** Capo on 1st fret ** 
  
INTRO: A D A D 
 A                         F#m
Break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad  
      Bm                                  E
When you see my baby sister, be as kind as you can  
A                          F#m
Break it to my grandma, said that boy's wild and bad 
 Bm
Break it to them gently when you tell 'em  
 E                         A
That I won't be coming home again 
D                                  A
Cause I'm runnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a fugitive  
D                              A
Fightin' for my life and I don't know if I'll make it alone  
D                                A
Runnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a fugitive  
F#m                   A
God I wanna go home, lord I wish I was home 
D A D  
A                            F#m
When you see my lady with the twinkle in her eyes  
              Bm                        E
Tell it to her softly and hold her if she cries  
            A                             F#m
Tell her that I love her and I will till the day I die  
        Bm
Tell it to her gently when you tell her  
  E                          A
That I won't be coming home again 
E                         A
I got in too deep with strangers  
     E                     A
Thinkin' they could help me find my way  
 D                       A
Nobody warned me of the dangers  
    F#m              Bm                            E
And it's always the young and foolish that have to pay 
 
A                                  F#m
So break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad  
        Bm                             E
Thank them for the good years and all the lovin' that I had  
    A                       F#m
Break it to my grandma who said the boy is wild and bad  
     Bm
Break it to them gently when you tell them  
 E                   A
That I won't be coming home again 
D                               A
I'm runnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a fugitive  
D                                A
Fightin' for my life and I don't know if I'll make it alone  
D                             A
Runnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a fugitive  
    F#m                       A
Lord I wanna go home, lord I wanna go home 
D
You gotta break it to them gently  
A
Break it to them gently  
D
You gotta break it to them gently  
A
Gotta really try to roll 'em  
D
You gotta break it to them gently  
A
Gotta really try to sooth them  
D
Gotta really try to sooth them  
A
Gotta really try to roll them  
D
You gotta roll it to my mother  
A
Gotta roll it to my grandma, gotta roll the old lady  
D
Roll it to my mother  
A
Roll it to my mother and roll the old lady  
D
Roll it to my grandma  
 
 
A
She's damn near eighty, roll the old lady  
D
Roll it to my mother  
A
Roll it to my mother, gotta roll the old lady  
D
Roll it to my mother  
A
My sister and my mother and roll the old lady  
D
Roll it to my grandma  
A
She's damn near eighty, roll the old lady...