Disarmament

By Dan Bern

Transcribed by Jared (what a fun song to play!!.. sometimes the G alternates between 320033 and 320000… otherwise pretty simple..)

Capo on 2^nd fret

Pattern: basically.. play verses as Am G Am

Play chorus as F G Am

Am G

Well, you can't stop

on the side of the highway no more

Am G

to see if someone

needs help

Am G

You can't pick

a hitchhiker up

He might

She might have a gun

How could you send your kid

to an American school now?

I could not send my kid

to an American school

Well I can almost see you

having a gun

if you lived out, way out

on the open range

If there was no one, no one

within 30 miles of you

Mostly we live next to

and right on top of each other

Well back in 1933

Einstein left Germany

He knew what he was feeling

And he wasn't feeling safe

I wonder if he felt like his number

could come up any time

I wonder if he felt entered

in some dark lottery

It's no wonder

we need so many drugs

The mall on the edge of town

has turned into Beirut

I do not like

anyone walking behind me

And I do not want to get stopped

by the cops for anything

I'm talking disarmament

Disarmament

Talking disarmament

Disarmament

See, I do not want my politicians in my bed or in my house or house of God

I don't care what they believe

Or what they look like or who their daddy is

And I do not care who a senator sucks or a president fucks at all

How many ads they got on TV

What they did or did not do in the war

See I'd rather kill the guns

Then have to kill off my emotions

I'm scared to speak my mind

Or disagree

Or even move

I might get noticed

Man, it's just no fun anymore

The golden rule has changed

Fire unto others

before they fire unto you

I don't need no more erection pills

I don't need a million baldness cures

Hell, these days to die in a car crash

Is practically dignified

What's the point of going to the health club

building your body, pumping them weights?

If a five-year-old can walk up

and blow you away

Hey governor

Whatchyou doing about the guns?

Hey candidate

Whatchyou gonna do about the guns?

I don't really want to die

'cuz someone's pissed off at his girlfriend

I don't want my kid to die

'cuz someone didn't make the football team

I don't care what John Rocker says

The first amendment's good by me

But the second one's outdated

It's ashes ought to be burned and scattered

We're talking disarmament

Disarmament

Talking disarmament

Disarmament

I write this from some highway rest stop

Now I'm gonna go sleep in my van

In America these days

That makes me practically a hero

I don't care what the top ten movies are

I don't care who just won a million dollars

I don't care what you think of abortion

Though I think it's probably better to eat the egg than kill the chicken

Hey senator

Whatchyou gonna do about the guns?

Hey Mrs. President

Whatchyou gonna do about the guns?

Hey Batman

Whatchyou gonna do about the guns?

Hey Superman

Whatchyou gonna do about the guns?

Hey Lone Ranger

You ain't alone anymore

Too many other rangers

Time to turn in your gun

Hey policeman

Time to turn in your gun

Hey everybody

Time to turn in your gun

England isn't coming

We ain't holding off the Huns

If you want to hunt the elk

Check out a gun like you check out your bowling shoes

See, I've heard all the arguments

"We need the guns against the government"

But the last time that I checked

The government's supposed to be us

And if that isn't true

Let's have a revolution right now

But if the government is us

Let's get rid of all the guns

People say it could never happen

Well, that's what they said about Jim Crow

The day he became president

John F. Kennedy said "Let us begin"

We need disarmament

Disarmament

Talking disarmament

Disarmament

I used to live next to a nursery school

Those kids screamed all day, every day

I often dreamed about killing them

I'm glad I didn't have a gun