Song: Machinegun Kelly
Artist: James Taylor
Album: : Mudslide Slim & the blue horizon
Composer: Danny Kortchmar
Tabbed by: DJ
25th Sept 2012
Tuning: DADGBE (Dropped D)
Tune bottom E string down a tone to D
Emphasise the bass notes
Dsus2 = 000230 G4 = xx0013 E = x22100
Csus2 = x30033 A = x02220 E4 = x22200
G/B = x20033 A4 = x02230
Dsus2/F = 3xxxxx G5 = 550033
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'This is not a time for levity!
Do you understand what happened to Machinegun Kelly?'
'I'll call you Saturday!'
[Intro]
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2 Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Dsus2 Dsus2/F Dsus2 Dsus2/F
| / / / / | /__/ /__/ /__/ / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2 Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
I'll tell you 'bout Machinegun Kelly,
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
He rode along the outlaw trail,
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
Ma - chinegun Kelly was a simple man,
Dsus2 Dsus2/F
But his woman was as hard as hell!
[Chorus]
Dsus2/F Dsus2/F G/B Csus2 G/B
Watch out, Ma - chinegun, don't let her run you 'round,
Dsus2
e |-------0------0---|-----------0------|
B |-------3------3---|-----------3------|
G |-------2------2---|-----------2------|
D |-------0----------|-----------0------|
A |------------------|--0-h2-h3---------|
E |---0--------------|------------------|
A A4 A Csus2 G/B G4
Don't let a woman put you six feet in the ground, ...Machinegun!
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
| / / / / | / / / / |
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
Woo - hoo! Yes, in - deed!
[Verse 2]
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
I'll tell you 'bout Katherine Kel - ly,
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
Tired of being such small time, now,
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
Figured they'd kidnap a rich man's son,
Dsus2 Dsus2/F
Make it in the world of crime!
[Chorus]
Dsus2/F Dsus2/F G/B
Watch out, Ma - chinegun,
Csus2 G/B Dsus2 G5 Dsus2
Don't let her run you 'round, | / / / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^
A A4 A Csus2 G/B G4
Don't let a woman put you six feet in the ground, ...Machinegun!
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Bridge]
Dsus2 D4 D G5 Cadd2 G5
| / / / / | You'd better watch out, Machinegun Kelly,
Dsus2 G5 Dsus2 E E4 E
Careful of what you do now, if you keep listening to your old lady,
A4 A Csus2 G/B G4
Ain't no telling what'll happen to you now, ...Machinegun!
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2 Dsus2 Dsus2/F D Dsus2/F
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | /__/ /__/ /__/ / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
The Government boys, they came for Ma - chine - gun,
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
Took the poor boy a - way,
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B
They stuck him in a hole in Leavenworth Prison,
Csus2 Dsus2
Where he lived until his dying day!
[Chorus]
Dsus2/F Dsus2/F G/B
Watch out, Ma - chinegun,
Csus2 G/B Dsus2 G5 Dsus2
Don't let her put you down, | / / / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^
A A4 A Csus2 G/B G4
Don't let a woman make you out to be a clown, ...Machinegun!
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2 Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Dsus2 Csus2 G/B Csus2 Dsus2
Watch out, Ma - chinegun-------------!
