When the Pin Hits the Shell Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]You can lie to your Mama,
you [A]can lie to your race
But you can't lie [D]to nobody
with that [G]cold steel in [Gm]your face.
[G]And the sam[D]e God that you're so
afraid [A]is gonna send you to hell
Is the [D]same one you're gonna answer
to when the [G]pin hits the shell.
[D]

[Verse 2]
Your sister's been blaming everybody.
[A]I d[Asus4]on't blam[A]e her[D],
man, I guess I'd do [G]the same
If you was my [D]brother, man,
I'd probably stand [Asus4]by you.
[A]But you ain[D]'t, man,
so I got to go my [G]way.
And I ain't gonna [Bm]crawl
upon no high horse
Cause I [A]got thrown off of one

[Verse 3]
When I was [D]young and I ain't no cowboy
So I ain't [G]going where I don't belong.
It [Bm]wouldn't do you no good to let you know
that it [A]damned near killed me too
So I ain't gonna [D]mourn for you, man,

[Interlude 1]
now that you're gone.
[G][Bm][A][G][D]
[A][Bm][A][G][D]
[A]

[Verse 4]
Me [D]and you,
we liked our pills and our whis[A]key.
But you [D]don't want your head
full of either one when
The [G]house gets quiet and dark.
Having [D]fun used to be so damned [A]easy,
Racing [D]trains from Second
Street [G]to Avalon.
Take a [Bm]trip down memory lane,
You don't see [A]no friendly faces
All [D]the houses have been painted and
[G]Nobody knows your name.
It's [Bm]enough to make a man not want
To be [A]nobody's Daddy,
When all he think[D]s he's got left
to hand down is guilt [G]and shame.

[Verse 5]
And I ain't gonna [Em]crawl upon no

[Interlude 2]
high horse...
[Bm][D][G][Em]
[Bm]

[Verse 6]
[D]You[G][Em][Bm]
[D][A][Em][Bm]
[D]can[A] lie to[D] your Mama,
you can [A]lie to your race
But you can't [D]lie to nobody with that
[G]cold steel in your face.
And the [D]same God that you're so
afraid [A]is gonna send you to hell
Is the [D]same one you're gonna answer
to when the [G]pin hits the shell.