[Intro]
G  C  G
Em C  G
[Strophe]
G                                 
Well hes been collecting since the
  C      G 
 age of nine 
Well hes been collecting since the age of nine 
Em                      C         G 
Every shiny bullet that he could find
 
Every shiny bullet that he could find 
G                               C    
Built himself a house with the wooden
   G 
 floors 
Built himself a house with the wooden floors 
Em                           C     
Put the shiny bullets in a chest of
    G 
 drawers
Put the shiny bullets in a chest of drawers
[Strophe]
G                                 C  
Well his wifes long gone and the kids
        G 
 have grown 
Well his wifes long gone and the kids have grown 
Em                       C        G 
And trees they fall down on their own
 
And trees they fall down on their own 
G                      C      G 
Memories fade like an old slideshow 
Em                              
But the bullets still shine like
   C           G 
 coins in the snow
But the bullets still shine like coins in the snow
[Refrain]
C             G            D    Em 
Well one day took himself into town 
C               G           D      
The men with a truck well they came
   Em 
 around 
The men with a truck well they came around 
C            G               D      
Took the television and the gun from
     Em 
 the war 
Took the television and the gun from the war 
C                  G            
And almost every bullet from the
   D        G 
 chest of drawers
And almost every bullet from the chest of drawers
[Strophe]
G                                   
Well he came back home and found the
   C         G 
 house in a mess 
Well he came back home and found the house in a mess 
Em                            C 
Run into the bedroom and the old
         G 
 brown chest 
Run into the bedroom and the old brown chest 
G                       C G 
Didnt care much for the VCR 
Em                                  
But he cried for the space where the
    C      G 
 bullets were
But he cried for the space where the bullets were
[Strophe]
C                  G          D  
The men drove the truck down into
  Em 
 town 
The men drove the truck down into town 
C                  G     D      
And sold all the silver they had
   Em 
 found 
And sold all the silver they had found 
C                            G       
But they couldnt sell the bullets cos
        D           Em 
 they werent live rounds 
But they couldnt sell the bullets cos they werent live rounds 
C                   G         
So they dug a big hole put the
    D             G 
 bullets in the ground
So they dug a big hole put the bullets in the ground
[Instrumentale]

G  C  G
Em C  G
C  G  D  Em
C  G  D  Em
[Outro]
C                         G       
Now he doesnt leave the house much
   D Em 
 anymore 
Now he doesnt leave the house much anymore 
C                      G            
Cos the men are gonna come like they
  D    Em 
 did before 
Cos the men are gonna come like they did before 
C              G         D       Em 
And hell hold onto the three or four
 
And hell hold onto the three or four 
C                  G            D  
Bullets that they left in the chest
       G 
 of drawers 
Bullets that they left in the chest of drawers 
C                               G    
Oh yeah the bullets that they left in
       D         G 
 the chest of drawers
Oh yeah the bullets that they left in the chest of drawers