Bang Bang Bang Chords

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Bang Bang Bang by Tracy Chapman is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			G 
What you go and do 
				D 
You go and give the boy a gun 
		C 
Now there ain´t place to run to 
			G	D	C 
Ain´t no place to run 
 
G 
When he hold it in his hand 
			D 
He feel mighty he feel strong 
		C 
Now there ain´t no place to run to 
			G 
Ain´t no place to run 
 
	G 
One day he may come back 
				D 
Repay us for what we´ve done 
	C 
Then where you gonna run to 
			G 
Where you gonna run 
 
		C 
But one fine day 
	Em			C 
All our problems will be solved 
					G	D	C 
Bang bang bang! We´ll shoot him down 
 
		G 
Give him drugs and give him candly 
			D 
Anything... oh, to make him think he´s happy 
	C 
And he won´t ever come for us 
	G 
He won´t ever come 
 
		C 
But if he does 
		Em		C 
And if there´s no one else around 
					G	D	C 
Bang bang bang! We´ll shoot him down 
 
 
If he preys only on his neighbors 
Brothers, sisters and friends 
We´ll consider it a favor 
We´ll consider justice done 
 
But if he comes for you and me 
And we can place a gun in his hand 
Bang bang bang! We´ll shoot him dead 
 
What you go and do 
You go and give the boy a gun 
Now there ain´t no place to run to 
Ain´t no place to run 
 
Now we´ll all be at his mercy 
If he decides to hunt us down 
Cause there ain´t no place to run to 
Ain´t no place to run 
 
If he wants the chances that you took from him 
And nothing that you own 
Then there´ll be no place to run to 
There´ll be no place to run 
 
		C 
And if he finds himself to be 
	Em		C 
A reflection of us all 
					G	D	C 
Bang bang bang! He´ll shoot us down 
 
		C 
Before you can raise your eyes to read 
	Em		C 
The writing on the wall 
					G	D	C 
Bang bang bang! He´ll shoot you down 
 
 
		C 
Before you can brigde the gulf between 
	Em			C 
And embrace him in your arms 
					G 
Bang bang bang! He´ll shoot you down 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante