#m]times in a [G]row
For the [Bm]blue war widow in the [G]gray raincoat
On the [A]green grass down be[D]low  [A]        [G]

  [D]  [A]   [G]   [D]  [A]   [G]   [D]  [Dsus4]   [A]

E[D]lizabeth [A]our [D]fathers came and [G]settled where the ground was [Bm]flat
Drew [Em]water from the In[F#m]dian [G]wells
Cut [Em]timber from the rol[F#m]ling [G]fells
Gran[D]daddy-o [A]bled [D]hearth and home for [G]oiling the comp'ny [Bm]gears
No [Em]rest for the er[F#m]rant [G]ones
God[Em]speed their a-reck[F#m]less [G]sons
Who [A]evermore play [D]their fore[G]fathers' [A]hands on the [F#m]foreign [G]sands

([F#] [G] [A])

[G]Cemetery guns go [G]bang, bang, bang
[D]Shooting all the sky full of [G]holes
[D]Twenty-one [F#m]times in a [G]row
For the [Bm]blue war widow in the [G]gray raincoat
On the [A]green grass down be[Bm]low

[Em]Cemetery guns go [G]bang, bang, [A]bang
[D]Shooting all the sky full of [G]holes
[D]Twenty-one [F#m]times in a [G]row
For the [Bm]blue war widow in the [G]gray raincoat
On the [A]green grass down be[D]low  [A]        [G]

  [D]  [A]   [G]   [D]  [A]   [G]   [D]  [Dsus4]   [A2]

[F#m] in the verse is essentially a walk up from the Em chord to the [G] chord. It can
be played as a full chord, or as a bass note.

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