Lykke Li - Gunshot
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Arranged key: B minor (B C# D E F# G A B)
Original key: C minor (C D Eb F G Ab Bb C), either put a capo on the first fret or transpose to +1
Alternative key: A minor (A B C D E F G A), transpose to -2 and put a capo on third fret (avoids bar chords)
Tempo: 107 bpm
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
(In this song there's a few less prominent chord changes which I've written
within parentheses, so it's up to you if you think they sound good or not)
[Intro]: Bm
Bm
I am longing for your poison, like a cancer for its prey
Shot an arrow in your harbor, where you waited in the rain
Bm A Em7 Bm A D G
I am siren, I am ivy, I am no one, I'm nobody
Bm (A) (G) (Bm) A G
I am longing for your honey, I am longing for your love
Bm A Em Bm D A G Bm
And the shot goes through my head and back
Bm A Em Bm D A G Bm
Gun shot, can't take it back
Bm (A) (G) (Bm) (Bm) (A) (G) (Bm)
Lay me down in your ocean, carry me and my burden
(Bm) (A) (G) (Bm) A G
I was dreaming about you honey, I was hoping you'd save me
Bm A Em Bm D A G Bm
And the shot goes through my head and back
Bm A Em Bm D A G Bm
Gun shot, can't take it back
Bm A Em Bm D A G Bm
My heart cracked, really loved you bad
Bm A Em Bm D A G Bm
Gun shot, never get you back
A G F#m
And I ache, while you're not here, feel you aching
G Bm
Wide awake, why you're not here, I can feel you firing straight into my heart
Goes through my head and back
Gun shot, can't take it back
Bm A Em Bm D A G Bm
My heart cracked, really loved you bad
Bm A Em Bm D A G Bm D A G
Gun shot, never get you back, never get you back
Bm D A G Bm D A G
Never get you back, never get you back
Bm D A G Bm
Never get you back
Chords:
Bm (X 2 4 4 3 2) or (7 9 9 7 7 7)
A (X 0 2 2 2 0) or (5 7 7 6 5 5)
Em7 (0 2 2 0 3 0) or (X 7 9 7 8 7) or (0 2 2 0 3 3)
D (X X 0 2 3 2) or (X 5 7 7 7 5)
G (3 2 0 0 0 3) or (3 2 0 0 3 3) or (3 5 5 4 3 3)
Em (0 2 2 0 0 0) or (X 7 9 9 8 7)
F#m (2 4 4 2 2 2) or (X 9 11 11 10 9)
Chords in C minor (transposed to +1):
Cm (X 3 5 5 4 3) or (8 10 10 8 8 8)
A# (X 1 3 3 3 1) or (6 8 8 7 6 6) (correct name is Bb)
Fm7 (1 3 1 1 1 1) or (X 8 10 8 9 8)
D# (X 6 8 8 8 6) (correct name is Eb)
G# (4 6 6 5 4 4) (correct name is Ab)
Fm (1 3 3 1 1 1) or (X 8 10 10 9 8)
Gm (3 5 5 3 3 3)
Chords in A minor (transposed to -2):
Am (X 0 2 2 1 X)
G (3 2 0 0 0 3) or (3 2 0 0 3 3)
Dm7 (X X 0 2 1 1)
C (X 3 2 0 1 0)
F (1 3 3 2 1 1) or (X X 3 2 1 1) or simplify with Fmaj7 (X X 3 2 1 0) or Fmaj7/C (X 3 3 2 1 0)
Dm (X X 0 2 3 1)
Em (0 2 2 0 0 0)
Clarification:
Chordname (E A D G B E)
X = Don't play / Muffle
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//Robert
