Roulette

	  		(Drums only) 
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                            C    Bb 
We left the toys out in the yard 
                            A                      Dm 
I took my wife and kids and left my home unguarded 
                                 C   Bb 
We packed what we could into the car 
                  A              Dm 
No one here knows how it started 

Suddenly everything was just so out of control 
      Am 
Now I want some answers, mister, I need to know 
  Bb 
I hear all the talk but I don't know what you're sayin' 

But I think I got a good idea of the game that you're playin' 

C             Dm 
Roulette, that's the name 
C             Bb 
Roulette, that's the game now 
C                 Dm 
Roulette, I don't know what they're sayin' 
C             Bb                 | F C | Dm 
Roulette, and everybody's playin' 

                       C                                  Bb 
I grew up here on this street where nothin' moves, just a strange breeze 
                   A                Dm 
In a town full of worthless memories 
                           C 
There's a shadow in my backyard 
           Bb 
I've got a house full of things that I can't touch 
                               A 
Well all those things won't do me much good now 
Dm 
I was a fireman out at Riker's, I did my job 
Am 
Mister, I've been cheated, I feel like I've been robbed 
Bb 
I'm the big expendable, my life's just cancelled, null and void 

But what are you gonna do about your new boy 

C             Dm 
Roulette, you're playin' with my life 
C              Bb 
Roulette, with my children and my wife 
C                Dm 
Roulette, every day the stakes get bigger 
C              Bb                          | F C | 
Roulette, a different finger on the trigger 

 

Dm                     C           Bb 
Down by the river that talks the night speaks in searchlights 
     A                     Dm 
And shortwave radios squawk, 
                        C 
The police patrol the streets 
          Bb 
But I've left behind the man I used to be, 
                              A 
Everything he believed in and all that belonged to me 
Dm 
I tried to find my way out to somewhere where I thought it'd be safe 
      Am 
They stopped me at the roadblock they put up on the interstate 
  Bb 
They put me in detention but I broke loose and then I ran 
  Gm                                                                          Bb 
They said they want to ask me a few questions but I think they had other plans 
                                                                 A4 
Now I don't know who to trust and I don't know what I can believe 

They say they want to help me but with the stuff they keep on sayin' 

I think those guys just wanna keep on playin' 

C           Dm 
Roulette, with my life 
C           Bb 
Roulette, with my kids and my wife 
C               Dm 
Roulette, the bullet's in the chamber 
C                Bb 
Roulette, who's the unlucky stranger 
C              Dm 
Roulette, surprise, you're dead 
C              Bb 
Roulette, the gun's to your head 
C                      Dm 
Roulette, the bullet's spinning in the chamber 
C                   Bb 
Roulette, pull the trigger, feel the click 
F            C 
No further danger 

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b....bend 
rb...release bend 
/....slide up 
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>....hammer 
<....pull 
=....fast strokes 
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