Verse:
Fm
In between the coats in the closet
C#
She held on to that heart shaped locket
G#
Staring at a family flawless
D#Cm
But it ainʼt a pretty picture tonight
Fm
Mom and daddy just wouldnʼt stop it
C#
Fighting at the drop of a faucet
G#
Cuts through the walls catastrophic
D#Cm
Sheʼs caught in the crossfire
Pre-chorus:
FmC#
Puts her hands over her ears
G#
Starts talking through the tears
D#C7
and Sheʼs saying, sheʼs praying.
Chorus:
Fm
I wish words were like little toy guns
C#G#D#
No sting, no hurt no one, Just a bang bang rollinʼ off your tongue
D#
(I wish words were like little toy guns) yeah
Fm
No smoke, no bullets,
C#
no kick from the trigger when you pull it
G#
No pain, no damage done
D#
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
C#D#
Just a bang bang rollinʼ off your tongue
D#
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
FmG#D#A#
Verse:
FmC#
Wish there was a white flag waving or that they were both
just faking
C#D#Cm
And it was just a game they were playing like shootʼem up cowboys
FmC#
Leave the plastic pistols in the front yard
G#D#C7
Throw away the score card and just turn off all the noise.
Chorus:
Fm
I wish words were like little toy guns
C#G#D#
No sting, no hurt no one, Just a bang bang rollinʼ off your tongue
D#
(I wish words were like little toy guns) yeah
Fm
No smoke, no bullets,
C#
no kick from the trigger when you pull it
G#
No pain, no damage done
D#
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
C#D#
Just a bang bang rollinʼ off your tongue
D#
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
FmC#G#D#
Bridge:
Fm
I wish they didnʼt cut like a knife
C#
I wish they didnʼt break you inside
G#D#
I wish they didnʼt bang bang make you wanna run, yeah
Chorus:
Fm
I wish words were like little toy guns
C#G#D#
No sting, no hurt no one, Just a bang bang rollinʼ off your tongue
D#
(I wish words were like little toy guns) yeah
Fm
No smoke, no bullets,
C#
no shock from the trigger when you pull it
G#
No pain, no damage done
D#
(I wish words were like little toy guns)
C#D#
Just a bang bang rollinʼ off your tongue
D#
(I wish words were like little toy guns)