• Song:

    My Fathers Gun

  • Artist:

    Elton John

 D (xx0232@1)                G/D (4x3121@7)          F#m7From (131141@2)this day on, I own my father's gun.
 Bm (x24432@1)             Bm/A (x04440@1)            GI (320003@1)dug his shallow grave beneath the sun.
A (x02220@1)               F#/Bb    Bm (x24432@1)         D/A (x00232@1)    GI (320003@1)lay his broken body down beneath the southern land.
C (x32010@1)               Bm (x24432@1)    G (320003@1)              A7It (x02020@1)wouldn't do to bury him where any Yankee stands.

 D (xx0232@1)                        G?D               F#m7I'll (131141@2)take my horse and I'll ride the northern plain.
 Bm (x24432@1)                    Bm/A (x04440@1)                    GTo (320003@1)wear the color of the greys and join the fight again.
A (x02220@1)            F#/Bb            Bm (x24432@1)      D/A (x00232@1)     GI'll (320003@1)not rest until I know the cause is fought and won.
C (x32010@1)               Bm (x24432@1)        G (320003@1)                    CFrom (x32010@1)this day on, until I die, I'll wear my father's gun.

F# (244322@1)         Bm (x24432@1)           Amsus              G (320003@1)I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight.
F#7 (242352@1)        Bm (x24432@1)       Amsus               GTo (320003@1)New Orleans, well, that's just fine, alright.
                 E (022100@1)                   A (x02220@1)        F#/Bb   F# (244322@1) Bm (x24432@1)AmCause (x02210@1)there's fighting there and the company needs men,
G (320003@1)                    A (x02220@1)                C/DSo (x5555x@1)slip us a rope and sail on around the bend.

D (xx0232@1)                G/D (4x3121@7)          F#m7As (131141@2)soon as this is over, we'll go home.
Bm (x24432@1)                   Bm/A (x04440@1)         GTo (320003@1)plant the seeds of justice in our bones.
A (x02220@1)                   F#/Bb   Bm (x24432@1)          D/A (x00232@1)  GTo (320003@1)watch the children growing,  and see the women sewing.
C (x32010@1)                           Bm (x24432@1)              G (320003@1)    DThere'll (xx0232@1)be laughter when the bells of freedom ring.



F# (244322@1)         Bm (x24432@1)           Amsus              G (320003@1)I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight.
F#7 (242352@1)        Bm (x24432@1)       Amsus               GTo (320003@1)New Orleans, well, that's just fine, alright.
                 E (022100@1)                   A (x02220@1)        F#/Bb   F# (244322@1) Bm (x24432@1)AmCause (x02210@1)there's fighting there and the company needs men,
G (320003@1)                    A (x02220@1)                C/DSo (x5555x@1)slip us a rope and sail on around the bend.
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