Em
In between the coats in the closet
C
She held on to that heart shaped locket
G
Staring at a family flawless
D Bm *The Bm is optional
But it ain’t a pretty picture tonight
Em
Mom and daddy just wouldn’t stop it
C
Fighting at the drop of a faucet
G
Cuts through the walls catastrophic
D Bm
She’s caught in the crossfire
Pre-Chorus:
Em C
Puts her hands over her ears
G
Starts talking through the tears
D B7
and She’s saying, she’s praying.
Chorus:
Em
I wish words were like little toy guns
C G D
No sting, no hurt no one, Just a bang bang rollin’ off your tongue
D
(I wish words were like little toy guns) yeah
Em
No smoke, no bullets,
C
no kick from the trigger when you pull it
G
No pain, no damage done
D
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
C D
Just a bang bang rollin’ off your tongue
D
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
Instrumental: Em G D A
Verse II:
Em C
Wish there was a white flag waving or that they were both
just faking
C D Bm
And it was just a game they were playing like shoot’em up cowboys
Em C
Leave the plastic pistols in the front ya—-rd
G D B7
Throw away the score card and just turn off all the noise.
Chorus:
Em
I wish words were like little toy guns
C G D
No sting, no hurt no one, Just a bang bang rollin’ off your tongue
D
(I wish words were like little toy guns) yeah
Em
No smoke, no bullets,
C
no kick from the trigger when you pull it
G
No pain, no damage done
D
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
C D
Just a bang bang rollin’ off your tongue
D
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
Instrumental II: Em C G D
Bridge:
Em
I wish they didn’t cut like a knife
C
I wish they didn’t break you inside
G D
I wish they didn’t bang bang make you wanna ru—n, yeah
Chorus:
Em
I wish words were like little toy guns
C G D
No sting, no hurt no one, Just a bang bang rollin’ off your tongue
D
(I wish words were like little toy guns) yeah
Em
No smoke, no bullets,
C
no shock from the trigger when you pull it
G
No pain, no damage done
D
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
C D
Just a bang bang rollin’ off your tongue
D
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
