Happiness Is A Warm Gun - JOHN LENNON - HOME RECORDING (1968) HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN (co-composed with Paul McCartney) (c) 1968 Northern Songs Chords used: EADGBE A7: x02020 C: x32010 Am: x02210 G7: 320001 G: 320003 D: x00232 Am7: x02010 Am6: x02212 Em9: 022002 Em: 022000 Dm6: xxx767 Am2: xxx210 F: 133211 G: 320003 Fm: 133111 A7 I need a fix 'cause I'm going down Back to the bits that I left uptown C Am I need a fix 'cause I'm going down A7 C Mother Superior jump the gun A7 G7 A7 Mother Superior jump the gu---n D C G Yoko Ono, oh no D C G A7 Yoko Ono, oh yes I need a fix 'cause I'm going down Back to the bits that I left uptown I need a fix 'cause I'm going down Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun [FULL BEATLES VERSION:] Am7 Am6 Em9 Em She's not a girl who misses much E:-----2----------------2----------------2-----------------0---------------- B:---------------1----------------1-----------------0---------------0------- G:----------0--------0-------0--------0-------0---------0-------0-------0--- D:--------2--------2-------2--------2-------2---------2-------2-------2----- A:-----0----------------0----------------2-----------------2---------------- E:------------0----------------0-----------------0----------------0--------- Am7 Am6 Em9 Em Do do do do do do oh yeah E:-----2----------------2----------------2-----------------0---------------- B:---------------1----------------1-----------------0---------------0------- G:----------0--------0-------0--------0-------0---------0-------0-------0--- D:--------2--------2-------2--------2-------2---------2-------2-------2----- A:-----0----------------0----------------2-----------------2---------------- E:------------0----------------0-----------------0----------------0--------- Dm6 She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand Am2 Like a lizard on a window pane Dm6 The man in the crowd with his multi-colored mirror Am2 On his hobnail boots Dm6 Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy Am Working overtime Dm6 A soap impression of his wife which he ate and donated Am To the National Trust b = bend r = bend release p - pull-off A7 C E:----------------------------------------------------------------------- B:----------------------------------------------------------------------- G:----------------------------------------------------------------------- D:----------------------------------------------------------------------- A:--b5-b8-------------b5-b5-r5--------b5-b8-------------b5--b8--r5----b7- E:--------b8-r8-5--8-----------p8-5---------b8-r8-5--8------------------- Am E:----------------------------------------------------------------------- B:----------------------------------------------------------------------- G:----------------------------------------------------------------------- D:----------------------------------------------------------------------- A:-----------b5--b5-r5--------------------------------------------------- E:--8--5--8------------8p5-5--------------------------------------------- A7 I need a fix 'cause I'm going down C Am Down to the bits that I left uptown I need a fix 'cause I'm going down E:----------------------------------------------------------------------- B:----------------------------------------------------------------------- G:----------------------------------------------------------------------- D:-------------------------------------5---------------------------------- A:-----------------------------0-1-2---3---------------2-----1----0------- E:------------------------------------------------3----------------------- A7 C A7 G7 A7 Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun______ E:--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B:--------------------------------------------------------------------------- G:---------------------5---7--5--2------------------------------------------- D:------------------2------------------------------------------------5-3----- A:--------------3------------------------7-----7-----------2------5------5--- E:---------------------------------------5-----5-------3-------------------3- A7 C A7 G7 A7 Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun______ E:--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B:--------------------------------------------------------------------------- G:---------------------5---7--5--2------------------------------------------- D:------------------2------------------------------------------------5-3----- A:--------------3------------------------7-----7-----------2------5------5--- E:---------------------------------------5-----5-------3-------------------3- A7 C A7 G7 A7 Mother Superior jump the gun Mother Superior jump the gun______ E:--------------------------------------------------------------------------- B:--------------------------------------------------------------------------- G:---------------------5---7--5--2------------------------------------------- D:------------------2------------------------------------------------5-3----- A:--------------3------------------------7-----7-----------2------5------5--- E:---------------------------------------5-----5-------3-------------------3- C Am F G Happiness is a warm gun (bang, bang, shoot, shoot) Happiness is a warm gun, mama (bang, bang, shoot, shoot) C Am F G When I hold you in my arms (Oo-oo oh yeah) C Am F G And I feel my finger on your trigger (Oo-oo oh yeah) C Am F G I know nobody can do me no harm (Oo-oo oh yeah) C Am F G Because (happiness) is a warm gun, mama (bang, bang, shoot, shoot) Happiness is a warm gun, yes it is (bang, bang, shoot, shoot) Fm/C C Am F G Happiness is a warm, yes it is, gu-----n (bang, bang, shoot, shoot) C Am F G C Well, don't you know happiness is a warm gun, mama? (is a warm gun, yeah) NOTE: "[...] A gun magazine was sitting around and the cover was the picture of a smoking gun. The title of the article, which I never read, was 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun'. I took it as the idea of happiness after having shot somebody. Or some animal. [...] Oh well, by then I'm into double meanings. The initial inspiration was from the magazine cover. But that was the beginning of my relationship with Yoko and I was very sexually oriented then. [...]" (John Lennon, 1980)