My Father's Gun

Intro: | Eb | Ab/Eb | Eb | Ab/Eb | 

Eb |

     Eb            Ab/Eb         
From this day on I own my father's 
Gm7
gun.
Cm                 Cm/Bb         
We dug his shallow grave beneath 
    Ab
the sun.

Bb                     G/B   Cm 
I laid his broken body down  -  
          Eb/Bb    Ab
below the southern line.
Db                Cm        Ab  
It wouldn't do to bury him  -  
                Bb7
where any Yankee stands.

Eb                          Ab/Eb
I'll take my horse and I'll ride 
          Gm7
the northern plain.
Continúa después del anuncio
Cm                        Cm/Bb  
To wear the colour of the greys 
                   Ab
and join the fight again.
Bb                    G/B   Cm  
I'll not rest until I know  -  
            Eb/Bb      Ab
the cause is fought and won.
     Db             Cm         Ab
From this day on, until I die,   
                       Eb
 I'll wear my father's gun.

CHORUS:
G                          Cm       
 Bbm (sus)     Ab
I'd like to know where the riverboat
 sails  to - night.

G7                  Cm          Bbm 
(sus)     Ab
To New Orleans well that's just fine
   al - right.
                F                
`Cause there's fighting there and 
     Bb            G/B   G   Cm  
the company needs men.
 Bbm

   Ab                 Bb          
So slip us a rope and sail on 
     | Db/Eb * Eb * | Eb7 Ab/Eb Eb *
round the  bend.
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Eb                 Ab   /Eb      
As soon as this is over we'll go 
Gm7
home.
Cm                    Cm/Bb      
To plant the seeds of justice in 
    Ab
our bones.
Bb                        G/B  
To watch the children growing  
Cm             Eb/Bb Ab
-  and see the women sewing.
            Db                Cm  
There'll be laughter when the 
             Ab      Eb
bells of freedom ring.

{Repeat Chorus, Fade}