Tuning: Standard
Intro: Em G Dsus2 Cadd9 (2X)
A c
ool September morn
ing, waitin’ on the
pawn shop to let me in
Two Hundred Dol
lars worth of summer yard mo
win’, tha
t I just had to spend
I h
ad my eye on t
wo things, but I could
only pick just one
A young m
an’s first decision; is it a gu
itar or a gun?
I can s
till hear daddy’s voice sa
y “now
think about it son’
‘One of t
hese will last forever,
and the o
ther’s just for fun
One can feed your fam
ily, and one will
end you up in jail”
And he se
emed to know which one was which, but
me, I couldn’t tel
l
Chorus:
I could le
arn to shoot like Je
sse James,
out there on the run
,
Play gui
tar and be a Rol
ling Stone, well
that just sounds like fun
A ro
ck star or an ou
tlaw, well, e
ither way I’ve w
on,
When
I walk out this do
or with a gu
itar or a gun
I’ve tho
ught about it lo
ng and hard, as
I held ’em in my hand
Standin’ at the cros
sroads, still d
ecidin’ who I am
They’re b
oth just wood and me
tal. Six b
ullets or six strings
Whichever choice I make I’ll leave here feel
ing like a king
Chorus:
I could le
arn to shoot like Je
sse James,
out there on the run
,
Play gui
tar and be a Rol
ling Stone, well
that just sounds like fun
A ro
ck star or an ou
tlaw, well, e
ither way I’ve w
on
When
I walk out this do
or with a gu
itar or a gu
n
Bridge:
A c
ool September mor
ning, waitin’ on the
pawn shop to let me in
Two Hundred Do
llars worth of summer yard mo
win’, tha
t I just had to spend
Chorus:
Should I le
arn to shoot like Je
sse James,
out there on the run
,
Play gui
tar and be a Rol
ling Stone, well
that just sounds like fun
A ro
ck star or an ou
tlaw, wel
l, either way I’ve w
on
When I w
alk out this d
oor with a gu
itar or a g
un
C G D? Em G Dsus2
When I walk out this door with a guitar’?.. or a gun
With a g
uitar or a
gun
