** Capo on 1st fret **


INTRO: A  D  A  D

 	  	   A 	  	  	       F#m
Break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad
 	  	      Bm                        Esus4   E
When you see my baby sister, be as kind as you can
 	  	    A                      F#m
Break it to my grandma, said that boy?s wild and bad
 	            Bm
Break it to them gently when you tell ?em
       E 	  	  	 A
That I won?t be coming home again

          D 	  	  	  	                A
Cause I?m runnin? with a gun and it isn?t any fun as a fugitive
 D 	  	  	  	           	       A
Fightin? for my life and I don?t know if I?ll make it alone
 D 	  	  	  	  	       A
Runnin? with a gun and it isn?t any fun as a fugitive
               F#m                     A
God I wanna go home, lord I wish I was home

D  A  D

 	  	  A 	  	  	      F#m
When you see my lady with the twinkle in her eyes
                Bm                         Esus4  E
Tell it to her softly and hold her if she cries
 	  	   A 	  	             F#m
Tell her that I love her and I will till the day I die
 	         Bm
Tell it to her gently when you tell her
 	  E                     A
That I won?t be coming home again

E 	  	  	 A
I got in too deep with strangers
E                                  A
Thinkin? they could help me find my way
D 	                 A
Nobody warned me of the dangers
          F#m                                     Bm   E
And it?s always the young and foolish that have to pay

 	             A  	  	  	    F#m
So break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad
 	           Bm  	  	  	  	     Esus4   E
Thank them for the good years and all the lovin? that I had
                A                           F#m
Break it to my grandma who said the boy is wild and bad
                 Bm
Break it to them gently when you tell them
       E                    A
That I won?t be coming home again

   D                                             A
I?m runnin? with a gun and it isn?t any fun as a fugitive
D  	  	  	              	  	  	 A
Fightin? for my life and I don?t know if I?ll make it alone
D   	  	  	  	  	      A
Runnin? with a gun and it isn?t any fun as a fugitive
              F#m 	  	          A
Lord I wanna go home, lord I wanna go home

                           D
You gotta break it to them gently
 	  	      A
Break it to them gently
 	  	  	          D
You gotta break it to them gently
 	  	         A
Gotta really try to roll ?em
  	  	  	  	     D
You gotta break it to them gently
 	  	         A
Gotta really try to sooth them
 	               D
Gotta really try to sooth them
 	  	         A
Gotta really try to roll them
                        D
You gotta roll it to my mother
                    A
Gotta roll it to my grandma, gotta roll the old lady
D
Roll it to my mother
A
Roll it to my mother and roll the old lady
D
Roll it to my grandma
       A
She?s damn near eighty, roll the old lady
D
Roll it to my mother
A
Roll it to my mother, gotta roll the old lady
D
Roll it to my mother
   A
My sister and my mother and roll the old lady
D
Roll it to my grandma
      A
She?s damn near eighty, roll the old lady...



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