Aaron Lewis – Granddaddys Gun (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro] G Cadd9 (x2) [Verse 1]
   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.

    D                            Cadd9                                G
The good lord only knows all the stories it could tell; grandaddy's gun.
[Verse 2]
   G
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                              G
It backed a burglar down when grandma took the safety off; 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                D
son, it's all how ya hold her", he taught me a whole lot more than 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]
   G
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                               G
I keep a picture in the case of that sweet old man and me; 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                D
son, it's all how ya hold her", he taught me a whole lot more than how to hunt

    Cadd9                  G                D                       Cadd9
and one of these days I'll pass it on to my grandson; grandaddy's 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.