Sniper - Harry Chapin Chords
Chords: A, Em, G, F, C, D, Am, F#m, Bm, Am/G
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A Em G F
It is an early Monday morning.
A Em G C
The sun is becoming bright on the land.
A Em G F
No one is watching as he comes a walking.
C G D A
Two bulky suitcases hang from his hands.
A Em G F
He heads towards the tower that stands in the campus.
A Em G C
He goes through the door, he starts up the stairs.
A Em G F
The sound of his footsteps, the sound of his breathing,
C G D A
The sound of the silence but no one was there.
D Am D Am
D Am
I didn't really know him.
D Am
He was kind of strange.
D Am
Always sort of sat there.
D Am C Em A
He never seemed to change.
A Em G F
He reached the catwalk. He put done his burden.
A Em G C
The four sided clock began to chime.
A Em G F
Seven AM, the day is beginning.
C G D A
So much to do and so little time.
A Em G F
He looks at the city where no one had known him.
A Em G C
He looks at the sky where no one looks down.
A Em G F
He looks at his life and what it has shown him.
C G D A
He looks for his shadow it cannot be found.
D Am D Am
D Am
He was such a moody child,
D Am
very hard to touch.
D Am
Even as a baby
D Am
he never smiled too much.
C F#m
No no. No no.
F#m
You bug me, she said.
F#m
Your ugly, she said.
F#m
Please hug me, I said.
G
But she just sat there
Bm
With the same flat stare
G Em
That she saves for me alone
Bm
When I'm home.
G
When I'm home.
A
Take me home.
A Em G F
He laid out the rifles, he loaded the shotgun,
A Em G C
He stacked up the cartridges along the wall.
A Em F G
He knew he would need them for his conversation.
C G D A
If it went as it he planned, then he might use them all.
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