Cummings Burton – Break It To Them Gently chords

INTRO: G  C  G  C

                  G                           EmBreak it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad
                     Am                        Dsus4   DWhen you see my baby sister, be as kind as you can
                   G                      EmBreak it to my grandma, said that boy's wild and bad
                   AmBreak it to them gently when you tell 'em
       D                        GThat I won't be coming home again

          C                                            GCause I'm runnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a fugitive
 C                                                    GFightin' for my life and I don't know if I'll make it alone
 C                                            GRunnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a fugitive
               Em                     GGod I wanna go home, lord I wish I was home

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                 G                           EmWhen you see my lady with the twinkle in her eyes
                Am                         Dsus4  DTell it to her softly and hold her if she cries
                  G                         EmTell her that I love her and I will till the day I die
                AmTell it to her gently when you tell her
         D                     GThat I won't be coming home again

D                       GI got in too deep with strangers
D                                  GThinkin' they could help me find my way
C                       GNobody warned me of the dangers
          Em                                     Am   DAnd it's always the young and foolish that have to pay

                    G                      EmSo break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad
                  Am                                Dsus4   DThank them for the good years and all the lovin' that I had
                G                           EmBreak it to my grandma who said the boy is wild and bad
                 AmBreak it to them gently when you tell them
       D                    GThat I won't be coming home again

   C                                             GI'm runnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a fugitive
C                                                       GFightin' for my life and I don't know if I'll make it alone
C                                            GRunnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a fugitive
              Em                         GLord I wanna go home, lord I wanna go home

                           CYou gotta break it to them gently
                     GBreak it to them gently
                                 CYou gotta break it to them gently
                        GGotta really try to roll 'em
                                    CYou gotta break it to them gently
                        GGotta really try to sooth them
                      CGotta really try to sooth them
                        GGotta really try to roll them
                        CYou gotta roll it to my mother
                    GGotta roll it to my grandma, gotta roll the old lady
CRoll it to my mother
GRoll it to my mother and roll the old lady
CRoll it to my grandma
       GShe's damn near eighty, roll the old lady
CRoll it to my mother
GRoll it to my mother, gotta roll the old lady
CRoll it to my mother
   GMy sister and my mother and roll the old lady
CRoll it to my grandma
      GShe's damn near eighty, roll the old lady...