Guns Of Brixton Chords & Tabs

by Jimmy Cliff

[Version Description]
It is a 2x Dm-Gm and 2x Eb-Gm chord progression throughout the song. Use barre chords.

[Intro]
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Eb Gm Eb Gm

[Verse 1]
         Dm                  Gm   
When they kick out your front door
Dm           Gm    
How you gonna come?
         Eb            Gm   
With your hands on your head
         Eb              Gm  
Or on the trigger of your gun
Dm                 Gm 
When the law breaks in
Dm           Gm  
How you gonna go?
Eb              Gm       
Shot down on the pavement
  Eb               Gm  
Or waiting on death row

[Chorus]
       Dm                Gm        
You can crush us, you can bruise us
          Dm             Gm 
But you'll have to answer to
Eb  Gm              Eb  Gm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton

[Verse 2]
   Dm          Gm   
The money seems good
        Dm               Gm   
And your life you like it well
   Eb                    Gm   
But surely your time will come
     Eb              Gm   
As in heaven or as in hell

[Instrumental]
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Eb Gm Eb Gm   x2

[Verse 3]
   Dm                 Gm   
You know he feels like Ivan
    Dm                Gm  
Born under the Brixton sun
   Eb                 Gm    
His game is called survivin'
      Eb                     Gm   
At the end of the harder they come
   Dm               Gm    
You know it means no mercy
    Dm                Gm  
They caught him with a gun
  Eb                   Gm  
No need for the Black Maria
   Eb                 Gm  
Goodbye to the Brixton sun

[Chorus]
       Dm                Gm        
You can crush us, you can bruise us
          Dm             Gm 
But you'll have to answer to
Eb  Gm              Eb  Gm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton

[Instrumental]
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Eb Gm Eb Gm

[Verse 4]
         Dm                  Gm   
When they kick out your front door
Dm           Gm    
How you gonna come?
         Eb            Gm   
With your hands on your head
         Eb              Gm  
Or on the trigger of your gun
Dm                 Gm 
When the law breaks in
Dm           Gm  
How you gonna go?
Eb              Gm       
Shot down on the pavement
  Eb               Gm  
Or waiting on death row

[Chorus]
       Dm                Gm        
You can crush us, you can bruise us
          Dm             Gm 
But you'll have to answer to
Eb  Gm              Eb  Gm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton

[Chorus]
       Dm               Gm        
You can shot us, you can bruise us
            Dm       
You can even shoot us
Gm                          
But you'll have to answer to
Eb  Gm              Eb  Gm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton

[Outro]
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Eb Gm Eb Gm   x5