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.