The Everlasting Gun Chords
by Runrig
The Everlasting Gun by Runrig is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
nd fret
Intro: G C G C Am D
G C G
So here you go, you're on your own
C D
The flower blooms so freely
G C G
For fortune, musket, fife and drum
C D
Your faking days won't leave you
C Am D
'Cause young man now you nurse the gun
C Am D
You're nervous in the morning
G Am G C
'Neath shattered skies your body lies
Am C D G D C D
On the dark side of reason
G C G
The blood is lusting in your heart
C D
Your flesh red hot and lonely
G C G
And vengeance gulps the bitter cup
C D
That once held wine so sweetly
C Am D
But young man, legends still unfold
C Am D
For regiment, for glory
G Am G C
You search for gold, like you've been told
Am C D
And the light of day won't leave you
G
But run
C D G
You'll never turn and run
C D G
The everlasting gun
C D G
Your day will surely come
C D
You'll never run
INTERLUDE: G C Am D G C Am D
G C G
For fickle kings, you click the heels
C D
Where a bleak moon leans so weary
G C G
Forgotten names on faceless graves
C D G
Your father's home awaits you
C Am D
Oh, the warrior is not the fool
C Am D
The refugee of freedom
G Am G C
But the outlawed man who holds no gun
Am C D
On the dark side of reason
G
But run
C D G
You'll never turn and run
C D G
The everlasting gun
C D G
Your day will surely come
C D
You'll never run
G
But run
C D G
You'll never turn and run
C D G
The everlasting gun
C D G
Your day will surely come
C D
You'll never run
OUTRO: (## fade to end ##)
G C D G C D G