More Gun (Soundtrack)

Team Fortress 2 Official Soundtrack

"Team Fortress 2 (Main Theme)" "Playing With Danger" "Rocket Jump Waltz" "The Art of War" "Faster Than a Speeding Bullet" "Right Behind You" "Petite Chou-Fleur" "Intruder Alert" "Drunken Pipe Bomb" "More Gun" "Haunted Fortress 2" "TF2 Saxxy 2011 Theme" "A Little Heart to Heart" "MEDIC!" "Archimedes" "Dreams of Cruelty" "The Calm" "ROBOTS!" "Dapper Cadaver" "Rise of the Living Bread" "Red Bread" "Three Days to Live" "Seduce Me!" "Stink Lines" "It Hates Me So Much" "Misfortune Teller" "Soldier of Dance" "RED Triumphs!" "BLU Triumphs!" "Yeti Park" "Saxton's Dilemma" "Mercenary Park" "Saluting the Fallen"

"More Gun" is the tune the Engineer plays on his guitar in Meet the Engineer. The original version was released in the Engineer Update, and has since been updated twice. It is one of the song titles featured from the Team Fortress 2 Official Soundtrack, listed as track number ten, and is one of 33 main menu start up themes. It is the seventh track to be added via patch subsequent to the game's release.

Update history

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

• This song was added as main menu music.

July 13, 2010 Patch

• [Undocumented] Valve altered the song, using a harmonica, train sounds, and even a slightly tweaked melody of the guitar solo preceding the electric guitar accompaniment.

August 17, 2010 Patch

• Valve added another new version, this time replacing the train intro with chirping crickets and the harmonica with a quiet accordion; the guitar changes remain in this version.

Guitar transcription

The following is a text rendition of a guitar tablature for the song. The Engineer is rendered using fairly faithful chord fingerings, which have been examined here.

Engineer's Song     
                    | Legend:
time = 3/4 160bpm   | -------
Standard E-tuning   | Q - quarter note
                    | E - 8th note
Copyright (c) 2008  | h - hammer on
Antti Kiviranta     | p - pull off
Published for educational purposes under the GFDL.  Modified by RJackson on behalf of the Team Fortress Wiki.
                  

					A major
    Q    Q    Q       Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E    
||-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|
||-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
||-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
||-----------------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
||-----------------|--0------------------------|---------------------------|--0------------------------|
||--0----2----4----|---------------------------|--0------------------------|---------------------------|

                     A Major
 Hey look buddy...   I'm an Engineer             And that means I solve problems
   Q    Q    Q       Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E    
|-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|
|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-----------------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-----------------|--0------------------------|---------------------------|--0------------------------|
|--0----2----4----|---------------------------|--0------------------------|---------------------------|

                     A Major
                     Not problems like what is beauty...       'Cos that would fall within the
   Q    Q    Q       Q     E    E    E    E        H        Q       Q     E    E    E    E    
|-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|------------------|--------0----0----0----0---|
|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|------------------|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|------------------|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-----------------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|--2h4--------2----|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
|-----------------|--0------------------------|------------------|--0------------------------|
|--0----2----4----|---------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|


   purview of your conundrums of philosophy
   Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E        Q    Q    Q       Q               
|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|-------------------|----------------||
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|-------------------|----------------||
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|-------------------|----------------||
|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|--2h4----2----0----|--0-------------||
|---------------------------|--0------------------------|-------------------|----------------||
|--0------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|----------------||



||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
|[ Rest, approx. 20 beats of gunfire ]|
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    A Major                                                                   E Major
                                For instance...             How am I gonna stop some big mean mother
    Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E      Q    Q    Q       Q     E    E    E    E    
||--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|
||--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|
||--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|-----------------|--------1----1----1----1---|
||-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|--2----0---------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(0)--|
||--0------------------------|---------------------------|------------4----|---------------------------|
||---------------------------|--0------------------------|-----------------|--0------------------------|

                                                                             A Major
   hubbard from tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind?
   Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E      Q    Q    Q       Q     E    E    E    E    
|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|
|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|
|--------1----1----1----1---|--------1----1----1----1---|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(0)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(0)--|-----------------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
|--2------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|--0------------------------|
|---------------------------|--0------------------------|--0----2----4----|---------------------------|


                               The answer...
   Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E    
|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
|---------------------------|--0------------------------|---------------------------|--0------------------------|
|--0------------------------|---------------------------|--0------------------------|---------------------------|

                     D Major
                          ...use a gun.                           And if that
   Q    Q    Q       Q    E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E   
|-----------------|-------2--2--2--2--|-------2--2--2--2--|-------2--2--2--2--|
|-----------------|-------3--3--3--3--|-------3--3--3--3--|-------3--3--3--3--|
|-----------------|-------2--2--2--2--|-------2--2--2--2--|-------2--2--2--2--|
|-----------------|--0----------------|-------------------|--0----------------|
|--0----2----4----|-------------------|--0----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


   don't work,				use more gun.
   Q    E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E     Q      E            
|-------2--2--2--2--|-------2--2--2--2--|--------------------||
|-------3--3--3--3--|-------3--3--3--3--|--------------------||
|-------2--2--2--2--|-------2--2--2--2--|--------------------||
|-------------------|--0----------------|--4p----(2)---------||
|--0----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------||



||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
|[ Rest, approx. 10 beats of gunfire ]|
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                         A Major
                                         Like this                   heavy-caliber          tripod-mounted,
      Q     Q    Q       Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E    
||--------------------|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|
||--------------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
||--2h4-----2---------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
||---(4)---------4----|--2----(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
||--------------------|--0------------------------|---------------------------|--0------------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------------|--0------------------------|---------------------------|

                               D                                     A Major
         little 'ol number     designed by me,                       built by me,
   Q     E    E    E    E      Q    E  E  E  E     Q    Q    Q       Q     E    E    E    E    
|--------0----0----0----0---|-------------------|-----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|
|--------2----2----2----2---|--7----7--7--7--7--|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|
|--------2----2----2----2---|--7----7--7--7--7--|-----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|
|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|--7----7--7--7--7--|-----------------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
|---------------------------|--5----------------|-----------------|--0------------------------|
|--0------------------------|-------------------|--0----2----4----|---------------------------|


                               And you'd best hope...                not pointed at you.
   Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E   E                                   
|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0------|---------------|---------------|
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2------|---------------|---------------|
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2------|---------------|---------------|
|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)-----|---------------|---------------|
|---------------------------|--0----------------------|---------------|---------------|
|--0------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|---------------|

                    A Major
            Q       Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E    
|----------------|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|
|----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
|----------------|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|
|----------------|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|
|----------------|--0------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------4----|---------------------------|--0------------------------|



   Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E      Q     E    E    E    E     
|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---|--------0----0----0----0---||
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---||
|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---|--------2----2----2----2---||
|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--|-------(2)--(2)--(2)--(2)--||
|--0------------------------|---------------------------|--0------------------------||
|---------------------------|--0------------------------|---------------------------||

Trivia

• The song is titled after the Engineer's recipe from Meet the Engineer: "...use a gun. And if that don't work... use more gun."
• "More Gun" is based on "Someone Else's Song" by American Country band Template:W from their album Template:W. A cover of this track is included in the soundtrack of Poker Night at the Inventory.
• A remix of the tune from 1:01 onwards plays during The Calm, from 0:35 to 1:20.
• None of the versions heard in-game match the original from Meet the Engineer.