I used to love her, but I had to kill her

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A humorous murder ballad, Izzy wrote it after he heard a song on the radio about a guy who’s girlfriend bothered him. It is actually about Axl’s dog, originally recorded in an unplugged version, but live performances are usually electric.

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Izzy Stradlin stated:

I was sitting around listening to the radio and some guy was whining about a broad who was treating him bad. I wanted to take the radio and smash it against the wall. Such self-pity! What a wimp! So we rewrote the same song we heard with a better ending."

Slash stated:

People think it’s about one of our old girlfriends, but it’s actually about Axl’s dog.