Dm    C    Dm     G  (2x)


[Verse 1]
Dm
Go get your guns, it's time to play
C
Let's hurry up, don't waste the day
Dm
Out in the park we'll stage a fight
C                G
Just like on the TV


[Verse 2]
Dm
You play the one who has to die
C
I'll shoot the gun and you will cry
Dm
You will fall down and I will run
C                G
Just like on the TV


[Verse 3]
Bb
My daddy has a gun for real
Am                        Dm
He says he'll teach me to use it
Bb
I'm gonna have my own someday
Am               G
Just like on the TV


[Verse 4]
Bb
My daddy told me what to do
Am         Dm
If anybody bothers you
Bb
He says the law is on our side
Dm               G
Just like on the TV


[Chorus]
             Dm           C
You've gotta shoot first, shoot first
             Dm              Am                 G
You've gotta shoot first and ask your questions later
Dm                        C
Shoot first, you've gotta shoot first
Dm                     Am                       G
Shoot first, you gotta get them before they get you


[Interlude]
Dm    C    Dm     G


[Verse 5]
Dm
My older brother has his own
C
It's got a handle made of bone
Dm
He carries it all over town
C                G
Just like on the TV


[Verse 6]
Dm
My daddy gave my mama one
C
Genuine real pearl handled gun
Dm
She says she gonna have some fun
C                G
Just like on the TV


[Verse 7]
Bb
Did you see who got shot last night?
Am             Dm
I stayed up to watch him
Bb
They rushed him off to surgery
Am                 G
Right there on the TV


[Verse 8]
Bb
Gosh, I hope they catch the guy
Am                    Dm
I think they ought to shoot him
Bb
But if they bring him in alive
Dm              G
He'll be on the TV


[Chorus]
             Dm           C
You've gotta shoot first, shoot first
             Dm              Am                 G
You've gotta shoot first and ask your questions later
Dm                        C
Shoot first, you've gotta shoot first
Dm                     Am                       G
Shoot first, you gotta get them before they get you


[Interlude]
Dm
Dm    C    Dm     G


[Verse 9]
Dm
I've gotta go, it's getting late
C
I wish I had a real gun
Dm
Then I would never be afraid
C                 G
Like some guys on TV


[Verse 10]
Dm
I'd never use my gun on you
C
You'd never have to worry
Dm
You'd be the good guy on my side
C                G
Just like on the TV


[Verse 11]
Bb
I think when I grow up someday
Am             Dm
I'm gonna be a Green Beret
Bb
I saw them sailing off to war
Am                G
Last night on the TV


[Verse 12]
Bb
My daddy says it's not a game
Am                   Dm
We've got to play to win it
Bb
He says I'll have to learn to fight
Dm               G
Just like on the TV


[Chorus]
             Dm           C
You've gotta shoot first, shoot first
             Dm              Am                 G
You've gotta shoot first and ask your questions later
Dm                        C
Shoot first, you've gotta shoot first
Dm                     Am
Shoot first, you gotta get them before they get


[Chorus]
Bb           C
Shoot first, shoot first
             Bb              Am                 G
You've gotta shoot first and ask your questions later
Bb                        C
Shoot first, you've gotta shoot first
Bb                     Am                       G      F    Em    D
Shoot first, you gotta get them before they get you


[Outro]
N.C.
"Land of song", said the warrior bard
Though all the world betrays thee
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard
One faithful harp shall praise thee