Chords
Happiness Is A Warm Gun

‘Happiness Is a Warm Gun’ was written by John Lennon with contributions from Paul McCartney and is noted for its complex structure, encompassing multiple distinct sections. Lennon was inspired by a magazine bearing the headline Happiness Is a Warm Gun, which he found absurd. The song touches on themes such as addiction, sex, and violence, in an allegorical and abstract manner.

Key: Am

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
        Am7     Am6            Em9         Em  
She' s not a girl    who misses much
Am7                  Am6     Em9        Em  
 Du du du du du du         Oh yeah
Dm  
 She' s well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand
                         Am  
like a lizard on a window pane
     Dm                                                                        Am  
The man in the crowd with the multicoloured mirrors on his hobnail boots
Dm                                                                     Am  
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy working overtime
Dm                                                                                  Am  
 A soap impression of his wife which he ate and donated to the National Trust

A7                  C     Am  

A7  
I need a fix ' cause I' m goin'  down, down to the bits that I left up town
C  
I need a fix ' cause I' m goin'  down
A7                    C                        A7                    G7  
Mother Superior jump the gun,      Mother Superior jump the gun
A7                    C                        A7                    G7  
Mother Superior jump the gun,      Mother Superior jump the gun
A7                    C                        A7                    G7  
Mother Superior jump the gun,      Mother Superior jump the gun
Lyrics in () are spoken, with "oo" etc in back

C         Am            F          G7  
  Happiness is a warm gun (happiness, bang bang shoot shoot)
C         Am            F                 G7  
  Happiness is a warm gun, mama (happiness, bang bang shoot shoot)
C          Am            F          G7  
  When I hold you    in my arms (ooooh oh yea)
C          Am         F                  G7  
  And I feel my finger on your trigger (oooh oh yea)
C     Am        F                    G7          C  
  I know nobody can do me no harm, because (oooh oh yea)
      Am            F              G7  
Happiness is a warm gun mama (happiness, bang bang shoot shoot)
C         Am            F                 G7  
  Happiness is a warm gun yes it is (happiness, bang bang shoot shoot)
Fm  
Happiness is a warm yes it is
C         Am         F     G7  
Gun                        Don' t you know that
C         Am         F              G7  
Happiness is a warm gun mama, etc.