Biography:
Originating from Leeds, the Sisters of Mercy were described by critic Steve Huey as playing "a slow, gloomy, ponderous hybrid of metal and psychedelia, often incorporating dance beats." The one constant in the band's career has been deep-voiced singer Andrew Eldritch. The band is named after the Leonard Cohen song "Sisters of Mercy" according to Eldritch. The band originally formed in 1980 with guitarist Gary Marx and drummer-turned-vocalist Eldritch.
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THE SISTERS OF MERCY - "Under The Gun"
Comments, corrections, etc. welcome
Par Svensson, [email protected]
Chords:
E A D G B E
C x 3 2 0 1 0
D5 x x 0 2 3 x
Bm x 2 4 4 3 2
A x 0 2 2 2 0
G5 3 2 0 0 x x
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
A# * 1 3 3 3 1
F 1 3 3 2 1 1
E5 0 2 2 x x x
C D5 Bm
You don't have to say you're sorry
C D5 Bm
To look on further down the line
C D5
Into the sun
Bm
Too close at heaven
A
Love is fine
G5
But you can't hold it like a...
Em D5
Em D5 C C-Bm-A
Two worlds apart two together
G5 Em
Into that good night kiss away
Em D5 C C-Bm-A
One takes the hard, one the other
G5 Em
Kiss away
D G5
Are you living for love?
D G5
Are you living for love?
C G5
When the road gets too tough
A# F
Is your love strong enough?
E5
Are you living?
D5
Are you living for love?
E5
Are you living for love?
Are you living?
D5
Are you living for love?
E5
Are you living for love?
D5
Em D5 C C-Bm-A
Do you feel your head is full of thunder?
G5 Em
Questions never end?
Em D5
Empty nights alone?
C C-Bm-A
No wonder
G5 Em
It all comes back again
D G5
Are you living for love?
D G5
Are you living for love?
C G5
I've been under the gun
A# F
I've lost and I've...
D G5
Are you living for love?
D G5
Are you living for love?
C G5
I've been under the gun
A# F
I'm lost and I've won...
(two, three, four)
E5
Forget the many steps to heaven
It never happened and it ain't so hard
D5
Happiness is a loaded weapon and a
Short cut is better by far
E5
Explosive bolts, ten thousand volts
At a million miles an hour
D5
Abrasive wheels and molten metals
It's a semi-automatic, get in the car
E5 (etc.)
Corrosive heart and frozen heat
We're worlds apart where we could meet
Where the street fold round and the motors start
And the idiot wields the power
Where the chosen hold the highest card
On the field of honour where the ground is hard
So the highest hand is joking wild
And the house soon fold and no one stand
I put my finger on and dialled
The tower, the moon, the gun and
Nine nine nine, singer down
Cloudburst and all around
The first are last, the blessed get wired
The best is yet to come
I put my finger on and fired
Heat-seeking, out of the sun
You can set the controls for the heart or the knees
And the meek'll inherit what they damn well please
Get ahead, go figure, go ahead and pull the trigger
Everything under the gun
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
THE SISTERS OF MERCY - "Under The Gun"
Comments, corrections, etc. welcome
Par Svensson, [email protected]
Chords:
E A D G B E
C x 3 2 0 1 0
D5 x x 0 2 3 x
Bm x 2 4 4 3 2
A x 0 2 2 2 0
G5 3 2 0 0 x x
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
A# * 1 3 3 3 1
F 1 3 3 2 1 1
E5 0 2 2 x x x
C D5 Bm
You don't have to say you're sorry
C D5 Bm
To look on further down the line
C D5
Into the sun
Bm
Too close at heaven
A
Love is fine
G5
But you can't hold it like a...
Em D5
Em D5 C C-Bm-A
Two worlds apart two together
G5 Em
Into that good night kiss away
Em D5 C C-Bm-A
One takes the hard, one the other
G5 Em
Kiss away
D G5
Are you living for love?
D G5
Are you living for love?
C G5
When the road gets too tough
A# F
Is your love strong enough?
E5
Are you living?
D5
Are you living for love?
E5
Are you living for love?
Are you living?
D5
Are you living for love?
E5
Are you living for love?
D5
Em D5 C C-Bm-A
Do you feel your head is full of thunder?
G5 Em
Questions never end?
Em D5
Empty nights alone?
C C-Bm-A
No wonder
G5 Em
It all comes back again
D G5
Are you living for love?
D G5
Are you living for love?
C G5
I've been under the gun
A# F
I've lost and I've...
D G5
Are you living for love?
D G5
Are you living for love?
C G5
I've been under the gun
A# F
I'm lost and I've won...
(two, three, four)
E5
Forget the many steps to heaven
It never happened and it ain't so hard
D5
Happiness is a loaded weapon and a
Short cut is better by far
E5
Explosive bolts, ten thousand volts
At a million miles an hour
D5
Abrasive wheels and molten metals
It's a semi-automatic, get in the car
E5 (etc.)
Corrosive heart and frozen heat
We're worlds apart where we could meet
Where the street fold round and the motors start
And the idiot wields the power
Where the chosen hold the highest card
On the field of honour where the ground is hard
So the highest hand is joking wild
And the house soon fold and no one stand
I put my finger on and dialled
The tower, the moon, the gun and
Nine nine nine, singer down
Cloudburst and all around
The first are last, the blessed get wired
The best is yet to come
I put my finger on and fired
Heat-seeking, out of the sun
You can set the controls for the heart or the knees
And the meek'll inherit what they damn well please
Get ahead, go figure, go ahead and pull the trigger
Everything under the gun
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