Key: G
Introduction: Em7 G D4 A7(4)
Em C9
In between the coats in the closet, she held on to that heart-shaped locket
G D D4 D
Staring at a family, flawless, but it ain't a pretty picture tonight
Em C9
Mom and daddy just won't stop it, fighting at the drop of a faucet
G D B7
Cuts through the walls, catastrophic, she's caught in the crossfire
Em C G
Puts her hands over her ears, starts talking through the tears
D B7
She's saying, and she's praying
Em C
I wish words were like little toy guns, no sting, no hurting no one
G D
Just a bang, bang, rolling off your tongue (wish words were like little toy guns)
Em C
Yeah, no smoke, no bullets, no kick from the trigger when you pull it
C9 G D
No pain, no damage done (wish words were like little toy guns)
C9 G D
And just a bang, bang, rolling off your tongue (wish words were like little toy guns)
Em C
Wish there was a white flag waving, or that they were both just faking
G D
And it was just a game they were playing, like shoot-'em-up cowboys
Em C G
Leave the plastic pistols in the front yard, throw away the scorecard
D B7
And just turn off all the noise
Em C
I wish words were like little toy guns, no sting, no hurting no one
G D
Just a bang, bang, rolling off your tongue (wish words were like little toy guns)
Em C
Yeah, no smoke, no bullets, no kick from the trigger when you pull it
C9 G D
No pain, no damage done (wish words were like little toy guns)
C9 G D
And just a bang, bang, rolling off your tongue (wish words were like little toy guns)
Em C G D
Toy guns
Em7 C9
Oh, I wish they didn't cut like a knife, I wish they didn't break you inside
G D
I wish they didn't bang, bang, make you wanna run
Em C
Yeah, like little toy guns, no sting, no hurting no one
G D
Just a bang, bang, rolling off your tongue (wish words were like little toy guns)
Em C
Yeah, no smoke, no bullets, no shot from the trigger when you pull it
C9 G D
No pain, no damage done (wish words were like little toy guns)
C9 G D
And just a bang, bang, rolling off your tongue (wish words were like little toy guns)
Em7 G D4
Toy guns
A7(4) Em7 G D4 A7sus4Em
Oh, like little toy guns