| A Asus4 | Asus4 | A/F# Asus4/F# | Asus4/F# | 
| A/E Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7 D | D |

| A         Asus4 | Asus4   | A/F#      Asus4/F# | Asus4/F# |   
  Forty one shots   . . . .   Forty one shots      . . . .
| A/E       Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7     D    | D       |
  Forty one shots     . . . .   Forty one shots  . . . .

A         Asus4            Asus4/F#      
Forty one shots, and we'll take that ride  
 Asus4/E                 Dmaj7        D
'Cross this bloody river to the other side
A         Asus4   Asus4/F#
Forty one shots . cut through the night
                         Asus4/E               Dmaj7           D
You're kneeling over his body in the vestibule prayin' fer his life 

D            D/C#             D                 D/C#
Is it a gun? . Is it a knife? . Is it a wallet? . This is your life
D           D/C# D/B  | D D/C# D/B |
It ain't no se———cret  
D           D/C# D/B  | D D/C# D/B |    D         D/C# D/B
It ain't no se———cret                No secret my friend
        D                   D/C# D/B  E <>            |A    Asus4 |
You can get killed just fer liv- vin' in your American skin

| Asus4   | A/F#      Asus4/F# | Asus4/F# |   
  . . . .   Forty one shots      . . . .
| A/E       Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7 D | D       |
  Forty one shots     . . . .   . . . .   . . . .

A         Asus4                    Asus4/F#
Forty one shots, Lena gets her son ready for school
           Asus4/E          
She says, "On these streets, Charles,
              Dmaj7          D
You've got to understand the rules.
      A       Asus4                        Asus4/F#
If an officer stops you, promise me you'll always be polite,
                Asus4/E
And that you'll never ever run away
                    Dmaj7              D
Promise Mama you'll keep your hands in sight."

D            D/C#             D                 D/C#
Is it a gun? . Is it a knife? . Is it a wallet? . This is your life
D           D/C# D/B  | D D/C# D/B |
It ain't no se———cret  
D           D/C# D/B      D         D/C# D/B
It ain't no se———cret, no secret my friend
        D                          E <>             A
You can get killed just fer livin' in your American skin

| A Asus4 | Asus4 | A/F# Asus4/F# | Asus4/F# | 
| A/E Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7 D | D |

D              D/C#
. Is it a gun? . Is it a knife?
D                      D/C#
. Is it in your heart? . Is it in your eyes?
D           D/C# D/B  | D D/C# D/B |
It ain't no se———cret
D           D/C# D/B  | D D/C# D/B | D           E 
It ain't no se———cret                It ain't no secret

A         Asus4            Asus4/F#      
Forty one shots, and we'll take that ride  
 Asus4/E                 Dmaj7        D
'Cross this bloody river to the other side
A         Asus4               Asus4/F#
Forty one shots, got my boots caked with this mud
      Asus4/E                         Dmaj7        D
We're baptized in these waters and in each other's blood

D            D/C#             D                 D/C#
Is it a gun? . Is it a knife? . Is it a wallet? . This is your life
D           D/C# D/B  | D D/C# D/B |
It ain't no se———cret  
D           D/C# D/B      D         D/C# D/B
It ain't no se———cret, no secret my friend
        D                          E <>             
You can get killed just for living in
        n/c
You can get killed just for living in
        n/c                                        |A    Asus4 | 
You can get killed just for living in your American skin

| Asus4   | A/F#      Asus4/F# | Asus4/F# |   
  . . . .   Forty one shots      . . . .
| A/E       Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7 D | D <>    |
  Forty one shots     . . . .   Forty one shots


Charted by Dexex

(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist, I play
songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not tabs, which
notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)