Alela Diane - The Rifle

                Capo 2

[Intro]   (x2)
   C/B Am7 Am7

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[Verse]
           C               C/B        
I've been knockin' on that door in my 
Am7     Am7
sleep
       C     C/B        Am7     Am7
Fighting the fireplace glow
      C          C/B        Am7     Am7
Knockin' on that door in my sleep
       C     C/B        Am7     Am7
Fighting the fireplace glow
 Am7     Am7
To keep me away
 
   Am7 Am7  G    G    G    G
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 Am7     Am7         G     G     G    G
To keep me away from home
 
(Picking chorus)
       C      Em     C      Em
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[Chorus]
 
  C           Em               C       
Papa, get the rifle from its place above
          Em
 the French doors!
        C            Em
They're comin' from the woods!
           C            Em
Oh! They're comin' from the woods!
     C            Em
And mama you're running too
     C            Em
Oh! My mama, you're running too
  C            Em
Mama you're running too
      C            Em
Oh! My mama, you're running too
   C           Em               C      
Brother, I'm so sorry that you watched 
           Em
the paintings burn
 
[Verse]
          C       C/B      Am7     Am7
I've been holding onto the gold
             C         C/B    Am7     
When letting Go would free my hand
Am7
              C        C/B          
And I've been tying your tongue in a 
Am7     Am7
knot
              C        C/B          
Oh! I've been tying your tongue in a 
Am7     Am7
knot
    Am7     Am7
To wrap this death
    Am7     Am7         G     G     G   
To wrap this death in a sheet
 G
 
[Chorus]
   C           Em               C       
Papa, get the rifle from its place above
          Em
 the French doors!
        C            Em
They're comin' from the woods!
           C            Em
Oh! They're comin' from the woods!
     C            Em
And mama you're running too
     C            Em
Oh! My mama, you're running too
  C            Em
Mama you're running too
      C            Em
Oh! My mama, you're running too
   C           Em               C      
Brother, I'm so sorry that you watched 
           Em
the paintings burn
 
[Verse]
      C     C/B      Am7     Am7      
And I can't hide the dirty paths down 
     C     C/B      Am7     Am7
that carpet anymore
        C     C/B      Am7     Am7   
No, no, I can't hide the dirty paths 
         C     C/B     Am7     Am7
down that carpet anymore
            C   C/B      Am7     Am7
There were too many heavy boots
            C   C/B      Am7     Am7
There were too many heavy boots
            C   C/B      Am7     Am7
There were too many heavy boots
            C   C/B      Am7     Am7
There were too many big black boots
            C   C/B      Am7     Am7
And there were too many little brown 
shoes
    Am7     Am7         G     G     G   
Marching through
 G
 
[Outro]
        C      C/B       Am7     Am7
So I'm counting it to the sky
        C      C/B       Am7     Am7
Oh! I'm counting it to the sky
        C      C/B       Am7     Am7
I'm counting it to the sky
        C      C/B       Am7     Am7
Oh! I'm counting it to the sky
  Am7     Am7   Am7     Am7
Moving back, oh I'm
    Am7     Am7                 G 
Moving back to face the lack of home   
(strum)