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Intro Moderately q = 140
Don’t Need a GunWords and Music by Billy Idol
from Billy Idol - Whiplash Smile
Copyright © 1986 Chrysalis Music and Boneidol MusicAll Rights Administered by Chrysalis MusicAll Rights Reserved Used by Permission
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man- heart
goes
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out to night.-
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Yes, a
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hot- love on a red stop light.
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I see a
scene
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so cold, it ech oes- in blue,
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yeah.
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ing- tongues there are af
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ter- you.
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Chorus
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bop a lu bop. Son,
Yeah, I got ta- move up. Flip, flop, fly. Law -
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dy- Miss a- Claw dy,- oo,
oo, what a sto ry.-dreams
gold to buy. Don’t
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need a knife to vi o- late- my life, it’s all
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so in sane.- When
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C oT oda
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the oth er- man has none, uh, you don’t
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need a gun. Yes, a
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sian- rou lette- no fun.I You don’t
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need a gun, You
I
just
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need some one.
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- I don’t need a gun.
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Interlude
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red lights a dom i- na
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- tion- street.
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Yeah, and I
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need your love and to feel that heat.
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D.S. al Coda
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drive
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me through that red
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stop light-
with a
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whip lash- smile,
wow!
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won’t
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need a gun.
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Oh, yeah. Ow!
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Riff B
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Yeah, we’re crime. We don’t pay,
huh.
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yeah, yeah.
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Gtr. 3: w/ Rhy. Fig. 3 (1 1/2 times)
F
will al
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ways- be dy ing.-
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Oh, you
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vis,- a fight,
the dy ing- light.
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Ray,
he’s al ways- cry ing.- Then Gene
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Vin
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cent,- he cried,
“Who slapped John?”
Yes, and me,
me, I’m mov in’,- mov in’,- mov in’,- mov in’- on.
Gtr. 1
Outro
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Yeah, to be some one,- I don’t need a gun.
I don’t need a gun, I don’t need a gun.
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Begin fade
Ah,
ow!
Woo!
Woo!
Woo!
Woo!
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Oh,
you will al ways- be
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like me. Oh,
wa, wa, wa, wa, ba, ba,
ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba!
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Fade out
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