Granddaddys Gun

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It sits above the mantle on a couple rusty nails
         Cadd9
it ain't worth a lot of money and it damn sure ain't for sale.
    D                            Cadd9                            
The good lord only knows all the stories it could tell; grandaddy's 
    G
gun.


[Verse 2]

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He bought it new out of the Sears and Roebuck catalog
       Cadd9
and it shot a many shells over the back of an ol' bird dog.
   D                                  Cadd9                          
It backed a burglar down when grandma took the safety off; 
    G
grandaddy's gun


[Chorus]

     Cadd9              G              D                       Em
It's just an old double barrel 12, the stock is cracked and it kicks 
like hell
   Cadd9                  G                D
it wouldn't mean what it means to me to no one.
      Cadd9                       G                         D
I can still hear his voice when I put it to my shoulder, "a gun's like 
a woman
          Em                       Cadd9                  G         
son, it's all how ya hold her", he taught me a whole lot more than 
       D
how to hunt
    Cadd9                  G                D                       G
and one of these days I'll pass it on to my grandson; grandaddy's gun


[Interlude]

(G)   Cadd9


[Verse 3]

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He handed it to me on the day I turned thirteen,
       Cadd9
with a half shot box of shells and a kit to keep it clean.
  D                                  Cadd9                           
I keep a picture in the case of that sweet old man and me; 
    G
grandaddy's gun


[Chorus]

     Cadd9              G              D                       Em
It's just an old double barrel 12, the stock is cracked and it kicks 
like hell
   Cadd9                  G                D
it wouldn't mean what it means to me to no one.
      Cadd9                       G                         D
I can still hear his voice when I put it to my shoulder, "a gun's like 
a woman
          Em                       Cadd9                  G         
son, it's all how ya hold her", he taught me a whole lot more than 
       D
how to hunt
    Cadd9                  G                D                       
and one of these days I'll pass it on to my grandson; grandaddy's 
Cadd9
gun


[Solo]

(Cadd9)  G   D
 Cadd9   G   D


[Bridge]

          Cadd9                     G                     D
There's a long beard hangin' on the living room wall that I got with a 
box call and

Cadd9            G     D
   grandaddy's guuuuuuuuuun.
          Cadd9                    G       D
There's a shot up sign up there on 49 that me and Billy Joe shot up one
 night with
Cadd9            G     D
   grandaddy's guuuuuuuuuuun.

Cadd9   G   D


[Ending]

   G
It sits above the mantle on a couple rusty nails
         Cadd9
it ain't worth a lot of money and it damn sure ain't for sale.

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