Janie's Got A Gun

Words & Music:

Steven Tyler

F5        G5           Ab5           Bb5

Dum, dum, dum.  Honey, what have you done?

Eb5                      F5

Dum, dum, dum.  It's the sound of my gun.

F5        G5           Ab5           Bb5

Dum, dum, dum.  Honey, what have you done?

Eb5                      Eb5

Dum, dum, dum.  It's the sound, it's the sound...

F    G    Bb    F    G    Csus4 F    G    Bb    C  Csus4  C

Nah, nah, nah.  Nah, nah, nah.  Nah, nah, nah...

 

F       Gm7   Csus4    F       Gm7   Csus4  [etc.]

Janie's got a gun----, Janie's got a gun.

Her whole world's come undone, from looking straight at the sun.

F            Bb    C    F           Bb      C

What did her daddy do?  What did he put you through?

               Dm(add9)

They said when Janie was arrested,

      Bb(add#11)            F  F5  Eb5/F  Ab5/F  Eb5/F  F5

They found him underneath a train.

     Dm(add9)                        Bb(add#11)

But, man, he had it coming, now that Janie's got a gun

          Gm7         C  F/C C7

She ain't never gonna be the same.

 

Janie's got a gun. Janie's got a gun.

Her dog day's just begun.  Everybody is on the run.

Tell me, now, it's untrue.  What did her daddy do?

He jacked a little bitty baby, the man has got to be insane.

They say the spell that he was under, the lightning and the thunder,

Knew that someone had to stop the rain.

 

CHORUS:

Db        Eb                Fm7

Run away, run away from the pain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Db        Eb                Fm7         Eb5/F       Fm7

Run away, run away from the pain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Db        Eb   Bbm             Csus4

Run away, run away, run, run away----------.

 

Janie's got a gun.  Janie's got a gun.

Her dog day's just begun.  Everybody's on the run.

What did her daddy do?  It's Janie's last I.O.U.

She had to take him down easy and put a bullet in his brain.

She said, "'Cause nobody believes me.  The man was such a sleaze."

He ain't never gonna be the same.

 

CHORUS:

 

F       Gm7   Csus4        F       Gm7   Csus4

Janie's got a gun--------, Janie's got a gun-----.

F       Gm7   Csus4             F      Gm7    Csus4

Janie's got a gun--------, everybody's on the run-----.  [repeat and out]

 




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