Granddaddys Gun

	  		

  

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It sits above the mantle, on a couple rusty nails,  
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It aint worth a lot of money, and it damn sure aint for sale  
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The good lord only knows all the stories it could tell,  
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Granddaddy's gun  
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He bought it new out of the sears and robuck catalog 
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And it shot a many shells over the back of an old bird dog 
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And it backed a burglar down when grandma took the safety off 
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Granddaddy's gun. 

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It's just an old double barrel twelve 
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The stock is cracked and it kicks like hell 
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It wouldn't mean what it means to me to no one 
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Cause I can still hear his voice when I put it to my shoulder 
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A guns like a woman son it's all how you hold her 
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He taught me a whole lot more than how to hunt 
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And one of these days I'll pass it on to my grandson  
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My Granddaddy's Gun 


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That old man gave it to me on the day I turned thirteen 
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With a half shot box of shells and a kit to keep it clean 
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I keep a picture in the case of that sweet old man and me 
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And Granddaddy's gun 


Chorus 
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It's just an old double barrel twelve 
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The stock is cracked and it kicks like hell 
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It wouldn't mean what it means to me to no one 
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Cause I can still hear his voice when I put it to my shoulder 
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A guns like a woman son it's all how you hold her 
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He taught me a whole lot more than how to hunt 
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And one of these days I'll pass it on to my grandson  
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My Granddaddy's Gun 

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There's a long beard hanging on the livin' room wall 
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That I got with a box call and Granddaddy's gun 
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There's a shot up sign out there on forty nine 
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That me and billy joe shot up one night 
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With granddaddy's gun  

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It sets above the mantel on a couple rusty nails 
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It aint worth a lot of money and it damn sure ain't for sale