Janie’s got a gun    (midi)    (sample)

 

      D               E                         F             G

    Dum, dum, oh, honey, what have you done?

      C                                     D

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

      D             E                         F             G

    Dum dum, oh, honey what have you done

       C                                  D

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

 

D          - E           G   - D           - E            A 

   Nah,        nah, nah,        nah,        nah, nah. (2x)

 

    D              Em     A    - D             Em      A

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

               D                 Em          A               D                    Em       A

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

         D                G       A          D              G             A

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

                               Bm

    They said when Janie was arrested,

             G                                     D

    they found him underneath a train.

           Bm                                               G

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

                   Em                           A  - A7

    she ain't never gonna be the sa……me.

 

    D              Em      A   - D             Em      A

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

             D            Em       A                      D       Em       A

    Her dog day's just begun, now everybody is on the run.

      D                 G         A        D              G        A

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

                         Bm                           G                            D

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

                           Bm                                       G

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

                     Em                                   A  - A7

    knew that someone had to stop the rai…..n.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Bb             C                            D

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

  Bb              C                           D

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

  Bb             C             Gm              A

Run away, run away, run, run awa…….y

 

 

+ instrumental = CHORUS

 

    D              Em     A   - D              Em      A

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

             D            Em       A                      D      Em       A

    Her dog day's just begun, now everybody's on the run.

         D               Em      A          D             Em   A

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

                       Bm                                   G                           D

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

                          Bm                                     G

    She said cos nobody believes me, the man was such a sleaze,

                  Em                           A - A7

    he ain't never gonna be the sa….me.

 

  Bb             C                            D

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

  Bb              C                           D

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

  Bb             C             Gm              A

Run away, run away, run, run awa…….y

 

D              Em      A   - D             Em      A

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

D              Em     A               D       Em       A

    Janie's got a gun, everybody is on the run …..

 

(orig. = capo 3rd; midi = capo 4th)    (Aerosmith)