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GUNNING DOWN ROMANCE
(Savage Garden)
intro: Dm F Bb Gmsus (x2)
Dm F Bb Gm Dm F Bb Gmsus
love and other moments are just chemical reactions in your brain in your brain
Dm F Bb Gm Dm
and feelings of aggression are the absence of the love drug in your veins
F Bb Gmsus
in your veins
Dm F Bb
love come quickly
Gm Dm F Bb Gmsus
because i feel my self esteem is caving in it's on the brink
Dm F Bb
love come quickly
Gm Dm F Bb Gmsus
because i don't think i can keep this monster in it's in my skin
Dm F Bb Gm Dm F Bb Gmsus
love and other socially acceptable emotions are morphine they're morphine
Dm F Bb Gm Dm F Bb Gmsus
cleverly concealing primal urges often felt but rarely seen rarely seen
Dm F Bb
love i beg you
Gm Dm F Bb Gmsus
lift me up into that privileged point of view the world of two
Dm F Bb
love don't leave me
Gm Dm F Bb Gmsus
because i console myself that hallmark cards are true i really do
Dm F Bb Gm Dm F Bb Gmsus
Dm F Bb Gm
i'm gunning down romance it never did a thing for me
Dm F Bb Gm
but heartache and misery ain't nothing but a tragedy (x2)
Dm F Bb Gm
love don't leave me
Dm F Bb Gmsus Dm F Bb Gmsus
take these broken wings i'm going to take these broken wings
Dm F Bb Gmsus
and learn to fly and learn to fly away
Dm F Bb Gm
i'm gunning down romance and learn to fly away
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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sebastian Wanna Be |
#1 by sebastian Shamburg at Aug 16, 1975 at 11:12 PM EST |
| wait a sec.... darren was married? never heard that before! Soz im a big fan of SG but i can never find any information on them in the UK! Anyways, bout this song......... i didn't like it first but then when i actually listened to the lyrics and the power of it, i absolutely loved it! | |
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Charley Rhythm Player |
#2 by Charley Hockin at Jan 16, 1980 at 2:58 PM EST |
| yes, this is definitely a very angry song. | |
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Roman Rhythm Player |
#3 by Roman Malik at Aug 6, 1980 at 3:55 AM EST |
| I can tell just by reading that the writer was going through a bad time. Obviously a significant relationship is completely gone, and he's feeling the anger and resentment that most do when something happy leaves you forever. | |
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Steve Wanna Be |
#4 by Steve Smyth at Oct 27, 1981 at 9:04 AM EST |
| "take these broken wings and learn to fly" | |
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Chris Wanna Be |
#5 by Chris H at Oct 22, 1988 at 10:25 AM EST |
| i really like savage garden. theyre not my style at all, i dont know what it is. maybe its just this song. and 2 beds and a coffee machine. but the lyrics of this are just so bitter toward love. its only a reaction in your brain, and such. its so real. saying goodbye to love, the way we all do after getting shit on. but of course romance is beautiful, and of course we all find the habit again........... | |
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jimmy Lead Player |
#6 by jimmy matthews at Oct 27, 1988 at 3:29 PM EST |
| I absolutely adore this song.. This is one of those songs you listen to when you feel love means nothing to you.. that it doesn't exist. You want to 'gun down romance' but at the same time you dont' want that 'love to leave you'. It's just..it can relate to so many peoples lives, and it's true in so many ways. Love it, love it, and love it some more. | |
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#7 by vix at Mar 14, 1994 at 11:15 PM EST |
| I positively adore this song, it's definately in my top3 SG songs. It's dark and just different from so many of their other tunes but completely believable at the same time and they can pull the style off well. I wish they would have written more in this direction. I don't think it's about one specific breakup/event in that sense. But it works incredibly well as just this overall feeling you get after thinking one too many times about the bad side of love, how it burns you. Eventually you get bitter and start to thinking what is love? You tear it down to the most basic unfeeling level which is that it's technically just 'chemical reactions in your brain'. He's begging love to come rescue him from these thoughts. I'm gunning down romance It never did a thing for me But heartache and misery Ain't nothing but a tragedy This song gives me the shivers. I know what it's like to feel like this. Amazing stuff. And yeah Darren was married to a woman named Colby for a period of time. They were college sweethearts I believe? | |
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Matt Wanna Be |
#8 by Matt Sakrosky at Mar 30, 2001 at 11:02 AM EST |
| This is one of Savage Garden's most powerful and moving songs. Not their first, but quite possibly their last. It has a dark, cold, bleak, and miserable feel to it. You can literally feel Darren's heartbreaking desperation to hold on to a single spark of something pure and good. He cries out "Love don't leave me" several times, each time crooning it devastatingly. This song feels as if he is clinging desperately to one small hope that this incredible pain won't leave him jaded forever. He knows his marriage is over and the sad part is that he doesn't seem to be dwelling on that. His pain and sorrow in this song seems to be geared more toward his losing faith in love itself and he's trying so hard not to give up on it. Even through all the jaded and bitter words and lines, you can see that he still has hope; that he's still trying not to fall apart, and that's what makes "GDR" so incredibly moving. You can literally see how strong his will is throughout this song. In the beginning he is bitter and angry and in the end it seems he's reached a revelation. All through the song he takes you through this dark and cold journey and then at the end he shows you this light and all at once you feel warm. I know it sounds cheesy, but it's the best I can describe it. It's as if through this song, he's recieved enlightenment. Definately an underappreciated song. Most people think it's an angry rant of a song, but I think it's Darren's version of therapy and you can see his changes and progress throughout it. | |
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Vinnie Rhythm Player |
#9 by Vinnie Valium at Oct 3, 2007 at 12:30 AM EST |
| It's one of those songs that transport you...And yes, I believe you appreciate it more once you've been burned, and once you've reached a certain age...How the sound becomes more and more obscure and powerful takes your breath, and the words "I'm gonna take this broken wings...and learn to fly...and learn to fly away..." leaves you with hope...that you will get over it one day, and you will find yourself able to love again. One of my all-time Savage Garden favourites, probably underappreciated. | |
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Wacko Average |
#10 by Wacko Jacko at Oct 3, 2007 at 8:15 AM EST |
| this is a great song ;] | |
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john Wanna Be |
#11 by john dolmayan at Oct 3, 2007 at 4:43 PM EST |
| I'm suspecting that he wrote this shortly after his wife and him divorced, and he says he's a romantic at heart, and he says he's gunning it down as he sees it as doing him harm. but yes he sounds hurt and angry. | |
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Julian Average |
#12 by Julian . at Oct 4, 2007 at 7:49 PM EST |
| This song is one of my favourites, it's so cold to describe love as a 'chemical reaction in your brain'. Its obviously a very angry song about being alone saying that the social standard is to be in a couple and he doesnt like being alone. The musics great with this song too. | |
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MysticCat Wanna Be |
#13 by MysticCat (Janis *johnny* Udodovs) at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:14 AM EST |
| I love this song. The way it just perfectly describes that wanting to love and be loved in return, and the devotion that goes into it. and the sudden almost knee jerk reaction to being scorned by love to want to beat up the emotion. | |
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tim Lead Player |
#14 by tim sears at Oct 5, 2007 at 4:10 PM EST |
| this is probably one of savage gardens darkest songs, it's so emotional, like all their songs, and i'm pretty sure it is about Darren breaking up with his wife. the first few times i heard it i never really appreciated it fully, but over the past few years, it's meant more and more to me, i supose, now that i'm older i can relate to it more, well, that's my two cents anyway | |
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anthony Average |
#15 by anthony clark at Oct 12, 2007 at 11:47 PM EST |
| i luv this song~ it kinda gives me a creepy feeling tho. it sounds like darren is in a lot of pain, as in just going thru a really bad time, he sings it with a lot of emotion | |
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Josh Lead Player |
#16 by Josh Ripley at Oct 15, 2007 at 4:43 AM EST |
| I dont think its specifically about any one thing to be honest... Speaking hypothetically here, A guy is in love, but then the love is lost, and he starts thinging, "love doesnt exist" its just a chemical reaction in your brain. So he falls down deeper. So alone, he gets worse and is wanted to feel okay, "love dont leave me" But then realises, it was romance,love, that made him this way anyhow. And his wings are broken, so he cant get back up... So he knows hes gunna have to fly away. | |
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leester Professional |
#17 by leester at Oct 16, 2007 at 11:36 AM EST |
| Its true in some ways though, like the love is a chemical reaction thing.... | |
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