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Tell me off in a (Am)let ter; com plete ly ig (Dm7)nore me.
Get ting high off of (Am)say ing why you don’t a (Dm7)dore me.
and (C7sus4)Ba by, please.
I (F)I’m well (Fsus4)versed in but (F)how I might be (Bbsus2)cursed; I don’t (F)need it ar (C7sus4)tic u lat ed.
Stand in line wast ing (Am)all of your time just to (Dm7)hate me.
Ev ’ry dime gone to (Am)ways you can find that might (Dm7)bait me But (C7sus4)drag me down.
I (F)Sight set (Fsus4)proud ly; but (F)bring me to the (Bbsus2)cursed; I don’t (F)need it ar (C7sus4)tic u lat ed.
(Bbsus2)ground, ing see.
You (F)love to be
Get some bod y’s (Eb7)en e my.
May be no bod y (Dbsus2)loved you when (Dbsus2)you were young.
May be, boy, when you (Dbsus2)cry, no bod y (Eb)ev er comes.
Will you try it once?
Give up the ma (Db)chine gun.
Ma (Db)chine
gun.
(F)Yeah.
Nev er mind how you’ve ra tioned your time, and the (Eb)bat tle is un der way.
(Ab)May
be (Db)times (Ab)are (Db)gon na change.
Don’t just hide in the si lence be hind what you’ve (Eb)real ly been try’n’ to say.
Yeah,
yeah.
What a skill, ba by, (Fsus4)aim ing to kill me with (F)words you don’t (Bbm)mean.
May be no bod y (Dbsus2)loved you when (Dbsus2)you were young.
May be, boy, when you (Dbsus2)cry, no bod y (Eb)ev er comes.
Will you try it once?
Give up the ma (Db)chine gun.
Will you try it once?
Give up the ma (Db)chine gun.
Will you try it once?
Give up the ma (Db)chine gun.
Ma (Db)chine
gun.
(F)Yeah.
This page shows “Machine Gun” by Sara Bareilles in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Bb at 90 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.