Badge And Gun

C
  give me my badge and gun
            F               C
give me the road that i may run
                                                  G
give me that peaceful, wandering-free i used to know.
    C                               F             D7
i've waited all i can, but i'm just not a patient man
               C               G            C
man, i've been hiding here for 7 months or so.

F                                 Am
hand me down my coat and hat, and grab the winter one at that
    F                              G
you never know how long i'll be away.

( G  C  G  G  C  A7  G  D  G )

C
give me my badge and gun
           F                   C
give me the songs that i once sung
                                                      G
give me those jet black, kick-back, lay down nights alone (those lay down nights alone)
     C
this house is safe and warm
            F                D7
but i was made to chase the storm
            C                       G           C
taking the whole world on with big ol' empty arms.

F
tell my friends i tried my best
     Am
that one day i just up and left
      F                         G
they probably saw it coming anyway(what can i say)
hey, hey.

( C  F  C  G  G  F  D7  C  G  C )
(ooo's)

F
the lock is on the cellar door
  Am
i can't remember what it's for
  F                                     G
i ain't been down those stairs in oh so long
so, so long.

C
give me my badge and gun
            F                 C
give me the road that i must run
                                                 G
give me that peaceful, wandering-free i used to know
   C                            F               D7
a copy of your key is hanging where it used to be
                 C            D
good as you've always been to me
     C               D
the life i need to lead
    C                    D                  G
is somewhere out there calling over those hills