We Both Reached For The Gun lyrics by Chicago Film Cast
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Song Title * We Both Reached For The Gun (from the motion picture "Chicago")
Performed By * Christine Baranski, Cleve Asbury, Shaun Amyot
Composer(s) *
Publisher * . Unauthorised copying is illegal
Programmer * � Bespoke Music
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ANNOUNCER: "Mr. Billy Flynn and the Press Conference Rag".
Notice how his mouth never moves.....almost..
REPORTERS: Where'd you come from?
BILLY Mississippi.
[REPORTERS: And your parents?
BILLY Very wealthy.
REPORTERS: Where are they now?
BILLY: Six feet under,
But she was granted one more start
The convent of The Sacred Heart!
* 8-bar break
REPORTERS: When'd you get here?
BILLY: 1920.
REPORTERS: How old were you?
BILLY: Don't remember.
REPORTERS: Then what happened?
BILLY: I met Amos
And he stole my heart away,
Convinced me to elope one day.
[MARY SUNSHINE (spoken)]
Oh, you poor dear I can"t beleive what you have been through. A convent girl! A run-away marriage! Now tell us Roxie...
[MARY SUNSHINE] Who's Fred Casely?
BILLY: My ex-boyfriend.
REPORTERS: Why'd you shoot him?
BILLY: I was leavin'.
REPORTERS: Was he angry?
[BILLY: Like a madman.
Still, I said, "Fred, move along."
She knew that she was doing wrong.
REPORTERS: Then describe it.
[BILLY: He came toward me.
REPORTERS: With the pistol?
BILLY: From my bureau.
REPORTERS: Did you fight him?
BILLY: Like a tiger.
He had strength and she had none,
And yet we both reached for the gun.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yesm we both
Oh yes, we both. oh yes, we both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun.
Oh yes, we both reached for the gun, for the gun.
REPORTERS: Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both.
Oh yes, they both, oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun, for the gun.
BILLY: Understandable, understandable.
Yes, it's perfectly understandable,
Comprehensible, comprehensible,
Not a bit reprehensible.
It's so defensible.
REPORTERS: How're you feeling?
BILLY: Very frightened.
REPORTERS: Are you sorry?
[ROXIE]: Are you kidding?
REPORTERS: What's your statement?
BILLY: All I'd say is
Though my choo-choo jumped the track,
I'd give my life to bring him back.
[REPORTERS] And?
BILLY: Stay away from...
REPORTERS: What?
BILLY: Jazz and liquor...
REPORTERS: And?
BILLY: And the men who...
REPORTERS: What?
BILLY: Play for fun...
REPORTERS: And what?
BILLY: That's the thought that...
REPORTERS: Yeah.
BILLY: Came upon me...
REPORTERS: When?
BILLY: When we both reached for the gun!
MARY SUNSHINE: Understandable, understandable.
BILLY AND
MARY SUNSHINE: Yes, it's perfectly understandable.
Comprehensible, comprehensible,
Not a bit reprehensible.
It's so defensible!
REPORTERS: Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both,
Oh yes, they both, oh yes, they both reached for
BILLY: Let me hear it!
REPORTERS: The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun.
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun,
BILLY (spoken): A little louder!
REPORTERS: For the gun..
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both, oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun,
BILLY (spoken) Now you got it!
REPORTERS: The gun, the gun.
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun, for the gun.
BILLY AND
REPORTERS: Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both.
Oh yes, they both, oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun,,the gun.
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun, for the gun.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both,
Oh yes, they both, oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,
the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun.
BILLY: Both reached for the...gun.
REPORTERS: The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,
the gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,the gun, the gun, the gun,
Both reached for the gun.
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Time * 3:59
Length * 228 bars
Tempo * 270 bpm, 250 bpm at bar 91, 170 bpm at bar 110, rall from bar 122 to 126, tempo 1 at
bar 126, tempo 3 at bar 159, 80 bpm at bar 176, gradual accelerando from 80 bpm to 230
bpm at bar 205, 240 bpm at bar 220
Key * B major, E major at bar 91, G major at bar 110 C major at bar 127, G major at bar
159, E major at bar 177, F major at bar 193
Ch 1 * Piano 1
Ch 2 * Acoustic Bass
Ch 3 * Honky-Tonk Piano
Ch 4 * Saw Wave
Ch 5 * Banjo
Ch 6 * Tuba
Ch 7 * Trombone
Ch 8 * Brass 1
Ch 9 * Baritone Sax
Ch 10 * Drums
Ch 11 * Tenor Sax
Ch 12 * Alto Sax
Ch 13 * Clarinet
Ch 14 * Violin
Ch 15 * Xylophone
Ch 16 * Glockenspiel
