Granddaddys Gun

Intro:

Verse:

It sits above the mantle on a couple rusty nails

And it s worth a bunch of money but it damn sure ain t for sale

The good Lord only knows all the stories it could tell

Granddaddy s gun

He bought it new out of a Sears & Roebuck catalog

And it shot a many shell over the top of an old bird dog D

And it backed a burglar down when grandma took the safety off

Granddaddy s gun

Chorus:

It s just a double barrel 12

The stock is cracked and it kicks like hell

It wouldn t mean what it means to me to no one

I can hear his voice when I put it to my shoulder

A gun s like a woman, son it s all how you hold her

He taught me a whole lot more than how to hunt

And one of these days I ll pass it on to my son

Granddaddy s gun

Verse 2:

He handed it to me on the day I turned 13

With a half-shot box of shells and a kit to keep it clean

I keep a picture in the case of that sweet old man and me

With granddaddy s gun

Chorus:

It s just a double barrel 12

The stock is cracked and it kicks like hell

It wouldn t mean what it means to me to no one

I can hear his voice when I put it to my shoulder

A gun s like a woman, son it s all how you hold her

He taught me a whole lot more than how to hunt

And one of these days I ll pass it on to my son

Granddaddy s gun

Bridge: ( C9 G D )


There s a long beard living on the living room wall

That I got with a box call

And granddaddy s gun

There s a shot up stop sign on 49

That me and Billy Joe took out one night

With granddaddy s gun

Granddaddy s gun


It sits above the mantle on a couple rusty nails

And it s worth a bunch of money but it damn sure ain t for sale