Shoot To Kill Kill Your Darlings

Intro: Bm 



[Verso 1]
 
D                G                             Bm   E 
  When I was in school, I stayed away from the war prudes 
                 D                         C                         G      E 
I've always said, "If he's got a favorite war, the kid has gotta be bad news" 
D                      G                       Bm       E 
  And then in early July, I took a trip to the gun range, yeah 
D                      C              G                     E 
  I hit the paper man right in the eye, I can't say I don't get the hype 
 


[Refrão]
 
A         C                  G   G/F# G 
   But I guess I don't understand       this feeling 
A        C                G   G/F# G 
   Is it eating you up inside? 
A           C                G   G/F# G 
   Are you dying to kill a man? 
             A        Gm7 
Is it gonna keep you alive?  


Dmaj7 G Bm E 
Dmaj7 C G E 


[Verso 2]
 
D          G                            Bm     E 
  The ROTC kid is with the cheerleading captain 
D                     C                         G      E 
  And we can't figure out how the relationship happened 
    D                              G                    Bm   E 
He doesn't seem to like what she chooss to do with her body 
D                         C            G                E 
  But he's given ovr his body as well, you think he'd get it more than anyone else 
 


[Refrão]
 
A         C                  G   G/F# G 
   But I guess I don't understand       this feeling 
A        C                G   G/F# G 
   Is it eating you up inside? 
A         C               G G/F# G 
   Is it really your only option? 
                           A      Gm7 
There's always gonna be a fire to fight  


Dmaj7 G Bm E 
Dmaj7 C G E 


[Verso 3]
 
D                      G                      Bm     E 
  You're the son of a lawyer and the son of a doctor 
D                          C                         G      E 
  With dreams of holding a gun and jumping out of a chopper 
    D                   G                     Bm       E 
And everybody here is a poor kid right out of high school 
D                                C                  G                               E 
  But you're different from the rest of your peers, hell, you're the only one who knows why they're here 
 


[Refrão]
 
A         C                  G   G/F# G 
   But I guess I don't understand       this feeling 
A        C                G   G/F# G 
   Is it eating you up inside? 
A          C                   G G/F# G 
   'Cause you're just a little kid 
                        A            Gm7 
You shouldn't have to choose how you die  


Dmaj7 G Bm E 
Dmaj7 C G E 
Dmaj7 G Bm E 
Dmaj7 C G E 


[Verso 4]
 
D               G                             Bm   E 
  In some other life, you're living into your nineties 
D                      C                          G   E 
  You gotta couple of kids and your wife doesn't like me 
D               G                             Bm      E 
  And you turn on the news and see the cycle repeating 
D                         C                 G             E 
  But you're safe in the walls of your house, aren't you happy that you never went out? 
 


[Refrão]
 
A    C                   G 
  I guess I don't understand this feeling 
A        C                       G 
  But I pray that you dodge the mines 
A               C                  G 
  When you're stepping on foreign land 
            A 
And I just don't want you to die 
 

Outro: 
       Cmaj7 
I just don't want you to die 
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I just don't want you to die 
       Cmaj7 
I just don't want you to die 
       C                 Cadd9 
I just don't want you to die 
       Cmaj7 
I just don't want you to die 
       C                 Cadd9 
I just don't want you to die 
       Cmaj7 
I just don't want you to die 
       C                 Cadd9 
I just don't want you to die 
       Cmaj7 
I just don't want you to die 
       C                 Cadd9 
I just don't want you to die 
       Cmaj7 
I just don't want you to die 
       C                 Cadd9 
I just don't want you to die 
       Cmaj7 
I just don't want you to die 
       C                 Cadd9 
I just don't want you to die 
      Bm 
I just don't want you to die 
      Bm 
I just don't want you to die 
      Bm 
I just don't want you to die 
       Bm 
I just don't want you to die, I just don't