Squeeze the Trigger

©2020 Garrett Clevenger

 

Slow

 

G riff  You ain’t got nothin’ if you ain’t got a squeeze. And I ain’t got a squeeze in so long.

G riff  His baby left him all alone. She took the key. She left me here singin’ this song.

C riff  Now he’s got a problem lookin’ for an answer. I’m tryin’ to make right from the wrong.

G riff  He’s poundin’ on her door tryin’ to get back in. All she wants is me to be gone.

D    C  The neighbors get annoyed. They call the cops. The cops do what they do to make me stop.

G riff  You ain’t got nothin’ if you ain’t got a squeeze. They squeezed the trigger. Now, I’m so long.

 

Speed slightly

 

G riff  You ain’t got nothin’ if you ain’t got a squeeze. And I ain’t got a squeeze in so long.

G riff  His baby left him all alone unhappily. She left me here singin’ this song.

C riff  He calls her on the phone, lookin’ for a bone. “Baby, why you treat me so wrong?”

G riff  She tells him go away. He gets mad. “I just want to ping your pong.”

D    C  She gets scared and calls the cops. The cops do what they do to make me stop.

G riff  You ain’t got nothin’ if you ain’t got a squeeze. They squeezed the trigger. Now, I’m so long.

 

Em    G    Bm    G      Squeeze the trigger but squeeze it right.

Am    Em    D  C        If you squeeze it wrong someone might die.

 

Speed slightly

 

G riff  You ain’t got nothin’ if you ain’t got a squeeze. And I ain’t got a squeeze in so long.

G riff  His baby left him all alone in misery. She left me here singin’ this song.

C riff  He goes out on the town lookin’ for some love. I find a girl to get it on.

G riff  Word gets around he’s got someone else. My baby says, “Nope, that’s wrong.”

D    C  She gets annoyed and calls the cops. The cops do what they do to make me stop.

G riff  You ain’t got nothin’ if you ain’t got a squeeze. They squeezed the trigger. Now, I’m so long.

 

Speed slightly

 

G riff  You ain’t got nothin’ if you ain’t got a squeeze. And I ain’t got a squeeze in so long.

G riff  His baby left him all alone, sad and lonely. She left me here singin’ this song.

C riff  He pulls out a bottle and takes big swigs. I play my guitar until the dawn.

G riff  He stumbles outside to relieve himself. I pass out on somebody’s lawn.

D    C  They get annoyed and call the cops. The cops do what they do to make me stop.

G riff  You ain’t got nothin’ if you ain’t got a squeeze. They squeezed the trigger. Now, I’m so long.

 

Em    G    Bm    G      Squeeze the trigger but squeeze it right.

Am    Em    D  C        If you squeeze it wrong someone might die.

Em     

Bm    G    D  C           Squeeze the trigger but squeeze it right.

G riff

Bm    G    D  C           If you squeeze it wrong someone might die.

Em

D  C  Em                    Someone might die.

D  C  Em                    Someone might die.

D  C  G riff                 Someone might die.

 

G riff  You ain’t got nothing if you ain’t got a squeeze. And I ain’t got a squeeze in so long.