INTRO: G C G C
G Em
Break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad
Am Dsus4
When you see my baby sister, be as kind as you can
G Em
Break it to my grandma, said that boy’s wild and bad
Am
Break it to them gently when you tell ’em
C G
That I won’t be coming home again
C G
Cause I’m runnin’ with a gun and it isn’t any fun as a fugitive
C G
Fightin’ for my life and I don’t know if I’ll make it alone
C G
Runnin’ with a gun and it isn’t any fun as a fugitive
Em G
God I wanna go home, lord I wish I was home
C G C
G Em
When you see my lady with the twinkle in her eyes
Am Dsus4 D
Tell it to her softly and hold her if she cries
G Em
Tell her that I love her and I will till the day I die
Am
Tell it to her gently when you tell her
D G
That I won’t be coming home again
D G
I got in too deep with strangers
D G
Thinkin’ they could help me find my way
C G
Nobody warned me of the dangers
Em Am D
And it’s always the young and foolish that have to pay
G Em
So break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad
Am Dsus4 D
Thank them for the good years and all the lovin’ that I had
G Em
Break it to my grandma who said the boy is wild and bad
Am
Break it to them gently when you tell them
D G
That I won’t be coming home again
C G
I’m runnin’ with a gun and it isn’t any fun as a fugitive
C G
Fightin’ for my life and I don’t know if I’ll make it alone
C G
Runnin’ with a gun and it isn’t any fun as a fugitive
Em G
Lord I wanna go home, lord I wanna go home
C
You gotta break it to them gently
G
Break it to them gently
C
You gotta break it to them gently
G
Gotta really try to roll ’em
C
Break it to them gently
G
Gotta really try to sooth them
C
Gotta really try to sooth them
G
Gotta really try to roll them
C
You gotta roll it to my mother
G
Gotta roll it to my grandma, gotta roll the old lady
C
Roll it to my mother
G
Roll it to my mother and roll the old lady
C
Roll it to my grandma
G
She’s damn near eighty, roll the old lady
C
Roll it to my mother
G
Roll it to my mother, gotta roll the old lady
C
Roll it to my mother
G
My sister and my mother and roll the old lady
C
Roll it to my grandma
G
She’s damn near eighty, roll the old lady…
G Em
Break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad
Am Dsus4
When you see my baby sister, be as kind as you can
G Em
Break it to my grandma, said that boy’s wild and bad
Am
Break it to them gently when you tell ’em
C G
That I won’t be coming home again
C G
Cause I’m runnin’ with a gun and it isn’t any fun as a fugitive
C G
Fightin’ for my life and I don’t know if I’ll make it alone
C G
Runnin’ with a gun and it isn’t any fun as a fugitive
Em G
God I wanna go home, lord I wish I was home
C G C
G Em
When you see my lady with the twinkle in her eyes
Am Dsus4 D
Tell it to her softly and hold her if she cries
G Em
Tell her that I love her and I will till the day I die
Am
Tell it to her gently when you tell her
D G
That I won’t be coming home again
D G
I got in too deep with strangers
D G
Thinkin’ they could help me find my way
C G
Nobody warned me of the dangers
Em Am D
And it’s always the young and foolish that have to pay
G Em
So break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad
Am Dsus4 D
Thank them for the good years and all the lovin’ that I had
G Em
Break it to my grandma who said the boy is wild and bad
Am
Break it to them gently when you tell them
D G
That I won’t be coming home again
C G
I’m runnin’ with a gun and it isn’t any fun as a fugitive
C G
Fightin’ for my life and I don’t know if I’ll make it alone
C G
Runnin’ with a gun and it isn’t any fun as a fugitive
Em G
Lord I wanna go home, lord I wanna go home
C
You gotta break it to them gently
G
Break it to them gently
C
You gotta break it to them gently
G
Gotta really try to roll ’em
C
Break it to them gently
G
Gotta really try to sooth them
C
Gotta really try to sooth them
G
Gotta really try to roll them
C
You gotta roll it to my mother
G
Gotta roll it to my grandma, gotta roll the old lady
C
Roll it to my mother
G
Roll it to my mother and roll the old lady
C
Roll it to my grandma
G
She’s damn near eighty, roll the old lady
C
Roll it to my mother
G
Roll it to my mother, gotta roll the old lady
C
Roll it to my mother
G
My sister and my mother and roll the old lady
C
Roll it to my grandma
G
She’s damn near eighty, roll the old lady…
