Gun Club: "The Straits Of Love And Hate" (from the "Pastoral Hide & Seek" album)
intro: Am G F F C F -5-5---10-10----8-------------------8--8----8--8----8----------------- -5-5---12-12---10------------------10-10----8--8---10----------------- -5-5---12-12---10-10-12-10-12-10---10-10----9--9---10-10-12-10-12-10-- -7-7---12-12---10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-- -7-7---10-10----8--8--8--8--8--8----8--8---10-10----8--8--8--8--8--8-- -5-5---10-10----8-------------------8--8----8--8----8----------------- play intro riff 2x and continue throughout the verse: Am G F F C F He took a Smith & Wesson down to the corner Am G F F C F and then he took a ride Am G F F C F he got out somewhere in Los Feliz Am G F F C F in the evening time Am G F F C F he rang her bell and pushed her through the door Am G F F C F and onto the bed Am G F F C F he took time to talk to her copulating Am G F F C F a gun to her head .....and it was hot Em Oh, he rides F Em F Em he rides between the straits of love and hate F Em the straits of love and love D G the straits of love abused A (4 times) tonight Come around midnight they are laughing and they are playing games one bullet in the chamber and spinning 'round in circles to its aim but nothing ever happens so they get drunk all the weekend one hungover dirty Sunday morning they fight and then it starts again ..... and he's gone Oh, he rides he rides between the straits of love and hate the straits of love and love the straits of love abused tonight instrumental = intro the next first four lines only with bass + drums, just a short guitar lick after each second line, then on the last four lines the guitar plays low, but with a fast r&r-like rhythm:
He was working at the docks, when he found out she took another man he left his job and caught a ride and decided to take a stand he put his iron between her legs and told her to love him again she threw her arms around him and then it started all over again ..... and it was fine Oh, he rides he rides between the straits of love and hate the straits of love and love the straits of love abused tonight Oh, he rides he rides between the straits of love and hate the straits of love and love the straits of love abused tonight end: Am G F