[Verse]
E
Tell me what a young man Mama
D A9
What's he got to live for
D A9 E
Tossed in the shuffle of everyday war
E
Searchin' for some trouble
D A9
Which I'm sure he will find
D A9
Spend your whole life fightin' son
D E
Meet your dyin' time
[Chorus]
A/G#
It's a shame
A/G#
It's a shame
A/G#
The trigger be his only friend
A
It's a shame, oh yeh
B
But it ain't never gonna end
[Verse]
A E
He's a bucketful of hate
A E
That don't give a damn
A B D A
What fate awaits the machine gun man?
E A
Well, he ain't got no future
E A
And he ain't got no plan
B D A
What fate awaits the machine gun man?
E
I can't see tomorrow
D A
And I don't see today
D A D E
Trail of confusion done leadin' my way
E
They say the only thing worth killin' Lord
D A
Be killin' time
D A
I say the only soul worth savin' now Mama
D E
Resavin' mine
[Chorus]
A/G#
It's a shame
A/G#
It's a shame
A/G# A/G#
The trigger be his only friend
A/G# A/G#
It's a shame, oh yeh
A
But it ain't never gonna end
[Verse]
A E
He's a bucketful of hate
A E
That don't give a damn
A B D A
What fate awaits the machine gun man?
E A
Well, he ain't got no future
E A
And he ain't got no plan
B D A
What fate awaits the machine gun man?
[Bridge]
B A E
He keeps shootin' mama like any old fool would do
B A E
Lord, the life he be leadin' ain't the one he has to choose
B
As he walks on out that door
A E
Mama breaks down to cry
B D
As she waves the machien gun man
A A A A
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye...